Does anyone else think this video looks like midterm project in a high school A/V class? SO GOOD.
ALSO, watch Daryl and Chromeo play I Can’t Go For That
Found this on my drive from Gettysburg to Phila back in February
Horlacher Beer
“It a case of flavor”
Our friend Bonnie just launched a new website – tons of good art and photography. Some of my favorite photos by Bonnie after the jump.
Continue reading ‘Bonnie Brenda Scott’
I’m going to bookmark this now for this coming February.
From the annual trip down the shore. A few more after the break
Continue reading ‘Beach Time’
Crazy footage of driving through a forest fire currently ongoing in russia for more info
“These images are from a set of 1,075 photographs — shot over five days last year for the book and exhibition, ‘Contraband’ — of items detained or seized from passengers or express mail entering the United States from abroad at the New York airport.” – New York Times Sunday Magazine
Simon also compiled (that word isn’t right) “An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar”.
Photos taken from the top of the PSFS building, the first skyscraper ever built in the City of Brotherly Love now the Lowes Hotel full collection after the jump
Continue reading ‘Philadelphia from the top of the PSFS Building’
From a 2007 road trip with Ryan – somewhere between Salt Lake City and St. Louis.
Our buddy Marco Depaolis apparently had a show last month last month at the 4th wall project. Looks like it was cool, hope I hear about the next one before its over.
Youngsuk Suh – Sunset I, 2008
“Individuals are often ‘protected’ from the direct contact [with the wildfire] and left with mediated images seen on TV and newspapers. One’s own sense of threat is replaced by the color-coded ratings determined by the authority. Once this process is established, the wildfires are no longer a threat in a real sense. The thick smoke seems to transform the real event into a remote memory.” – from the artist’s statement about the series.
A few more after the break – thanks to Kareem for the tip.
Continue reading ‘Wildfires – Youngsuk Suh’
I went to a wedding at The Boston Exchange Center
and to no-one’s surprise ended up on the roof with my camera
more after the jump
Continue reading ‘The Boston Exchange Center • Sunsets are Purrty’
To be released next month.
“Created between October and December 2005, this haunting series of images serves as a potent, unalloyed document of the raw experiences of those left to fend for themselves in the aftermath of Katrina. With no essay, titles, or even page numbers in the way, the words on these homes, cars, and trees offer a searing testament that continues to speak volumes, five years since their original inscription.” – Art Book.
Destroy this Memory: Photographs by Richard Misrach
15 x 11 ½ in. (38.1 x 29.2 cm)
140 pages; 70 four-color images
Hardcover
ISBN 978-1-59711-163-8
Thanks to Isaac for the tip.
I’m curating an exhibition of Philadelphia artists who use printmaking techniques in one-of-a-kind works.
Doubting Thomases opens September 10th at Nudashank Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland and will feature works by Micah Danges, Chris Kline, Matt Leines, Isaac Tin Wei Lin, Bill McRight, Dan Murphy, Andrew Jeffrey Wright and myself.
More details to come. It’s going to be exciting.
From a road trip through Detroit about three years back. (Thanks to Ben for reminding me to look for these)
A few more after the break – click on images for larger versions.
Continue reading ‘Detroit Hand Painted Signs’