Photography and Imaging 2

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/earthquake-rattled-wedding-shoots/20080523091509990001?icid=100214839x1202716012x1200102961

What blew me away about this story was the two photos of the church before and after the earthquake.

Although I hate the way AOL writes their news, I think this story is really worth looking at.

Guys, avoid shooting track meets.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080519/ap_on_re_us/speared_by_javelin

I plan to keep the blog open for uploading during the summer. It seems a great way to stay in touch, share new projects and pose questions over the summer break.

Also, Art Parade committee meeting Thursday May 15 at 1pm, or be in touch with me via email. photos of past parades.

Speaking of ART these are projects that happened at my house recently - accompanied by live accordion.

happy spring into summer to you. Erika

Just wanted to thank you for all of your hard work this semester (and cool shoes)

Have a great summer

Oh, and Michael's excellent shoes as well...

Best,
Mark

"It is the way in which you somehow have something, but do not have it, that offers the greatest potential."

http://blog.photoshelter.com/2008/05/bill-henson-at-the-opera-1.html

me and chris b. from photo were discussing it awhile back, but its funny how many skateboarders pick up a camera, especially pros. Ive gotten to travel alot from skating, and met some pretty rad dudes, and its always seem natural to have a camera in hand. that is basically how I got into photography. It doesn't seem like a coincidence b/c most people I meet who skate tend to be involved in some medium of art as well.

ed templeton is a painter/photographer and has some really rad work, he has the sickest presentation ive ever seen, http://www.robertsandtilton.com/artists/templeton/templeton.html

this site is basically where I learned photography, lurk hard
http://forums.skateperception.com/index.php?showforum=64

Running the Numbers
An American Self-Portrait

This series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 410,000 paper cups used every fifteen minutes. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. The underlying desire is to emphasize the role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming.

My only caveat about this series is that the prints must be seen in person to be experienced the way they are intended. As with any large artwork, their scale carries a vital part of their substance which is lost in these little web images. Hopefully the JPEGs displayed here might be enough to arouse your curiosity to attend an exhibition, or to arrange one if you are in a position to do so. The series is a work in progress, and new images will be posted as they are completed, so please stay tuned.

~chris jordan, Seattle, 2007

http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7

After all of this buzz lately about the economy I've been wondering how this would affect the careers of all artists and photographers. If there were to be a collapse then people would cut out things that aren't necessities... Professional wedding photographers and expensive photography prints, unfortunately, do not fit into that category...

My thoughts have gone all over the place here and there worrying and not, but I figure it might be smarter for you to just read this article that was posted today that gave an interesting view on what's been crossing my mind.

For Sale: Art and Optimism

That, and it would keep me from rambling on here rather than studying for my art history final.

Good luck with this week everyone!

EVEN WITH BIRDS

SEE MARK, BACKS OF HEADS CAN BE COOL