I find these days moving along quite swiftly. I finally found a job after looking for four months. Nothing extravagant-part time at a hotel, but I love travel and I find myself traveling vicariously through my guests that arrive always asking them about their trip. I haven't been looking at much photograhpy lately as I have been busy looking for a job then working at said job and getting ready for our big move out west. Things are finally coming along nicely and it seems that everything is in reach and going to work out.
Lately, I find myself questioning photography/art in general-and I know Pete has been touching on this subject. I've been reading a lot of Henry Miller and he made me feel a lot more peaceful about my passion which was something to the effect of-most people paint to paint a masterpiece, I don't care whether the painting comes out good or bad-it's the process of painting that makes me happy. I can't help but think that if I were to sell any of my images I would essentially just be selling my own memories and how do you put a price on that and why doesn't everyone just take pictures and and and and yeah. It isn't so much the act of taking photographs that gets me its the consumerism side to it that doesn't sit so well. I definitely want to continue making photographs and to do so I need funds since everything that has to do with photograhphy involves money one way or the other. I initially came to the conclusion that I would just shoot for others and get paid that way, but for the most part that would mean that I would have to completely sell out my morals to do so. I still don't have a resolution and I may just have to suck it up if I want to stay a part of society (which I'm not so sure that I want that either, but until my sister and I run away to the forest...which reminds me, we thought about living in a redwood tree and making a vertical house where there would be rooms hollowed out vertically...so the kitchen would probably be on top and then our bedrooms and maybe the "living" room on the bottom).
6.08.2009
5.28.2009
Zombieland.
These days I find myself wandering between day and night. The lines have blurred as to whether the sun has just risen or set and my head is cloudy.
4.23.2009
4.20.2009
Urbanautica, Liz Kuball and Dave Jordano
Woke up this morning and made my daily rounds on this here interweb-which led me to discovering the website Urbanautica via Jennilee Marigomen's flickr (which she was just featured on). It is a very neat site which forced itself upon me to look at every image and to read each statement by each photographer. I'm just warning you now to be prepared for its aggressive guerilla tactics at making the viewer stay on its site until completion :). It's worth it though since there are so many amazing photographers on there some huge- like Alec Soth and Amy Stein along with the likes of up and comer's like Will Govus and Marigomen. However, I was really struck by two people I had previously never seen, Liz Kuball and Dave Jordano. The website is a compilation of photographers who work in documenting the land wherever it may be that people inhabit.
Liz Kuball is based out of Southern California by way of the east. She followed the westward dream like many of us do(myself included) and documented this process of discerning reality from fantasy that us transplants often come to fruition.
from In Store. Liz Kuball.
from California Vernacular. Liz Kuball.
from California Vernacular. Liz Kuball.
Dave Jordano returned to shooting outside of his studio after a 25 year stint hiatus of shooting images inside for clientele. I am glad he ventured back out into the world and so far he has brought us the stories of life on the fringes of society along with portraying a life that once was in his series on the Chanute Military base in Illinois.
from Prairieland-On the Fringe. Dave Jordano. 2005.
from Prairieland-Habitants. Dave Jordano. 2005.
from Chanute AFB. Dave Jordano. 2007.
4.19.2009
4.11.2009
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
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.
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.
3.26.2009
3.25.2009
Emily Shur/Too Much Chocolate
Michael Cera by Emily Shur
Adam Brody by Emily Shur
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.
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