Everlasting Moments

I think this may be good. 

Stephen Shore...

makes my heart drop into my stomach. Just so you know.

"What I guess goes through my mind when I'm taking a picture is I'm thinking wordlessly about how all these elements relate to each other..."-Stephen Shore.

Perfection-thinking wordlessly. 

Nienke Klunder

from Sequence 5, Nienke Klunder. 

It is insane where she starts from to where she 

ends up and all the people she can become in between.  

The image above and below are examples of one of 

her sequences.  She started off as a soldier

and ended up a clown.

from Sequence 5, Nienke Klunder.

from Zen Moments, Nienke Klunder.

from Zen Moments, Nienke Klunder

Nienke Klunder is a multi-media artist; however, I am naturally drawn to the photographs she makes-and for good reason!!  Her photographs deal with consumerism, identity and myriad of other things (depending on how you want to read into them).  They are mostly all self-portraits which I think is poignant considering her topic of exploring identity.  Her images are technically beautiful and conceptually beautiful.  On top of that they are also humorous-but of course while still delivering her message. I am constantly blown away when I return to look at her work each time. 

Spam

I like how my junk mailbox now tells me before I even open it that it's spam. 

Emily Shur/Too Much Chocolate

Michael Cera by Emily Shur

Adam Brody by Emily Shur

There is also a really great in depth  interview under the interview section by Jake Stangel of Too Much Chocolate on my favorite editorial photographer, Emily Shur. (Not to mention, I also love her personal work as well...)

Lately....

I've been going back and forth between Huntsville, AL and Nashville for the past two weeks now ever since my little sister moved down there.  I find it weird that when I come back to Nashville it seems like such a big city to me after being in Huntsville.  I went and saw Phosphorescent last night.  It was strange because they had seats in the venue so mostly everyone was sitting down but for one, I hate sitting, and for two I hate sitting when seeing a band play. So I stood.  Because so many people were sitting down there were maybe about 10 people standing and my sister and I were on the side when Matthew Houck got off stage and walked over to us and sang directly to us.  Needless to say it took everything inside of me to not indulge in the instant weakness I felt in my knees and not collapse!!  I couldn't help let the huge smile come over my face though.  I don't normally get like this with people but I will be honest in admitting that he is idealized in our heads.  We listened to Phosphorescent the entire roadtrip to Cali practically and his music just really lives up to all the hype.  

Sunday, the Optimist Manifesto had our pillow fight at Centennial.  It went down a lot different than our first one we threw, but I would say it was still successful in spite of everything.  Metro Parks found out about it...probably no help from being on the front page of the MetroMix newspaper...and called Caitlan up telling her that the Optimist Manifesto had to cancel the event since we didn't have a permit.  Too bad for them we never wanted to obtain a permit...We showed up at the park and we were willing to move the event to another location, but everybody there wanted to have it at Centennial and we have no control over another individual so the feathers flew for at least 45 minutes before the cops showed up.  There weren't as many people this time but it really isn't about how many people show up, just that there were people.  My favorite part of this pillow fight was when the cops did finally show up the people got more excited, and when they turned their sirens on the people cheered and then they started a new round of fighting.  

I have shot 20 rolls of film now but have yet a way to pay for any of it to be developed.  I also shot my first "fashion" shoot for a clothing line called Parlour based out of Nashville.  We shot a pack of polaroids and the rest on film.  These are a few of my favorite polaroids that came out of the shoot...

Definitely a nerve wracking experience as I am  used to shooting for only myself...not two other people as well on top of it being my first "fashion" shoot also.  

Pimped Out Cars.

I love how I don't have any images of cars in my photostream on flickr, yet somehow through yahoo image search they refer the searcher/e to the plethora of pimped out cars I so often never shoot.  I'm not complaining, I just think it's funny.

Home

Location: Coolidge Drive, Sarasota, FL Age: 0-1yrs

-My parents lived in this duplex right off the beach, 

the night before I was born my mom was swimming

in the ocean.  I need water, I can honestly say

I feel connected to it.

Missing my Grandmothers house in CT. Apparently google 

earth doesnt have any cameras on her street. Age: 1-3yrs

Location: 1503 N Conrad Ave, Sarasota, FL Age: 3-20yrs

When I was 3, my mother and I planted that palm

tree in the front yard for father's day.  It was the 

same height as I at that age, it has far surpassed my

height now.  It also leans slightly because 

of a tropical storm that came through.

Location: 1750 N Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles, Ca Age: 20yrs-20yrs

This was one of the best places I have ever lived. 

The place isn't that great or anything, but the people

and the landlord, Susan, are amazing.  It felt like

a community here.

Location: 734something Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA Age: 20-21yrs

(bottom left hand corner apartment 201)

I only lived here a short while with my friend Colleen.  

I loved this apartment though, it was huge but we 

still had to share a 1 bedroom. 

Location: 5140 Brittany Drive, Old Hickory, TN Age:21-present

(p.s. that is my cat sitting on the front stairs)

I have lived in Nashville for 3 years now.  It 

took me a while to really like it here, but I do. 

There are great things about this place that I will

miss, but for now I have the summer to enjoy it

and will be going kayaking every chance I get!

I recently became obsessed with the powers of Google Earth.  Sure, I've used it before, but I had yet to be privy to the new version of it.  I was so amazed at being able to type in an address almost anywhere and be able to have a panorama street view of it.  Naturally, I did the obvious, I looked up all of my old residencies.  There is nothing like being able to go home, even if it is a hyped up futuristic trip. Lately, I've been missing all of the places I've ever called home and I know that when I move in the summer I will miss the place I now call home as well. It is nice that there are photographs to help aid in the memory process. 

I would like to see where you come from too.  Your challenge so you chose to accept it, leave your address or any address you want to share as a comment. 

Courtney Greenlee

My good friend Courtney Greenlee has recently just launched her new website.  These are just a few of my favorite images of hers, the rest can be found on her website.  Courtney was a fellow student at Watkins when I attended there, which she still currently attends.  I love her and her work and I wish her all the luck with the future.  It is a wonderful website and even more wonderful is that she has a place to show the world her wonderful work!  I love the way Courtney sees the world and I'm glad she has a showcase for it now. 

Twitter.

Also, I joined twitter so if you have it please add me and I'll add you back.  I don't know how else to find people on it.  It is very new to me and foreign so I am still getting used to it all.  www.twitter.com/armphotography

Throwing this image of my cat in here of her licking herself. Enjoy.