Chroma

2009-01-20T17:17:00.000-08:00

This is the apartment building perpendicular to my old apt on Cloverfield in Santa Monica.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-02T17:12:00.000-08:00

I've managed to scan some polaroids- nothing like the new year to get me posting again. Here is an image I took last April. Even though it's a square format, I turned the camera to get the strange perspective.

Turning 30 isn't so bad.

2008-08-26T17:02:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. I have tons of pictures, just no scanner. Here are some pictures I took at the Angel City Drive-in in Downtown Los Angeles. I didn't have a tripod, so excuse any blurriness.

2008-03-20T17:37:00.000-07:00

I took this in Vegas recently. They spelled "Precaution" wrong.

2008-03-04T16:27:00.000-08:00

I forgot that I was interviewed for the Chicago Journal regarding my donation of photographs to the Heartland Alliance for the Art Against Aids event. Thank god the nice person who wrote the article didn't make me seem like an idiot. Click here to read it.

I don't have any stats on the event just yet, but I'm hoping the Heartland Alliance raised a lot of money for the cause.

Here's a random picture I took of some goats at a petting zoo. I have some new pics - just haven't scanned them yet. I'll try and get to that soon.

2008-02-27T17:51:00.000-08:00

Just as a reminder, the Art Against AIDS event is this Thursday, February 28th at the River East Art Center in Chicago. Tickets can be purchased through the link above for $100 or at the door for $125. Basically, buy them on-line while you still can! All tickets include live and silent art auction and music by DJ Oskar from 6 to 10 pm with cocktails and gourmet food stations. Please go if you can and buy my print!!!!

Here's my annual self-portrait polaroid for January 2008 and below, 2007.

2008-02-19T17:29:00.000-08:00

I just saw the animated feature "Happy Feet" last night. It wasn't good.

I named this polaroid "Happy Feet." This was before I saw penguins dancing and singing to Prince. I was on a swing in Lone Mountain Park, and the sun was setting. It was a nice night.

2008-02-02T16:49:00.000-08:00

2008-01-08T17:23:00.000-08:00

I donated a photo diptych of mine to Art Against AIDS, an auction of over 75 pieces of art of different mediums. The proceeds from the event help Heartland Alliance's HIV/AIDS programs and services, including primary care, referrals, assistance with transportation and lab costs, housing, alternative therapies such as chiropractic treatment and massage therapy, HIV prevention education, and oral health care.

The actual event happens February 28th at River East Art Center in Chicago (I'll post a reminder blog in February.) Tickets can be purchased through the link above for $100. All tickets include live and silent art auction and music by DJ Oskar from 6 to 10 pm with cocktails and gourmet food stations.

I won't be able to go, though it sounds like fun. Please go if you are interested! It's for a great cause!

Here is the photo I donated below:

2008-01-04T18:05:00.000-08:00

More from ICE at Santa Monica.

Happy New Year (too)!

2007-12-30T14:42:00.000-08:00

Here's another one from the vaults. Happy New Year!

2007-12-26T18:07:00.000-08:00

I don't even know these people.

This is "ICE at Santa Monica." Who would have ever thought of ice skating when it's 65 degrees outside. Only in California.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!

2007-12-18T17:33:00.000-08:00

2007-12-06T18:55:00.000-08:00

2007-11-28T18:55:00.000-08:00

Wrastlin'

2007-11-25T00:13:00.000-08:00

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

2007-10-20T11:28:00.000-07:00

This was taken a few years ago after we finally decided to get rid of the christmas tree. It was basically a skeleton at that point. Those are all of it's needles on the floor.

2007-10-19T14:41:00.000-07:00

At the gallery I work at, we hung a mock up of the show title to get a grasp on the size of the text in relation to the wall. We've kept it up though, only because it looks like it is a banner for someone's high school reunion.

2007-10-18T18:59:00.000-07:00

Finally a new polaroid! This is from September.

2007-09-21T23:01:00.000-07:00

This one is kind of weird because it's a slide taken of a Polaroid. I like the original picture, though.

