5 Years out of a Life Sentence, 2010 from the series Black is the Day Black is the Night.



A penpal 15 years into his life sentence often describes growing up in the flat lands and the desert. In an early letter he described the night of the crime he was committed for in detail including the attempted getaway that occurred 16 years ago at a gas station outside of his home state.

Long Week

It certainly has been a long week... been sick since last Sunday and have had a string of random crazy encounters including a small flood in my apt. Ready for the weekend and just hope I feel better before my shoot tomorrow.

From one of my favorite childhood book series, Little Bear... (these images sum up my week)

Old West

I leave in just over two weeks to head into the forever stretching landscape of the South West. Spending nearly two weeks driving through New Mexico and Arizona as well as the very bottom of Utah and Colorado. It's been a while since my last trip through the desert. Such a rough and gritty landscape to get lost in. I'm looking forward to it.

WIP - Tiana Markova-Gold

Check out 2010 WIP-LTI/Lightside Individual Materials Grant Recipient Tiana Markova-Gold's work on wipnyc.org. Make sure to check the past shows out as well!

Tent-Camera

Lovely

Opens tonight! Abelardo Morell- Groundwork
Bonni Benrubi Gallery
New York, New York
October 7 - December 18, 2010

Opening Reception Thursday, October 7, 6-8 pm


Tent-Camera Image on Ground: View of Jordan Pond and The Bubble Mountains.
Acadia National Park, Maine - March, 2010


"Recently, I began to wonder what it would be like to marry images of landscapes with the surface of the ground nearby. I have worked with my assistant, C.J. Heyliger, on designing a light proof tent that, via periscope type optics, makes it possible to project a view of the nearby landscape onto whatever ground is under the tent. Inside this darkened space I use a view camera to record the effect, which I think is a rather wonderful sandwich of two outdoor realities coming together. This Tent-Camera now liberates me to use camera obscura techniques in a world of new places. I now have a portable room, so to speak." - Abelardo Morell

Silent Film for a Wednesday

Spanish dancer Carmencita was the first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera. Shot in 1894.

Speak Quicker Please

Seems in this day and age, we haven't the time to talk let alone text. Good thing these text bibles exist (?!??!). I think it would take me 10x longer to figure out what was going on in this coded language, rather than just have someone write the full word out send it and have me comprehend immediately. I mean, clearly nobody likes to actually talk on the phone these days. It's all about the mega world of virtual communications, where you can catch up with 500 people at a time while playing an online game of scrabble. The world that we are creating for ourselves is starting to scare me. Or is that TWWACFOISTSM?

AFAICS
LAB&TUD
WYSIWYG
WDDD
404


Texting Dictionary of Acronyms by Randall C Manning


Textionary: The Texting Dictionary by C. L. Hogan


Txt Me 6y (Text Me Sexy) by Yevve Eell


The Total Txtmsg Dictionary by Andrew John, Stephen Blake

Portrait of a Boy

Lucas, June 19, 2010

From a project that I started roughly a year ago, that follows the life of a young boy growing up in the city. I met Lucas just before his 13th birthday at a wedding in Rhode Island. He was there with his parents (his mother works for the same artist as my friend who was getting married) and we were all seated together for dinner. We have been meeting every 3-4 months for a portrait session. This portrait was taken during the World Cup. Our next portrait session is due this weekend, 2 days before his 14th birthday.

Shaking down

Malin Persson - Rain, 2005

"Drip drip the trees for all the country round,
And richness rare distills from every bough;
The wind alone it is makes every sound,
Shaking down crystals on the leaves below.."
- Henry David Thoreau

Aura

Carlo Van de Roer - Grid One,2009
(Arranged by the cameras interpretation of subjects experience while being photographed)

"These portraits are made with an aura camera -- a modified Polaroid camera developed by an American scientist in an attempt to record what a psychic might see. This project explores the idea that a portrait photograph can reveal an otherwise unseen and accurate insight into the subject's character, and their interaction with the photographer.... " More here