the orb 2

the orb

iPhoneography, 2019

the orb

iPhoneography, 2019

the orb

iPhoneography, 2019

the orb

iPhoneography, 2019

Here's the remaining four pieces in this series. I say remaining, but there's a few more in progress. I recently found another old sports book buried in my studio, and there were some bowling photos in it that I couldn't resist. Assuming those work out, there will be a few more posted here fairly soon.

the orb

the orb

iPhoneography, 2019

the orb

iPhoneography, 2019

the orb

iPhoneography, 2019

the orb

iPhoneography, 2019

the orb

iPhoneography, 2019

One of those silly ideas. I found a photo of a guy holding a bowling ball in an old textbook, and snapped a photo of it with my iPad. It sat on my iPad unused for a while, then I got inspired and made the piece right above this text. I thought it was silly, but I liked it, and decided to keep the idea going by shooting all the photos of people holding bowling balls I could find (a have a lot of old books for collage purposes). I ended up making nine of these. I'll post the remaining four soon.

I liked the idea of giving them all the same title, that and making the title all lowercase letters added a pretentious touch that enhances the goofiness a bit.

Baldessari Monument

Baldessari Monument

collage on postcard, 2012

Just read online that John Baldessari has died. He was one of my art heroes, and a major influence on my work. 

My Favorite Photo-2019

Americana Submarine

digital photo, 2019

Happy New Year!
Lenscratch, an online contemporary photo journal, has just published their annual favorite photos of the year exhibition, where anyone can submit their one photo from the year that they like the best. As always with large group exhibition, there's some work I like, some I don't, and some that doesn't do much for me one way or the other. Your milage may (and should) vary.
My photo appears on page 4 of the 6 page exhibit, which is arranged in a loose thematic manner.
Here is the original post from March 3 I made with this photo, just two days after it was shot on March 1, 2019. Why is this one my favorite? I don't really know, to be honest. I knew I got a good one right when I pressed the shutter, but that's not really a rare occasion (even if it doesn't occur as often as I'd like!). I like the gritty, urban feel, the isolated feeling from the overhead el tracks, and the solitary person in the photo. Maybe that's it.