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.

Heaven or Hell

Heaven or Hell

digital photo, 2019

I shot this with my iPhone while wandering around downtown Chicago a couple days ago. The sign is from someone standing just out of frame handing out religious tracts. Seemed an appropriate one to post on New Year's Eve, when people tend to reflect back on the year.

Madison Rainy Night

I was in Madison, Wisconsin for a weekend getaway over Thanksgiving this year. The weather was terrible the entire weekend, but that didn't hinder my enjoyment of the sleepy college town vibe. Holiday weekend and no home football game meant the town was pretty empty. The bad weather actually worked in my favor on Saturday evening. We were about to walk the few blocks from our hotel to the restaurant we had chosen for dinner, when we noticed it was pouring. Really pouring, with periods of hail as well. I grabbed my camera, and made a couple shots right as we were leaving the hotel (the first shot at the top of this page), but then waited until after dinner, when the rain had slowed some, to make the rest of the photos you see here. Rainy nights are really fun to shoot, and it rarely happens that there's a rainy night when I'm in an interesting location, have the time to shoot, and actually feel like sloshing around with wet feet to make some photos.

Offering

Offering

collage on wallpaper, 2012

A collage made a few years ago, just getting around to posting it now. This one didn't excite me too much when it was finished. I didn't hate it, I just wasn't moved by it. Looking at it now, while it may not be the most interesting collage I've ever made, and it's certainly not where I'm at creatively right now (I'm not doing much hand made collage at all), it's not a bad one.