Monday, September 15, 2008
Nice portfolio of work of Coney Island, NY
I just found the work of Peter Granser via APAD blog, this is hugh inspiration for me and what I would like to achieve, plus the photos are beautiful. I would like to see more portraits but its a good overall view of the place. Check it out when you get a sec.
This is Your Nation on White Privilege
This is Your Nation on White Privilege
by Tim Wise (one of the most prominent anti-racism writers in the U.S. and white male by the way.)
For those who still can't grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.
White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because "every family has challenges," even as black and Latino families with similar "challenges" are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.
White privilege is when you can call yourself a "fuckin' redneck," like Bristol Palin's boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with you, you'll "kick their fuckin' ass," and talk about how you like to "shoot shit" for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug.
White privilege is when you can attend four different colleges in six years like Sarah Palin did (one of which you basically failed out of, then returned to after making up some coursework at a community college), and no one questions your intelligence or commitment to achievement, whereas a person of color who did this would be viewed as unfit for college, and probably someone who only got in in the first place because of affirmative action.
White privilege is when you can claim that being mayor of a town smaller than most medium-sized colleges, and then Governor of a state with about the same number of people as the lower fifth of the island of Manhattan, makes you ready to potentially be president, and people don't all piss on themselves with laughter, while being a black U.S. Senator, two-term state Senator, and constitutional law scholar, means you're "untested."
White privilege is being able to say that you support the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance because "if it was good enough for the founding fathers, it's good enough for me," and not be immediately disqualified from holding office--since, after all, the pledge was written in the late 1800s and the "under God" part wasn't added until the 1950s--while believing that reading accused criminals and terrorists their rights (because, ya know, the Constitution, which you used to teach at a prestigious law school requires it), is a dangerous and silly idea only supported by mushy liberals.
White privilege is being able to be a gun enthusiast and not make people immediately scared of you. White privilege is being able to have a husband who was a member of an extremist political party that wants your state to secede from the Union, and whose motto was "Alaska first," and no one questions your patriotism or that of your family, while if you're black and your spouse merely fails to come to a 9/11 memorial so she can be home with her kids on the first day of school, people immediately think she's being disrespectful.
White privilege is being able to make fun of community organizers and the work they do--like, among other things, fight for the right of women to vote, or for civil rights, or the 8-hour workday, or an end to child labor--and people think you're being pithy and tough, but if you merely question the experience of a small town mayor and 18-month governor with no foreign policy expertise beyond a class she took in college--you're somehow being mean, or even sexist.
White privilege is being able to convince white women who don't even agree with you on any substantive issue to vote for you and your running mate anyway, because all of a sudden your presence on the ticket has inspired confidence in these same white women, and made them give your party a "second look."
White privilege is being able to fire people who didn't support your political campaigns and not be accused of abusing your power or being a typical politician who engages in favoritism, while being black and merely knowing some folks from the old-line political machines in Chicago means you must be corrupt.
White privilege is being able to attend churches over the years whose pastors say that people who voted for John Kerry or merely criticize George W. Bush are going to hell, and that the U.S. is an explicitly Christian nation and the job of Christians is to bring Christian theological principles into government, and who bring in speakers who say the conflict in the Middle East is God's punishment on Jews for rejecting Jesus, and everyone can still think you're just a good church-going Christian, but if you're black and friends with a black pastor who has noted (as have Colin Powell and the U.S. Department of Defense) that terrorist attacks are often the result of U.S. foreign policy and who talks about the history of racism and its effect on black people, you're an extremist who probably hates America.
White privilege is not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is when asked by a reporter, and then people get angry at the reporter for asking you such a "trick question," while being black and merely refusing to give one-word answers to the queries of Bill O'Reilly means you're dodging the question, or trying to seem overly intellectual and nuanced.
White privilege is being able to claim your experience as a POW has anything at all to do with your fitness for president, while being black and experiencing racism is, as Sarah Palin has referred to it a "light" burden.
And finally, white privilege is the only thing that could possibly allow someone to become president when he has voted with George W. Bush 90 percent of the time, even as unemployment is skyrocketing, people are losing their homes, inflation is rising, and the U.S. is increasingly isolated from world opinion, just because white voters aren't sure about that whole "change" thing. Ya know, it's just too vague and ill-defined, unlike, say, four more years of the same, which is very concrete and certain.
White privilege is, in short, the problem.
by Tim Wise (one of the most prominent anti-racism writers in the U.S. and white male by the way.)
For those who still can't grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.
White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because "every family has challenges," even as black and Latino families with similar "challenges" are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.
White privilege is when you can call yourself a "fuckin' redneck," like Bristol Palin's boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with you, you'll "kick their fuckin' ass," and talk about how you like to "shoot shit" for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug.
