No But Yes

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a temporary tiger tattoo.

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snow, white onion

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snow and shades of red

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documenting 2011 with a 365 project in film. (a little bit behind due to film's lack of immediacy)

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"cross my heart"

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Inland Projeccions Audiovisuals

2010-03-24T10:32:00.001-05:00

This show consists of some gorgeous work by international women photographers. Many thanks to Manu Mielniezuk for asking me to participate. If only I could get myself to Spain to see it!

Hey Seattle

2010-03-02T18:39:00.000-06:00

Show us luv!

Tender moments at the Cat Show

2010-02-13T14:48:00.001-06:00

This was my first experience at a cat show as such. It kind of blew my mind.

In the Works

2010-02-04T12:18:00.003-06:00

Begun in December, slowly proceeding: Clothes for Ghosts.

Noticing Reflective Surfaces

2010-02-03T11:41:00.000-06:00

Seein is stealin

2010-01-28T09:50:00.001-06:00

Thanks again to Dave G!
http://seeingisstealing.blogspot.com/2010/01/kelley-smith.html

Complete Thoughts vs. Incomplete Thoughts

2010-01-27T11:20:00.003-06:00

Oregon Cats Classic

2010-01-24T12:27:00.002-06:00

A Cat Fanciers' Association All Breed Cat Show

Saturday, February 6, 2010 10 AM – 4 PM
Sunday, February 7, 2010 10 AM – 4 PM

Portland Expo Center
Hall D-1
2060 N. Marine Drive, Portland, OR 97217

Up to 400+ pedigreed cats and kittens to see, as well as everyday household pet cats. Breeds include: Maine Coon, Abyssinian, Burmese, Siamese, Cornish Rex, Persian, Ocicat, Himalayan and up to 20+ more. This show features an agility competition, watch cats race through the course against the clock. All cats are scheduled to be judged both days. No matter when you come you're bound to see your favorites!

There will also be booths with cat toys, premium cat food, fantastic cat trees, condos, scratching posts and unique cat-related apparel and gift items for sale. Interested in entering your kitty? Visit the exhibitor flyer here. Want to learn more about the show? Email us at oregoncats@catsla.com. Add it to your events on Facebook. This is a fun and educational event; we look forward to seeing you there!

Admission:
Adults: $8
Children: $5
Children under 7: Free
Seniors (65+)/Handicapped: $5
Family: $20

Click here for a printable coupon for $3 off!

Tell Mum Everything is Ok - Outsiders

2010-01-21T10:05:00.003-06:00

This fanzine is currently en route to my eager hands! A photo of mine was included for this particular issue and I can't wait to see them in print. Judging on these previews it's going to be great. If you're keen on the greatness that is Editions FP&CP order this gem here. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Watching a pretty sunrise courtesy of three cups of coffee.

2010-01-20T07:42:00.001-06:00

Lately the particular direction of this blog has been pretty ambiguous and indecisive on my part. I think that my recent relocation to the west coast has persuaded me to refine it to: Ruminations on said relocation, in addition to updates on my personal photo-pictures in-the-works. And as per usual the noted inspiration to such work.

New small project on the transformation of the human body into visual form/images is in the works for the next few weeks (it's hard to explain right now).

PS: Today a friend brought to my attention a photo of mine on transparent blog.

It was a Cold night

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Me Too

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The Modern Camera is Trying to be a Ray Gun

2010-01-17T23:44:00.003-06:00

"The Yashica Electro-35 GT is the spaceage camera your family will love. Take beautiful pictures day or night. Automatically. Without any nonsense. Just aim, focus and shoot. The GT's computer brain and electronic shutter will do the rest."

Excerpt from camera ad in Sontag's On Photography.

lotto dreams

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secret 14th floor

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some summer

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shots from summer '09, a little bit of traveling.

older, golder

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The finest vintage photos you can find are the stranger ones (see first two images above). Also as great are those with unintentional shadows (see last two images above). The aesthetics of personal photography are kind of enchanting.

merry christmums

2009-12-29T16:52:00.002-06:00

I got socks.

old gold

2009-12-27T12:04:00.003-06:00

goodies from my traditional annual organization of old negatives.

Old Faithful, 1966

2009-12-26T19:25:00.002-06:00

A found vintage photograph. 50 cents. Unknown Photographer.

Washington, D.C. 1962

2009-12-22T19:04:00.004-06:00

My favorite Lee Friedlander photo. Though all his work concerning the social landscape and urban life of the US in the 60s/70s is equally as intriguing and iconic.

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Follow my blog with bloglovin

Sophie Curtis

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/sophiecurtis/

Lina Scheynius

2009-12-13T18:50:00.004-06:00

If you aren't obsessed already with her work, I'm not sure who you are!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/linascheynius/

Jenna Popoli

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mothers_milk/

City of Roses

2009-11-20T20:31:00.003-06:00

Last week I descended into Portland and wasted no time falling in love with it, especially when the first thing I saw was this mountaintop. I'm now even more anxious to return in January for school.

Among the reasons to love Fridays

2009-11-06T11:30:00.004-06:00

If you don't already love Friday then you haven't seen the greatness of Kate Steciw's Friday Round Up. She hand picks found images and e-mails them out to any willing recipients. These are some recent highlights. Hurry up and sign up here!

Always Charming

2009-10-03T11:22:00.002-05:00

Hand-selected drawings from the ever so charming Blake Wilson. Recycled paper, pen, and permanent marker.

Dan Colen

2009-09-29T23:15:00.002-05:00

From Series "No Me"

Audra Wist

2009-09-28T22:50:00.002-05:00

I glimpsed her work a while back and when discovering it again today, felt it necessary to share. Intriguing photos by Adura Wist; more here.

