tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41999076948174489442008-07-30T08:12:27.076-07:0040 wattshawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-57661923988368624832008-07-14T12:53:00.000-07:002008-07-14T13:05:04.505-07:00i think it's a shame spiralmy favorite google image search result for "shame spiral"
all I know is that between the editorial jobs, the show I just went to, the show I need to print for, and working towards putting on these Reviews, I not only haven't posted lately, but I haven't even logged in and looked at my reader in at least a month. It's become a source of guilt and I just can't deal with it these days. Hope you're shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-7077104202142404232008-06-28T15:37:00.001-07:002008-06-28T15:47:42.058-07:00since i paid $6.95 for internet access, i should go ahead and do something with it before i catch my planemore to come, but a few things I love about Chicago:
New Catalog
the fact that I ate deep-fried macaroni and cheese while sitting across the table from Paul D'Amato (Justin, I chose this one for you)
potato pancakes from Manny's
Brian, of course
Jason Lazarus
and the Git
oh, and I've got no time to properly attribute or link, but add Karsten Lund, and the other fine folks at MoCP, Amy shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-39890752416672797652008-06-25T13:48:00.000-07:002008-06-25T13:56:43.329-07:00l.a. today, chicago tomorrow
Among the weirdest aspects of my current trip is that the rooftop where I hang out each morning affords this view of the plane hitting the building, over and over again, about every fifteen minutes.shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-38803069095462832392008-06-19T09:53:00.000-07:002008-06-19T10:04:11.956-07:00it has been argued that the main distinction between humans and animals is self-awareness
In an odd twist on my previous post, I had a magazine I'd done an editorial job for request an urgent headshot to run on the contributors page. The problem though, is that I'm currently a single parent in a hotel room with limited light and no tripod... that's where one's kids come in to the rescue. I had the kids shoot numerous pictures of me this morning. Here's one with that rare combination shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-31671698509971317112008-06-16T09:47:00.000-07:002008-06-16T09:56:07.492-07:00my heroes have always stared out windows (oftentimes while smoking)A good friend pointed out the other day that my blog really sucks lately. Yeah sure, I'll take that. Just awfully busy answering to tasks that have deadlines and/or pay. But, that said, all of a sudden here I find myself done with school for the summer (well, I still need to post grades), and down in Los Angeles for the next week. Not a lot of free time, but still, I'm going to try to build up a shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-827333686517449152008-06-03T20:09:00.000-07:002008-06-03T20:33:34.848-07:00My Dearest Darling,yet more google image searching... forgiveness
I know, I know, our relationship's a little out of balance lately. I feel like we really need to have a talk. Early on, when we were just getting to know one another, we fueled each other. You certainly excited and inspired me, and hopefully, at least occasionally, I did the same for you. But lately, work (in its varied forms) has just got me wipedshawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-60524564576289073912008-05-30T12:40:00.000-07:002008-05-30T12:56:39.437-07:00Chicago
Say, if you were going to be in Chicago at the end of July and had secured a little faculty development money to cover your hotel costs, where would you stay that would be convenient for drunkenly walking home from the MOCP? And what else, besides trying to arrange a drink with Brian, Todd, and Amy would you do while you're there? Other than a few airport layovers and a quick drive through, shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-15284424755808939852008-05-30T10:35:00.000-07:002008-05-30T10:45:13.313-07:00if i didn't have fifteen other things i need to deal with todayi'd follow my nose from here, an image i discovered yesterday while trying to find the phone number of my neighborhood grocery store:
read the comments on the flickr page.
Of course, that lead me to here, a slightly more academic (Arty) conversation about Gursky's picture.
Jorg's got a nice one here.
But of course, it's the auction price that draws attention, isn't it?