White privilege is when you can attend four different colleges in six years like Sarah Palin did (one of which you basically failed out of, then returned to after making up some coursework at a community college), and no one questions your intelligence or commitment to achievement, whereas a person of color who did this would be viewed as unfit for college, and probably someone who only got in in the first place because of affirmative action.
White privilege is when you can claim that being mayor of a town smaller than most medium-sized colleges, and then Governor of a state with about the same number of people as the lower fifth of the island of Manhattan, makes you ready to potentially be president, and people don't all piss on themselves with laughter, while being a black U.S. Senator, two-term state Senator, and constitutional law scholar, means you're "untested."
White privilege is being able to say that you support the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance because "if it was good enough for the founding fathers, it's good enough for me," and not be immediately disqualified from holding office--since, after all, the pledge was written in the late 1800s and the "under God" part wasn't added until the 1950s--while believing that reading accused criminals and terrorists their rights (because, ya know, the Constitution, which you used to teach at a prestigious law school requires it), is a dangerous and silly idea only supported by mushy liberals.
White privilege is being able to be a gun enthusiast and not make people immediately scared of you. White privilege is being able to have a husband who was a member of an extremist political party that wants your state to secede from the Union, and whose motto was "Alaska first," and no one questions your patriotism or that of your family, while if you're black and your spouse merely fails to come to a 9/11 memorial so she can be home with her kids on the first day of school, people immediately think she's being disrespectful.
White privilege is being able to make fun of community organizers and the work they do--like, among other things, fight for the right of women to vote, or for civil rights, or the 8-hour workday, or an end to child labor--and people think you're being pithy and tough, but if you merely question the experience of a small town mayor and 18-month governor with no foreign policy expertise beyond a class she took in college--you're somehow being mean, or even sexist.
White privilege is being able to convince white women who don't even agree with you on any substantive issue to vote for you and your running mate anyway, because all of a sudden your presence on the ticket has inspired confidence in these same white women, and made them give your party a "second look."
White privilege is being able to fire people who didn't support your political campaigns and not be accused of abusing your power or being a typical politician who engages in favoritism, while being black and merely knowing some folks from the old-line political machines in Chicago means you must be corrupt.
White privilege is being able to attend churches over the years whose pastors say that people who voted for John Kerry or merely criticize George W. Bush are going to hell, and that the U.S. is an explicitly Christian nation and the job of Christians is to bring Christian theological principles into government, and who bring in speakers who say the conflict in the Middle East is God's punishment on Jews for rejecting Jesus, and everyone can still think you're just a good church-going Christian, but if you're black and friends with a black pastor who has noted (as have Colin Powell and the U.S. Department of Defense) that terrorist attacks are often the result of U.S. foreign policy and who talks about the history of racism and its effect on black people, you're an extremist who probably hates America.
White privilege is not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is when asked by a reporter, and then people get angry at the reporter for asking you such a "trick question," while being black and merely refusing to give one-word answers to the queries of Bill O'Reilly means you're dodging the question, or trying to seem overly intellectual and nuanced.
White privilege is being able to claim your experience as a POW has anything at all to do with your fitness for president, while being black and experiencing racism is, as Sarah Palin has referred to it a "light" burden.
And finally, white privilege is the only thing that could possibly allow someone to become president when he has voted with George W. Bush 90 percent of the time, even as unemployment is skyrocketing, people are losing their homes, inflation is rising, and the U.S. is increasingly isolated from world opinion, just because white voters aren't sure about that whole "change" thing. Ya know, it's just too vague and ill-defined, unlike, say, four more years of the same, which is very concrete and certain.
White privilege is, in short, the problem.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Sturg's spot
Reconnected with an old friend of mine Ryan Sturgis. I shot a bunch of pictures while chilling yesterday. I shot him with his dogs on my hassey but here are two digi snaps I liked.
Sturg's view
Plum Island, MA 2008
Samson 2008
Sturg's view
Plum Island, MA 2008
Samson 2008
Friday, September 05, 2008
Vermin Supreme cont.
Here are two images from the shoot. The cover not cropped and and second image I hope that they ran inside. I also have to give a big thanks to Aria Newton for doing the retouching. She's an old friend of mine, sick photographer and Mass Art alumni.
Vermin Supreme
Rockport, MA 2008
Swindle Magazine
Website is close to a big launch and email blast. I've got all the work updated and I'm just waiting for a few tweaks from my web designer and hopefully the jobs will come poring in. LOL
Vermin Supreme
Rockport, MA 2008
Swindle Magazine
Website is close to a big launch and email blast. I've got all the work updated and I'm just waiting for a few tweaks from my web designer and hopefully the jobs will come poring in. LOL
Swindle Issue 18
So I just got my 2nd cover ever! Super stoked on it. The folks at Swindle have always given me cool people to shoot, some known, some unknown. But this guy, Vermin Supreme definitely takes the cake as one of the more eccentric. I'll post some more flicks soon but I just wanted to get this post up asap. So check it out at a newsstand near you!
