Saturday, December 19, 2009

Take No Prisoners



"He was very well informed and he had this cool manner, like Humphrey Bogart. He knew what was going on and how things worked. He knew the mechanisms. He was more arrogant than the other students because he knew more and wasn't so sentimental. It was his advantage and disadvantage at the same time. You have to be a bit sentimental to stay alone in your studio." -Gerhard Richter

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Tune in and Drop out

Self portrait while Tuning in and Dropping out

Friday, December 4, 2009

Plug in and Turn on

I've been standing outside developing UV-light sensitive photographs on sunny days a lot recently. This has led me to realize that the definition of a sunny day is not exactly the presence of sun (which is, after all, always present) nor the absence of clouds, but the interaction of the two AS DEFINED BY the sharpness with which you can see your shadow.

With that in mind, here's a "self portrait while plugging in and turning on":

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Made Ready

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