2007-09-13T17:55:00.000-07:00

Matt and I filmed a commercial for a WXRT contest and lost. He took this still of me from the video on a polaroid, and I think this is one of my favorite photos of myself. Good Work, Matt!

2007-09-03T02:36:00.000-07:00

I remember (kind of) taking this picture at a party at "The Bog" in the IIT campus across the street from Comisky Park. The picture got scuffed up a bit, but then again, so did I. In the foreground is my friend Brian. I'm not quite sure what he's doing.

2007-08-30T16:32:00.000-07:00

Diptych completed!

2007-08-29T17:23:00.001-07:00

This turned out to be kind of an interesting picture. I don't think that there were enough chemicals in the little storage bladder at the bottom of the picture. The result was an incomplete exposure. Compositionally, though, I like the way it ended up. I like the colors, too.

2007-08-29T17:12:00.000-07:00

2007-08-28T19:54:00.001-07:00

2007-08-28T19:40:00.001-07:00

2007-08-22T19:37:00.000-07:00

2007-08-19T16:11:00.000-07:00

I took this one a couple of summers ago of my friend Marty Jumping in a garbage can.

2007-08-14T23:47:00.000-07:00

Still no scanner. This is half of a diptych from February 2007.

2007-08-14T12:51:00.000-07:00

I took this in the kitchen where I used

to work.

2007-07-24T10:28:00.000-07:00

2007-07-09T23:15:00.000-07:00

I found this picture that I had taken a few

years back in the basement of my old house.

I wonder who lives there now.

2007-07-09T23:05:00.000-07:00

2007-05-29T14:33:00.001-07:00

I took this in January in my apartment. I was doing yoga, and I noticed the how the subtle lighting of the ceiling picked up on the cracks. I thought it was beautiful.

2007-05-24T09:49:00.001-07:00

This is in Central Park in Griffith, Indiana. I actually took this a couple of weeks ago. Matt used to play on this tank when he was a kid.

No. No new scanner. Annie and Peter have been kind enough to let me scan some stuff!

2007-05-22T09:52:00.000-07:00

Once again, Venice Beach.

2007-05-16T09:18:00.000-07:00

Anyone care for a refreshing oothie?

2007-05-08T05:26:00.000-07:00

He ain't heavy...

He's my brother.

2007-04-30T09:20:00.000-07:00

Handball Court in Venice, #2

2007-04-30T09:19:00.000-07:00

Handball Court in Venice, #1.

2007-04-12T12:47:00.000-07:00

I love this picture so much I want to make out with it.

Once again, this is the Venice Pier, right at sunset.

I promise to have more pictures soon. I'm currently deciding on which scanner I need to sell my kidney for.

2007-04-05T18:37:00.000-07:00

Taken with my Holga while hiking through the

North Woods.

2007-04-05T00:24:00.000-07:00

Night shot of tree house, et all, on 120 film.

Taken in the fall of 2006 in Oxbow Wisc.

2007-04-05T00:20:00.000-07:00

Taken at "Brisket Days" in Northern Wisconsin

on my trusty Holga.

2007-03-30T10:03:00.000-07:00

This is the Venice Boardwalk at Sunset. I miss warm weather.

2007-03-21T09:59:00.000-07:00

I really like this picture even though I don't know why. It's the back lot to the "Chubby Weiner" on Western.

2007-03-21T09:51:00.000-07:00

The internet connection that I am stealing from a neighbor of mine hasn't been working lately. I haven't been able to post because of it. And I still don't have a working scanner.

Here is a polaroid I took right after moving back to Chicago from Los Angeles. This is from my bedroom window, and that damn street light would keep me up at night until we found some thick, dark curtains to stop the light from coming in. My last polaroid in Los Angeles was this picture I posted a couple of weeks ago.

Very interesting indeed.

2007-03-05T15:20:00.000-08:00

Here, I'm trying to capture the "old magic" of my early

childhood spent in the Northeast.