Vermin Supreme 2008
Swindle Magazine Cover
Vermin Supreme 2008
Swindle Magazine Cover
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Ipswich, MA
I'm doing some scanning, some beach stuff and some personal. Here's one I shot at a friend's party. They had eloped and it was their one year anniversary, they had a party in Ipswich, MA and asked me to shoot some photos at the party and do some portraits of them. I shot mostly digital except a few portraits at the end. Here's my favorite.
On a side note I've been trying to shoot more couples. Holler at me if your interested.
Nick & Allison
Ipswich, MA 2008
On a side note I've been trying to shoot more couples. Holler at me if your interested.
Nick & Allison
Ipswich, MA 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Beach Photos Cont.
A few more beach photos.
I guess I should have saved that previous one for last. But here are a few more. Nothing compared to the last one, but There's something nice about these as well.
Salisbury Beach, MA 2008
Hampton Beach, NH 2008
Hampton Beach, NH 2008
Hampton Beach, NH 2008
I've realized I've really only scratched the surface on this whole thing and it still could get a mind of its own, a spin in a new direction, I'm really enjoying shooting like this and have some other spin offs I'm working on shooting as well. Some landscapes to come as well.
I guess I should have saved that previous one for last. But here are a few more. Nothing compared to the last one, but There's something nice about these as well.
Salisbury Beach, MA 2008
Hampton Beach, NH 2008
Hampton Beach, NH 2008
Hampton Beach, NH 2008
I've realized I've really only scratched the surface on this whole thing and it still could get a mind of its own, a spin in a new direction, I'm really enjoying shooting like this and have some other spin offs I'm working on shooting as well. Some landscapes to come as well.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Favorite Beach Project photo so far...
Now this is where I've set the bar. More work needs to be done, a lot more.
Family of Three
Salisbury Beach, MA 2008
Family of Three
Salisbury Beach, MA 2008
Great post on APE Blog
Check it out here. I'm not saying I'm hitting the mark, but I'm trying. This is what I tell people I'm trying to do with my pictures. Make people feel something.
Website titles...
I finally added some titles to my pictures on my website. A couple of people had asked why this version of the site didn't have any, I really just hadn't got to it it yet. Faces, Ron English, and Snaps are done if you want to take a look.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Where to add these square photos?
Something running through my mind right now is where exactly should I put these new pictures on my site. There are definitely some that are worthy of making it to the regular site, but exactly what section? Maybe a new section? I could call it simply "Square".
Some Hassey snaps
So since I've been shooting my project up in in MA/NH I've been also carrying my Hasselblad around taking portraits of different people in my life. Its been nice, especially the style in which I've been shooting for the past year or two with my digital camera translates almost too well to the medium format and film. I hate the film vs digital conversation, and most people (including myself) always give the answer, "oh, well I shoot digital, but I really love film, its just film costs too much, or thats what the clients want." Truth is, for me anyway, film just has some magic to it. I will continue to shoot digital for my editorial gigs, but I definitely made the right choice to shoot film on my Beach Project. I'm enjoy the process of shooting film so much. Not being able to show the subject what the picture looks like is huge, and makes my work flow so much smoother. Also waiting for the pictures has become so exciting too. So here are a couple of portraits of friends from the past 3 months. I'm still editing a bit on the project stuff, waiting to get some feedback from some close friends and critics. But I will definitely post some stuff in the next few weeks.
All of these images are just some quick proof scans I have done on my cheap Epson scanner.
Good old friend of mine and great painter. Check out her work here.
Addie, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Summer 2008
Caleb is an amazing photographer, check out his work here. Caleb just got a full ride for grad school at the Chicago Institute of Art and definitely worth checking out.
Caleb, Maine
Summer 2008
Sterling and David I've known from my Boston days. David works in NY and doing some great video work these days. Sterling is a musician and sells rare art books in Boston.
Sterling and David, Ipswich, MA
Summer 2008
Here is another shot of Heather and Hugh. So much more beautiful on film. Here's a link to the digi version.
Heather is a model agent at Supreme Model Management and Hugh as I've mentioned many times before is a great photographer. He's got a story coming out soon in Exit Magazine and you can see his work here.
Heather and Hugh, York, Maine
Summer 2008
And of course, my wife, Kate.
Kate, Salisbury, MA
Summer 2008
All of these images are just some quick proof scans I have done on my cheap Epson scanner.
Good old friend of mine and great painter. Check out her work here.
Addie, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Summer 2008
Caleb is an amazing photographer, check out his work here. Caleb just got a full ride for grad school at the Chicago Institute of Art and definitely worth checking out.
