Artists Wanted, Exposure 2011...

In other good news I won the People & Portrait category for this year's Artists Wanted, Exposure 2011 contest. I am very excited and flattered. There are several other contests I've entered in the last few months that I hope to place in as well. Here's to a good 2012.

HHS contender...

Hey Hot Shots posted my Homies series on their blog as a contender for the upcoming 2012 First Edition Hot Shots. It is not a guarantee that I will place in the top 5 but it is a good look either way. I appreciate them posting the work and giving the series some attention. Keeping my fingers crossed that I get picked!

Selectism...

Culture Blog Selectism did a little post on Homies…

Flavorpill's Flavorwire…

Thanks to Flavorpill and Flavorwire for doing a post on my Homies series.

Someplace Something...

Some love from Someplace Somethng...

Snaps from the last few weeks…

Been here, been there. Here are a few landscapes from the past few weeks…



Jet skis
Coney Island, NY








Reeds
Newbury, MA








Traditional New England home.
Newbury, MA









Playa del Carmen, Mexico







Playa del Carmen, Mexico








Sunrise
Tulum, Mexico






Land flooded by beavers
Daleville, PA









View from the Airtrain to JFK Airport
Queens, NY








Basketball Court
Bed Stuy Brooklyn, NY

Now I at least have a semi excuse...

"The truth is no portrait of substance has people smiling. Look at the history of painting, Rembrandt, Titian, Goya, Velasquez, Sargent, Vermeer, DaVinci, etc., the subjects gaze to the viewer is neutral at best, neither inviting nor forbidding. It is there for the viewer to see and feel. Smiling is like much of American popular culture, superficial and misleading. It is part of our vernacular, but it should be expunged in photographs."

– Rodney Smith

The End Starts Here via, wizwow

by A PHOTO EDITOR on NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Taryn Simon...

I like what she's talking about, I like the way it was shot. Not much else I can say.


Taryn Simon: Shot True on Nowness.com.

JENREN.COM

Thank you to Jenny Barnes for featuring my work on her site jenren.com