2007-03-05T09:56:00.000-08:00

A couple of years ago, I saw this amazing photograph by Henry Wessel; he managed to photograph a wave right at it's breaking point. I figured by his vantage point, he must have been on long pier that was able to take him far enough into the ocean to get behind or next to the big waves the surfers catch. Wessel's California photographs, especially those on the beach, are mostly centered around Santa Monica and Venice. The Venice Pier is amazing; no fuss, no games, no rides, just a giant concrete pier that must go at least a half mile into the ocean. The polaroid camera doesn't work as quick as a SLR camera, so I had to catch this at just the right moment. It's a little blurry, and the lighting is a little low, but I still like to this that this is my homage to Henry Wessel.

2007-02-26T09:39:00.000-08:00

Here is another image from Bergamot Station in Santa Monica. When I lived in California, the gallery I worked for sold photography that was apart of the New Topographics sensibility. Anyway, I noticed that my work began to mimic the work that I was selling.

2007-02-23T15:13:00.000-08:00

Another Holga picture taken in North Adams.

It had just finished raining, and I decided to go for a walk.

I came across this scene about a half an hour into it.

2007-02-23T08:31:00.000-08:00

The best part about Chicago is when it finally starts to get warm; people really take advantage of being outside. I remember that it was still pretty chilly out, but warm for spring, so I thought it would be a nice kite flying day. I was pretty shocked to see how many people hang out on the concrete stairs over looking the lake, and I had to wait until the area cleared out before I could get the picture I wanted. I didn't mind the girl in the background. She matched my kite so well.

My scanner is dead. I am buying a new one next week after I get paid.

2007-02-23T08:28:00.000-08:00

This isn't my favorite picture in the world, however I do really love the larger than life portrait of Jim Morrison.

2007-02-18T18:02:00.000-08:00

Took this one with my (not so) trusty Holga camera

during my residency in North Adams, MA this past fall.

I know it's not a Polaroid, but I really like the picture.

2007-02-18T17:58:00.000-08:00

Picture of my girlfriend taken with sx-70 film

exposed way past it's expiration date.

2007-02-17T18:10:00.000-08:00

I'm dreaming of warm weather right now. . .

It was over a 100 degrees when I took this polaroid this past July. It could explain why it looks a little fuzzy.

2007-02-12T10:40:00.000-08:00

I think I took this in 2001. My friend, Nathan, lived in this apartment in Studio City, CA that had this great pool in the center of the complex. How "Melrose Place!"

My scanner is either dead or on the fritz. I'll be posting old polaroids until I get a new one or fix the crappy one I have. I have a lot of new pics I want to post!

2007-02-01T20:10:00.000-08:00

This is me up on top of Eagle Rock in Topanga Canyon.

2007-02-01T20:09:00.000-08:00

This is the polaroid of the month for January that I sent to my friend, Ken, in Tokyo.

2007-01-30T23:44:00.000-08:00

My friend Paul, on his lunch break.

2007-01-30T23:39:00.000-08:00

Taken while driving back to Chicago from Wisconsin last fall.

Live to ride, ride to live.

2007-01-30T00:15:00.000-08:00

Double exposure of the TV taken with the i-zone camera.
Baby needs some washin'!

2007-01-28T07:42:00.000-08:00

It's hard to believe this is actually up in Topanga Canyon in California. Besides the not so green grass, it reminds me of England.

2007-01-17T13:05:00.000-08:00

Taken two years ago at my girlfriends house in upper Wisconsin.
I used SX-70 film in an old Land Camera.

2007-01-16T14:21:00.000-08:00

I took this back in March of last year. Yes, we had snow in March.

This is in Highland Park, IL - it was about 8am and very foggy. The polaroid always manages to pick up and intensify colors such as it does is this picture.

2007-01-15T08:19:00.000-08:00

Taken this summer at Natural Bridge State Park in Massachusetts.

I used SX-70 film, and mushed it around a bit.

2007-01-11T08:21:00.000-08:00

I took this right before I left California and moved back home in August of 2004. Bergamot Station, where this was taken, was an old train depot back when there was actually a commuter train between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles. Now it is the home of about 30 or so galleries - also where I used to work.

2007-01-10T17:12:00.000-08:00

Taken last year on the night of the first snowfall.

Expired SX-70 Film might explain the weird colors.