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APR 09 Designed and photographed a piece for the mailing panel of the SFMOMA member publication. Should be in the mail right now. »
MAR 09 Fritjof Capra, physicist, author, environmentalist, photographed in Berkeley for Beobachter Natur, a new Swiss publication. »
MAR 09 Loving the work of Chinese photographer Muge Huang Rong. It's like discovering a foreign culture with a familiar visual language that seems contemporary yet timeless. There's an interesting tension in his portraits between what seems documentarian but staged at times. Check out his web site but be patient for images to load. His work is currently up in Bremen, Germany at GIM who also published a catalog. A second edition is in the works for the Frankfurt book fair. He's also showing at the FORMAT photo festival in Derby, England through April 5th.
MAR 09 Went gallery hopping and found some good shows up. Don't miss Trevor Paglen's show at Altman Siegel. It's a perfect blend of photography, conceptual art and investigative journalism dealing with undisclosed military operations and spy satellites. The beautiful large scale photographs show landscapes and abstract skies, shot mostly at night with long exposures focusing on installations and objects the government prefers to hide. Besides being a researcher at UC Berkeley he's written a few books which have been on my wish list for a while but I've never made the connection between the individual titles and the artist until I saw them sitting next to each other at the show. It's interesting stuff ranging from secret military ops to experimental geography. You can dig through his site and find out more and also check out a preview of the show at the gallery's web site. Runs through April 11th - go see it!
FEB 09 Measure of Time group show made the Critic's Choice in the East Bay Express. It's still up through June 19th in downtown Oakland. Read the review »
OCT 08 Art for CARE, a silent photography auction is coming up this Thursday, October 23rd from 6-9 PM. It's benefiting CARE, who offer "live" health education programs in English, Spanish, and Cantonese for San Francisco General Hospital's cancer patients. Hosted by Leftspace Studios, 2055 Bryant Street (btwn 18th & 19th St.), San Francisco. I donated a print from the PreOccupied series. More info »
SEP 08 Spent only a couple of days in Alaska for Die Weltwoche, a news weekly from Switzerland. Lots of rain, too much time on the road driving but the taxidermy shop turned out to be a gem. Here are a few selects. »
Sep 08 Received three honorable mentions at the International Photography Awards in the portrait, fashion and fine-art landscape categories. It's quite a mixed bag what makes it in there, but see for yourself. Though sponsored by Pilsner Urquell - once again - I have not received any beer in exchange for my entry fees. Here are my submissions. »
Gerhard Richter's Lesende, 1994 mit Betrachterin, 2008 SEP 08Taken at the SFMOMA. There's a great story in the Guardian about Richter's paintings. Here's a quote:
AUG 08 Singer-songwriter Bart Davenport for Mini-International magazine. Their San Francisco issue just launched focusing on green issues and a mix of art, culture, tech & food. I shot a bunch for them and it may be hard to find on newsstands here since it's published in Germany but they expanded their web presence and there's more content to be found online. More pix »
AUG 08 New work in Measure of Time, a group show at the Oakland Museum of California at City Center. It'll run through June 2009, so there's plenty of time to see it. Lots of art to view in Oakland these days, just check out their Visual Arts Map before you go. »
JUL 08 And I always thought I would get by with my juvenile behaviour alone. »
JUN 08 Busting out the toy cameras. I've been doing a couple shoots with the old Duaflex. One how-to for Readymade on building a campfire. Bringing back childhood memories of near disasters with fields on fire and thinking about doing a follow-up on how to put out wildfires with your denim jacket. The other one for edible SAN FRANCISCO on garlic grower Chester Himes which left me with stinky breath for days but the incredible range of flavors were all worth it.
Jun 08 Sound installation artist and musician Yoshi Wada for The Wire. »
Lots more in the NEWSARCHIVE for the ones who like to dig »
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