Tallulah on carousel. Santa Monica, CA. January 2012.
(Prep work for February’s monthlies project)
‘New’ New Monthlies
As I mentioned here before, I decided to change up the monthlies this year. Instead of following the same format each month, I’m going to use it as a way to experiment with different ideas, different methods, different ways of editing and presenting the stuff I’m shooting each month. It will certainly be more challenging, as I need to develop a little mini-project every few weeks, but I was beginning to feel stifled by the repetitive nature of the last two years worth of monthlies, and I’m hoping this will mean more interesting work, not to mention an opportunity to play around and have fun with it.
So, January 2012; a three day trip, the edit condensed and confined by chronology. A set of self-imposed constraints within which I attempted to make a few half-decent photographs. Still not sure how successful I was, but I suppose that’s the point. Next month will likely be all film, nostalgia and the influence of memory, both real and imagined.
THA BLOG IS HOT // Jake Stangel Blog: A question posed to me.
It’s amazing how digital photography all of a sudden made shooting film on assignment, or for commercial work (which I still can get away with, sometimes), seem RISKY. The possibility of exposed film/botched film seems almost more manageable to me then a corrupted card or something like that (and that’s why there are digi techs and why they get paid bank to keep assets safe).
On the same day I read this, I also see Nick Turpin’s anguished tweets, as he loses a full day’s shoot due to a fucked up card.
Just sayin’…
Source: jakestangel
Recent Acquisitions
I recently grabbed these three zines from Hamburger Eyes, from left to right:
- Medicine, by Bryan Formhals
- Sixth Sense, by Chris Beale & Reynaldo Cayetano Jr.
- Excerpts from 2011, by Megan McIsaac
All three are great, and I really appreciate the opportunity to get a physical representation of a photographer’s work in my hands without it costing an arm and a leg. Obviously the quality reflects the lower price point, but given just how cheap these things are they look really good.
Totally recommended.
Hermosa Beach, CA. October 2011.
(via London 2011, by Tommy Forbes - strangers)
Great series by Tommy, collecting some of his work shot in London throughout 2011. Up now on strange.rs!
Source: strange.rs
I think a picture of an empty parking lot can be loaded with political meaning. What you leave out of a picture can speak volumes. … I want to leave the pictures open enough so people can arrive at those conclusions on their own. I don’t feel the need to photograph a mall on fire or someone being trampled on Black Friday, or a politician with his fingers crossed behind his back to make a political statement in a photograph.
