September 2010
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studio
here are some of my photos from a recent shoot for lighting fundamental class. there isn’t a concept; its simply an exploration of the blown-out exposure styles equated with scientific-like specimens.
“but i still don’t know who you are.”
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kid color
one of the best djs in chicago. we saw him open for hood internet; he sort of stole the show.
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oh my god. my heart just broke. for some reason i thought the foals were coming in october. they came last friday. damn.
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photographic: sabine bitter/helmut weber
collaborations between sabine bitter and helmut weber often explore the urban geographies that surround us in everyday life, but none prove more successful than live like this! (completed in 2000). one of their first series together, live like this! combines the mediocrity and simplicity of building structures with clever cropping and arranging techniques. these beautiful c-prints are mounted on...
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“a weathered skeleton
in windy fields of memory,
piercing like a knife”
– basho
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“nothing in the cry
of cicadas suggests they
are about to die”
– basho
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“i wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. i wanted excitement and...”
– leo tolstoy, family happiness (passage highlighted in one of the books found with chris mccandless’s remains)
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iron and bone
cody just posted some really beautiful illustrations by tomer hanuka.
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more of: alec soth
from top: 1. charles lindbergh’s boyhood bed, minnesota 1999 2. forks and knives, 2001 3. cape girardeau, missouri 2002 4. helena, arkansas, 2002 5. venice, louisiana, 2002 6. impala, 2005
i am seriously inspired by his photographs right now. his images are incredulously minimal while retaining a raw beauty. alec soth’s use of tone is perfect in...
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alec soth
here are some of my favorite photographs by alec soth, in the loose genre of minimalist documentary.
above: all untitled from dog days, bogota
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“let’s go out and see, darling, what shines tonight, and temper your dream...”
– iron and wine, beneath the balcony
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“the sea called- you faced the estuary, you were drowned as the tide passed.- i...”
– h.d., loss
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“as who would say (in a dream) i send you this, who left the blue veins of your...”
– h.d., at baia
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“hermes, hermes, the great sea foamed, gnashed its teeth about me; but you have...”
– h.d., hermes of the ways
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“wind rushes over the dunes, and the coarse, salt-crusted grass answers. heu, it...”
– h.d., hermes of the ways
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Watchmenilmontant, 1925 by dimitri kirsanoff (one of the most stunning of cinema’s silent films)
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hood internet party
stills from willy wonka
we went to see the hood internet for their cd release at lincoln hall. the dj to mix before hood internet came on was fantastic. i have yet to figure out who he was; i do know he was local. he mixed all his music in sync to the video that was playing. i’ll load one of my amateur recordings of a video segment, but there were just so many, i thought i would take some...
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“sleeping…is the closest we get to death without fully committing to it.”
– rod steiger, kingdom of shadows (1998)
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bargain
i got this awesome anorak from ny&company for about $30. it hits just above knee length and buttons all the way up with 3/4 length sleeves. fantastic.
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“you know, in japan, they have beetles the size of dinner plates. can we just...”
– morgan cole, somewhere in between michigan ave and wabash on our walk home
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first print EVER.
so here it is. the very first print i’ve ever done. and it was awesome. i cannot wait to continue with this class. i’m officially addicted. this is definitely not the final print; next week we get to use color and hopefully by the end of next class it’ll be printed in two blocks, white on black.
cetus, 2010, woodblock print, 10”x14”
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final week of summer
more disposable camera shots of summer, but these are the last. school is here.
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Watchcops, buster keaton, 1922
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light source
my first photo assignment of the year; use light as a subject. here’s how its starting off.
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mirrored
another great example of unconventional long exposure photographs are those by tokihiro sato, justly named “breathing light.” each photograph was taken in large format. conducted during the middle of the day, sato would use extremely long exposures (perhaps a little over an hour) and a neutral density filter to capture the images. while the shutter was open, he would stand with a tiny...
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cinematic
everyone has seen the pictures created by holding the shutter release at long exposure times to create light trails. every teacher i’ve had has scoffed at the classic (boring) examples of long exposures, but today in lighting fundamentals, my professor introduced a new kind of photographing for extended periods of times. hiroshi sugimoto makes long exposure photography interesting again....
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michelle keim
michelle keim is a graduate student from saic who uses super long exposures to photograph industrial landscapes that hold ethereal auras. these structures, which keim refers to as “iron beauties” take on an entirely different feel through her lens, to create something aesthetically beautiful.
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“kiss yourself goodnight.”
“it’s a horrible feeling finding out that nobody cares. it’s even...”
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gillian tennant
i love this girlie, flowing line. someone buy me everything from their website. gillian tennant, you have officially won my heart.
100th post! thanks for following! kp
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kim holtermand: minimalist photography
kim holtermand’s photography is beautiful; it’s simple, beautiful and breathtaking. her use of monochromatic color is amazing. i can’t get enough of her ghostlike imagery and symmetry visible in all her photographs. this is the kind of art i would rave about, buy and look at everyday. holtermand relies on a strong meta-narrative of similar series, making all of her photos...
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new decor
i just put up two picture lines on two of my walls. easy and simple. i topped them off by hanging my collection of jars and shells with white hemp. i’m not sure if i’ll put anything else up onto the walls, maybe a few shelves. i’ve never actually decorated a room to such an extent; i’m really excited.
picture frame wire: $4 for each roll (i used three), screw in wall...
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“when i am king, you will be first against the wall.”
– radiohead, paranoid android
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“it seems as though [the train] will plunge into the darkness in which you sit,...”
– gorky, on the first motion picture
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“consume my heart away; sick with desire
and fastened to a dying animal
it...”
– william butler yeats, sailing to byzantium
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“…unless,
should it clap its hands and sing, and louder sing
for every...”
– william butler yeats, sailing to byzantium
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“but never met this fellow
attended, or alone
without a tighter breathing
and...”
– emily dickinson 