Summer Lookbook 09

2009-08-19T17:06:00.005-05:00

The first issue of Blank Page is complete and deserves your attention!

I have a small handful of photos in the issue, alongside many talented folks. Thanks Blank Page!

To go away and not look back

2009-08-02T12:49:00.005-05:00

Back from a miniature vacation in the whereabouts of california and central texas. It was good for accomplishing some relaxing and also some work resulting in many pictures, including these, and some yet to be developed.

How i've been spending my time

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Art, camp, and twitter

2009-07-04T02:10:00.002-05:00

"There are certain things that everybody should know, whether they like them or not. 19th-century visual art, literature, and so on. How can you know anything about literature if you know nothing about Wuthering Heights? You may not have read Tolstoy’s War and Peace but you should at least know something about it."

Walrus Magazine » Q&A: Camille Paglia on Art, Camp and Twitter

http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.07-camille-paglia-david-balzer-camp-royal-ontario-museum-ten-commandments/3/

Bill Jay on photographic fame

2009-07-01T13:12:00.002-05:00

I stumbled upon this while reading Alec Soth's rant about flickr.

"I think we can agree that any definition of fame would include such phrases as “popular acclaim,” “known far and wide,” “public estimation and regard,” “household name,” and similar tributes. Now lay back and concentrate. Name an active living artist-photographer who is famous. . . . . . . (The dots represent time passing. Go ahead, think about it for as long as you like.)

Ready now? Good. Who did you come up with? Joel-Peter Witkin. Robert Mapplethorpe. Annie Leibowitz. Sally Mann. Who? Never mind – we have enough names for our purpose.

The next question is: how many people in the USA have heard of any one of these names? As I cannot hear you I will answer the question myself. Probably one thousand at any one time. More? OK, let us up the figure to five thousand although I think that is stretching it.

Here is the first conclusion: in a nation of 260 million even the higher figure does not represent “public acclaim”; it means that the name is recognized by only five persons in a quarter of a million. Now, compare. When a minor television sit-com actress of dubious talent declared her lesbianism she inundated every major news outlet for weeks, including the cover of Time plus seven inside pages, and her coming-out episode was watched by everyone in the universe except me. That is fame."

After attending a lecture of Soth's and seeing his work, I have to say I really agree with what he has to say about contemporary photography.

Bottom Line: Good photography is rarely popular.

Read the full article here!

UNsurprisingly

2009-06-24T13:31:00.002-05:00

my indecisiveness has led me to conclude that i like tumblr better.

Absurdity

2009-06-18T12:51:00.003-05:00

is everywhere!

(photograph by me, the book of disquiet)

The Curtain

2009-06-13T15:17:00.002-05:00

Has anyone else read Kundera's essay 'The Curtain'?

"No way around it: historical consciousness is so thoroughly inherent in our perception of art that this anachronism (a piece similar to Beethoven written by a contemporary today) would be spontaneously (that is, without the least hypocrisy) felt to be ridiculous, false, incongruous, even monstrous. Our feeling for continuity is so strong that it enters into the perception of any work of art."

It's such a relevant concept, the value of history and significance of original pieces. It's a really thoughtful read, and that reminds me of a recent post by Amy Stein, regarding a recurring theme in Italian Renaissance art of the myth of Leda and the Swan (Zeus takes the form of a swan, rapes Leda, and she gives birth to four sons, two of which are from Zeus and hatch from eggs). In short, she remarks on the eroticism of the classical depiction, "...Like being raped by a swan and giving birth to bastard egg children is the height of eroticism". Then she references how one of her photographs reminds her of what might have been a more authentic reaction of Leda. So essentially it's an historic motif being reinterpreted, which got me back to thinking about to Kundera's essay. I think it comes down, in reference to fine art, to imitation vs. expansion.

Red scale film project

2009-06-03T23:04:00.005-05:00

I've been using a red-scale film I stocked up on a while ago. I'm also continuing a project about lack of/obstruction of identity. More to come. It looks as hot as it feels outside.

You don't have to be a Rockefeller

2009-06-01T19:56:00.003-05:00

I wish this was screening somewhere nearby! They are adorable and charming and make me want to start my own collection.

F-stop Portfolio Issue

2009-05-31T17:43:00.005-05:00

If you have an extra moment today I suggest for you to use it by taking a look at this month's issue of F-stop magazine - They featured a few intriguing portfolios that caught my eye. Also, as a side note, if you happen to browse through the group exhibit you may stumble across a few of my photographs that were published with the issue!.

Word for word

2009-05-30T10:25:00.007-05:00

Michelle Anderson Photograph. "Roots"

Browsing through The Photographic Dictionary is my most recent favorite pass-time. It's an expanding bunch of images by contemporary photographers that define dictionary words with visual language. Somehow there's a real cohesiveness with all the pictures, which i love, and what i love even more is that most of it is film rather than digital. If it was up to me (which, i suppose, it actually is) I won't be buying into digital for a long time, if ever! I think it's about the tangibility of film, the series of chemical reactions it takes to create a photo, that makes it superior to digital and so appealing to me.

Blog (and photo book) under way

2009-05-28T16:02:00.004-05:00

So I am convincing myself that I in fact will find a summer job, while simultaneously thinking of other alternative options in the back of my mind. Options such as self publishing a small photo book to sell; selling prints; selling lemonade, etc. As well, I am refusing to allow myself to waste any amount of the endless free time I have, and will do so by writing and recording my work here (plus others' work I find motivating).

As for the photo book though, that is a thought I've had for a long time and intend to make happen soon; profit really being irrelevant (obviously)! It will include my most recently finished project. A peek:

If any body knows of any good publishing/printing companies, I'd appreciate/love recommendations!