alejandra.

I like what Alejandra Laviada has going on inside her head.

exhibition.

phosphorescent.

cinque terre, cont.

2009

broken social scene.

crewdson.

not crazy about Gregory Crewdson, himself. but this photograph is wonderful. my favorite of his for a long time:



here's a few more.

ces cru.

CES CRU/Sike Style 2009 Shoot.









2008

mid crits.

four pieces up for critiques. this times five and you have my show.

dobiszewski.

Tomasz Dobiszewski was the latest update on i heart photograph, if you follow it. i wasn't really crazy about his work, but this one was pretty awesome about disorienting you for a second.

slide curtain.

i REALLY want to do this.

into you.

laszlo.

i've posted about Laszlo Moholy-Nagy before, but i feel the need to reiterate.

mogwai.

cinque terre, cont.

brothers bloom.

i thought this was a great movie. it deals with themes i work with, perception and identity, but i also just think its incredibly entertaining. i highly recommend it.

apathy and integrity.

i've spent some time thinking about the department i'm in and how frustrating it really is. it's sad to me that we haven't created and cultivated a better environment to work in and the amount of apathy or disregard that has taken its place. we would be much bigger artists, and people in general, if we invested the amount of time and focus we should into where we are and what we are doing. it's only as much of a joke as you make it. take a second and think about the money you're spending and what you plan to do when you leave. i can't help but feel as if photography is just something people do here on the side. a hobby or some kind of obligation for what they have to do to get a degree instead of something that they are passionate about. this isn't high school. this isn't community college. this is supposed to be what you're doing with the rest of your life. so don't walk out of critiques, talk during them. don't spend your night off on facebook, research something. don't give me excuses about being so tired your brain can't work during your critique. don't sit around and complain about how much you think our department sucks and then cut class and not contribute. you're supposed to be here for a reason. take a second and really think about it. what's yours?

now do something about it.

camera phone.

fun with my camera phone. Cory is talking about it on her blog and i like it. so i sent her this one. i have a camera in my pocket everyday and i only use it for benign things. what have i been thinking? i'm promising myself to take at least one photo on my phone a day until the end of the semester or whenever i want to stop.

gentry.

i found out about Nick Gentry through a newsfeed that i'm a part of. he does a lot of painting on top of recycled floppy disks and cassette tapes which is really interesting. a new perspective on recording with technology, perhaps. but i've wanted to do something similar to this in the darkroom, maybe this will motivate me to do it.

fountainhead.

this is easily my favorite book. and i found this quote written above the mirror in the bathroom at baty house, which made my day. maybe i'll have to revisit this.

gulag orkestar.

i don't care how much it's played. i don't care who else or how many other people like it. this song will always take me back to the mediterranean and one of the best experiences of my life.

richter.

i noticed that Gerhard Richter has a huge library of his work on his website, which i really like. i'm not sure why people try to hide their artwork. but i've sorted through a lot of his painted photographs and really enjoy them, have even wanted to try this for a while. Chelsea Perry has some images in the same vein, but to a very different end, worth looking at, too.