Caleb, Maine
Summer 2008
Sterling and David I've known from my Boston days. David works in NY and doing some great video work these days. Sterling is a musician and sells rare art books in Boston.
Sterling and David, Ipswich, MA
Summer 2008
Here is another shot of Heather and Hugh. So much more beautiful on film. Here's a link to the digi version.
Heather is a model agent at Supreme Model Management and Hugh as I've mentioned many times before is a great photographer. He's got a story coming out soon in Exit Magazine and you can see his work here.
Heather and Hugh, York, Maine
Summer 2008
And of course, my wife, Kate.
Kate, Salisbury, MA
Summer 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Juxtapoz Magazine cont.
Here are the images from the mag along with some outtakes from the shoot with Cycle. Roger Gastman from Swindle Magazine was a guest editor and hooked it all up, I also just peeped the masthead and I'm listed as one of the issues photo editors, now there's one for the resume. I had a really great time shooting all of these guys. Writers always have some of the best stories and I was told several good ones on these gigs. I had my usual 1-3 hrs with Crash, Chino, Stay High, but I spent the better part of the day with Cycle up in his hometown where he grew up. It was pretty cool, gave me the home town tour of sorts through all the old spots where he hung out as a kid. Everyone I shot was super chill and down for whatever. Juxtapoz liked the pictures so much that they hired me directly (instead of through Roger) to shoot an artist that will be in a fall isssue of the Mag.
Chino, Brooklyn, NY 2008
Check out his blog
Crash, South Bronx, NY 2008
First shot of Cycle is what ran in the mag.
Cycle, shot in his hometown in Connecticut 2008
Stay High 149, Queens, NY 2008
Chino, Brooklyn, NY 2008
Check out his blog
Crash, South Bronx, NY 2008
First shot of Cycle is what ran in the mag.
Cycle, shot in his hometown in Connecticut 2008
Stay High 149, Queens, NY 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Juxtapoz Magazine
Sorry its been a really really long time since my last post. I've just got back a ton of negs from my personal project which need to be scanned which I'll be posting this week.
I'm pleased to announce that I have about 5 pictures in the new issue of Juxtapoz. It's "The New York City Graffiti Issue". Sept. '08 issue #92. Portraits of Stay High, Crash, Cycle and Chino. There's also an extra flick of Stay High on the table of contents. I'll post some scans of the tears and or the actual files this week. I'll also post the other options they didn't go with as well. They should all be on my website this week.
Here's the newsstand cover if your looking for it at your local mag spot.
I'm pleased to announce that I have about 5 pictures in the new issue of Juxtapoz. It's "The New York City Graffiti Issue". Sept. '08 issue #92. Portraits of Stay High, Crash, Cycle and Chino. There's also an extra flick of Stay High on the table of contents. I'll post some scans of the tears and or the actual files this week. I'll also post the other options they didn't go with as well. They should all be on my website this week.
Here's the newsstand cover if your looking for it at your local mag spot.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Online interview
I just had my first online interview at this online artist community called SPRAYGRAPHIC. Sounds like a graff thing, but its not, although some writers do display pieces there. Check it out when you get a sec. See it here. The last three images they posted for me got a bit squished, I've emailed them to see if they can fix it.
UPDATE: They fixed the image distortion.
UPDATE: They fixed the image distortion.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Great quote
“ Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to dominate absolutely. It is commercial, imperialistic, ruthless. It tolerates no opposition…. If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another. Robert La Follette, 1917
Stolen from The Constant Seige, one of my favorite blogs.
Stolen from The Constant Seige, one of my favorite blogs.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Fourth O' July weekend
Spent some time with friends. Nice time as usual. Never shoot as many pictures as I plan.
I'm playing with keeping things dark. Starting to get a good direction with it.
Kate. NH 2008
Spent the first half of my 4th with some friends from NY up in Maine. Heather's family lives up there. If you've been reading this for the last year you might recognize Hugh. He is a great photographer and made his appearance in a previous post. While up there he gave me a sneak preview of his most recent fashion story. It's so sick, can't wait to see it in print.
Heather & Hugh. Maine 2008
So Hugh wanted me to shoot some portraits for his upcoming contributors section. Here are my favorites.
Hugh. Maine 2008
God Bless America...
I'm playing with keeping things dark. Starting to get a good direction with it.
Kate. NH 2008
Spent the first half of my 4th with some friends from NY up in Maine. Heather's family lives up there. If you've been reading this for the last year you might recognize Hugh. He is a great photographer and made his appearance in a previous post. While up there he gave me a sneak preview of his most recent fashion story. It's so sick, can't wait to see it in print.
Heather & Hugh. Maine 2008
So Hugh wanted me to shoot some portraits for his upcoming contributors section. Here are my favorites.
Hugh. Maine 2008
God Bless America...
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