But I think this shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-56456373776188441712008-05-29T09:53:00.001-07:002008-05-29T10:05:42.514-07:00among my many fears, i occasionally wonder what i might do if i were to lose my eyesight (or my trampoline?)Paul Strand, 1916
And when that question/fear does arise, I try to assure myself that to a certain extent something similar could be done with sound. But of course, without seeing what's going on, it'd certainly be harder to anticipate when to press the button wouldn't it? Thus I guess I'd need to walk the earth constantly recording everything around me and then editing the juicy bits of shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-80795412257452657562008-05-27T10:20:00.000-07:002008-05-27T10:28:56.427-07:00an assortment of "happy birthday" google image search results to share with my friend Ralf on his 36th birthday
shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-88978795172876783162008-05-26T10:54:00.001-07:002008-05-26T11:11:51.889-07:00you know, i'm thirty five years old, have been making pictures for about twelve years now, but I've never photographed lightning before this weekend.with tripod on front stoop
hand-held out back
shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-12972148651986096842008-05-18T11:37:00.000-07:002008-05-18T11:42:40.290-07:00Ask and Ye Shall ReceiveMany thanks to Bob, Chase, Mel, Leslie, Andrew, and Blake on my recent request. You've just planned Monday's class for me. Here's something I can offer in return:
It came in from a former student with "God's Love" in the subject heading, right after Chase's link to the nascent sexuality polaroid study.shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-5691404259758795212008-05-16T10:08:00.001-07:002008-05-16T10:18:26.473-07:00help me out?next week, in all three of my classes, I want to talk about photo projects that deal with history. I've got an earlier post here where I mention some examples that I like to use. Others include the thirdview site and maybe one or two of the other rephotographic projects (like Susan Meiselas' "Re-framing History," but I'd love to find something where someone is looking into their personal history,shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-35783206423364288972008-05-16T09:39:00.001-07:002008-05-16T09:42:49.822-07:00google image search results for "winogrand" that weren't exactly what I was looking for
shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-66774287304567461172008-05-13T08:26:00.001-07:002008-05-13T08:27:05.973-07:00plugshawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-1861961930462902502008-05-11T08:35:00.001-07:002008-05-11T08:37:06.200-07:00great expectationshint: read carefully
shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-7553025442764021522008-05-10T08:06:00.000-07:002008-05-10T09:48:34.136-07:00Photo District News is bad for me, but Mericle is good.the kptv site, right now.
For awhile there, maybe a year ago, Jenny and I found ourselves watching the early news each night, the Fox news that comes on at ten. To a certain extent, we felt like we knew what we were doing, that we could recognize the fear-mongering, sensationalism and the self-promotion with their nightly updates about American Idol, but even with that sense of distance, we justshawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-51152256244492118592008-05-07T18:08:00.000-07:002008-05-07T18:10:34.021-07:00has anyone seenit?
I haven't. Does the printing look alright?shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-75661622750233445802008-05-06T09:22:00.000-07:002008-05-06T09:40:50.900-07:00Boonville USA, Portland styleIt's kind of like when you were watching Happy Days and the girls from Laverne & Shirley showed up.
© Timothy Briner, Gladys, Boonville, NC, 2007
That's right, as I type, Tim's on the couch catching up on his own blog/email/whatever and doesn't even know I'm posting this. In fact, if you add Jenny we've got three laptops humming along right now in the same room. Add some Yo La Tengo and we're shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-14811637906385175162008-04-30T16:15:00.000-07:002008-04-30T16:21:19.559-07:00for today's ramblingsi'll defer to the fine folks who fart on thunder. thanks guys, that was fun.shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-59471532797115063692008-04-29T14:47:00.000-07:002008-05-06T09:22:04.194-07:00here's your chance to come to portlandPhotolucida's Northwest Summer Portfolio Reviews
July 26th & 27th, 2008
FYI: We just announced this and opened registration this morning. Now, three hours later, it's already half-full. Crazy.
By the way, what the information page doesn't tell you: Blue Sky, where the reviews are being held, is just blocks away from Voodoo doughnuts, a great 24 hour donut shop where you can get a wide variety shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-31808354772079569992008-04-23T07:22:00.000-07:002008-04-23T07:51:44.657-07:00some pictures off the card in my camera. some words written about thirty hours ago.
Though I won't have internet to post this until I get home, I actually type from the airport in Athens, at the tail end of a twelve hour layover. I took advantage of arriving early enough to catch the Metro in to see the Acropolis at dusk, but was too nervous (and cheap) to do anything but walk around for an hour and then take the train right back to the airport. Now, I just need to stay awake shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-8155785571071711942008-04-17T00:51:00.000-07:002008-04-17T01:12:06.733-07:00talk about a good week (for me, anyway)
• first, there was this
• then came this
• and now, through an unfortunate turn of events (for someone else), I'm on my way to this, while I should be doing this:
I have to admit, I'm feeling pretty lucky right now. Even though I'm nursing a mild nosebleed in a McDonald's in the midst of a five hour layover in Frankfurt. Reports to come. Hey, anybody know of an easy good way to make a shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-49094210793219223792008-04-11T08:21:00.000-07:002008-04-11T08:54:32.894-07:00i once was lostWakaba Noda, from Making a Map
Yesterday, my copy of Wakaba Noda's Making a Map arrived and I've been swooning over it ever since. I have to admit, I want to spend a little time with it and see how I feel after the initial blush. I must acknowledge that I'm swayed by this really great statement/publisher's description:
Trying to create a perfect place by assembling photographs of small shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199907694817448944.post-64493418453652386762008-04-10T09:44:00.000-07:002008-04-10T10:31:23.583-07:00things i really like this week• this photo (and the book it comes from):
Andrew Phelps, from Higley
• the fact that Ed Panar made it into APE's recent slideshow/showcase. In truth, I haven't watched the whole thing, just the first of four parts and afterwards found myself thinking that I wasn't really into much of anything there except for a few images. When I checked those out, I realized two of them were Ed's. shawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08830251968873218956noreply@blogger.com