Red Rectangles

untitled

iPhoneography, 2019

Made this one a couple of months ago, just playing around with Procreate on my iPad.

Okosheizu

Okosheizu

digital photo, 2019

Shot in Japantown in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago. I've been (very) slowly making my way through Zen Spaces and Neon Places by Vinayak Bharne, a collection of essays about Japanese architecture and urbanism, an area of study way outside of my knowledge area but interesting nonetheless. One of the essays in that book discusses the almost Mondrian-like aspect of two dimensional spaces in Japanese interiors. According to the author, many traditional Japanese interiors were designed through a process called okosheizu, wherein individual walls were designed independently then fit into the existing roof and framework of the building. None of that was in my mind when this photo was made (and the Japantown mall was obviously not designed utilizing okosheizu), but the linear, flat aspect of Japanese interior space was in my mind when I hurriedly shot this while waiting for my nieces to finish their purchases at a nearby stationary store. The interaction between 2D and 3D space (or the 2D photographic surface and it's relationship to photographic space) has long been a creative interest for me, and this serves as an example of that interest.

Rising Star

Rising Star

Digital photo, 2019

Shot while waiting for the streetcar in San Francisco about a week and a half ago.

3 versions

untitled (v.3)

iPhoneography, 2019

untitled (v.1)

iPhoneography, 2019

untitled (v.2)

iPhoneography, 2019

Three slightly different versions of a piece I made on my iPad last month. The original photo was shot while teaching a shortened 3-week digital photo class during May and June. It's one of my students photographing a reflection in a puddle. I liked the gray, flat feel of the piece, so kept it pretty simple in post production. I like v.3, at the top of the post best, but all three versions work pretty well for me. Which is your favorite?

Nightwalkers

Nightwalkers

iPhoneography, 2019

untitled (storefront)

untitled (storefront)

iPhoneography, 2019

I shot this photo in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood last December. I started playing with it in various iPad apps a couple months ago, and eventually ended up with the version you see here.

Diet and Exercise

Diet and Exercise

collage on paper, 2018

Diet and Exercise

collage on paper, 2018

Here's two more collages in the ongoing Diet and Exercise series. You can view the entire series here.

U of C Law School

untitled (University of Chicago Law School)

digital photo, 2019

Soumaya

Soumaya

iPhoneography, 2019

This started as a photo of the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City that I shot last December. The building is really interesting (more so than the art collection inside it, which, while not bad, seems to emphasize quantity over quality), so I used various iPad apps and focused on design over content. That works visually, and also relates to the museum collection in a subtle way.