photographer 9: Anna Gaskell

She started with self-portraits and now does works reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland.

Her work is kind of dark. And I kind of like it. 

photographer 8: Gary Schneider

His work is... INTERESTING. So weird and so normal at the same time. That doesn't make sense.

Look at his images:

photographer 7: Vincent Laforet

So I'm not an idiot for not recognizing him by name...

born 1975 and began photography at 15.

Runs a must read blog for any and every person dabbling in the photography realm of creativity.

He has done toy camera work, his style is strong whether the images vibrant or not, using celebraties or just everyday people. He did some documentary work of NOLA Katrina. My favorite is the intensity of "Games" and less of the photoshop work. 

These are lovely.

Photographer 6: Duane Michals

The weirder the better.

I love story lines, I dig his work. Duane Michals uses the use of photo sequence to portray an idea or story. Why limit yourself to one image when you can attack a subject with many?

Photographer 5: Weegee

I picked this artist, because of his name... I'm so glad. So odd and brilliant. His photos are raw and honest.

Weegee (Aurthur Fellig) born in the Ukraine and moved to America 1909.
He chose to nudists, circus performers, freaks and street people to capture.

I find it lovely.

My blurb book is turned in. Makes me want to do this all over town!

Of course at the end of the semester I get loaded with ideas. Just when we won't be allowed to use open lab anymore. wahhhh.

I need help from you kids on how to find an example of this. I hope I can describe it how I'd like...

I've really gotten into yoga, and I'd like to take a series of photos people doing yoga positions in random places in public. I've seen this before with dance. Where, for example, they had a normal grocery store scene and a person in the back ground doing a pirouette or like so as if nothing was out of place.

Anyone know what I mean? If so: Give a dog a bone please.

Photographer 4: Larry Sultan

I focused specifically on his work he did of his parents. They are stunning.

I think that there is something very under appreciated about people and the beauty of aging and of your parents.  I know, especially as I get older and can start to understand not being able to understand (uhh, you follow?) there is an odd connection you seem to acquire towards your parents and also time should be taken to just look at them.

Appreciate every smile line and every tired look. People are so wonderfully fascinating and so ever changing.

I wanted to post this one, too. Because I love butts...

Seriously. Haha :)

Photographer 3: Tina Barney

Tina Barney is another American Photographer that focuses on large scale images of her close friends and family.

The photos are not necessarily staged or natural. A fine line is what she walks. 

Photographer 2: Catherine Opie

I have no been very good at posting the people I have been looking at as inspiration for my project and work in general. This is me catching up...

Catherine Opie is an American photographer who has done much work focusing on what effects my everyday life: family.

She says, "Basically what I did then, and I still do now is wander around with my camera to describe my relationship to the world and where I live.”

One work in specifically she did that I truly appreciate is her In and Around Home series. In this series she goes into the homes of families and takes photos of their everyday life... the families with same sex parents.

Although for my individual blurb book I did not quite get what I had anticipated, her work will prove to inspire me to keep trying even after the final is turned in.

 I was trying to get used to the scanners. Also, I really dug the watercolors we saw at the sheldon the other day. I've been playing a bit, and copying others.

I don't care who you think you are, this is delightful.

Check out these incredible drawings that look like photographs. Absolutely stunning.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/realistic-drawings-look-like-photographs-1333124926-slideshow/#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Frealistic-drawings-look-like-photographs-slideshow%252Fpaul-cadden-photo-1333124373.html

Hey kids. I'm sorry it is blurry. Let me know what you think. :)

They're coming for me.

This is what my mind looks like when I'm overwhelmed.

We all have our own demons to fight.

snow tracks

I'm feeling so nostalgic over the snow. I miss Michigan and all of the wonders it encompassed. I'm so glad I moved... but I miss the snow. I miss cloudy lounge days that seemed to happen every other day.

I also miss the tracks that you leave in the snow. It is a simple reminder that time is most a memory. Tracks in snow, sand, or mud; the dust outline of a lamp that hasn't moved in years; even hardened toothpaste on a mirror - those are all just moments imply what was, what will never be again. Yes, I will walk more, and move furniture, and will certainly brush my teeth - but that moment on that day will never again happen.

Alfred Eisenstaedt "The father of photojournalism"

Alfred Eisenstaedt

(1898-1995)

Known mostly for his "VJ DAY" photo, 1945

His motto was "keep it simple". 

"Eisenstaedt perfected certain techniques for capturing the spontaneous moment that has given us some of our most enduring photographic images."

His motto to keep things simple, is the reason he was able to capture such rare moments. He didn't fuss, he just kept to the basics.

What I will try to learn from him is to use what is around and not get mixed up in what I do not have.

A new Adventure

When ever I have to look up photographers, I always feel like a lost puppy. I never know who or what to be looking for and silly sites always run me in circles. Google searches always bring up one particular site and I never use it because I don't fancy the layout. I'm going to go through it though, and pick out every artist worth recognizing. I'm so ignorant to everything sometimes.

The first site I am attacking is:
http://www.betterphoto.com/forms/linkall.asp?catid=2

I made this list in November of 2010. I slowly but surely work on each and every one of these, or at the minimum think about them. It is forever changing and evolving, as it should be. I just thought I'd post in effort to inspire myself.


1. Take a belly dancing class - Done (10-08)
2. Take a kick boxing class - Done (11-22-10)
3. Go rock climbing in the wild
4. Go on a long distance road trip- Done (Summer 2011)
5. go skydiving
6. Meet the love of my life
7. Travel Europe with little money
8. run a marathon/triathlon
9. slackline successfully
10. Walk (part) of the Great Wall of China
11. Live on the West Coast for a portion of time
12. Live on the East Coast for a portion of time
13. See a professional ballet performance
14. Drive 200 miles per hour
15. Become fluent in another language - in process (2011 - Current)
16. tell every person I care about that I actually care
17. put dreadlocks in my hair - Done (4/4/2011)
18. Never regret any of my body modifications - in process
19. Vote at every opportunity I have
20. Learn about as many religions I can
21. Learn, and understand, politics
22. Play blackjack and win
23. Go snowboarding on a large mountain
24. visit the rainforest, without making an inpact on their deforestation
25. Volunteer as much as possible -   in process
26. watch the Olympics...in person
27. Go out of my comfort zone - Done/in process
28. Love without fear
29. Go deep sea diving
30. Learn organization skills - in process
31. Retire early, but never be without enjoyable work
32. Help clean up/aid areas struck by a disaster
33. Go to many, many concerts - in process
34. kiss in the rain - Done (11-09)
35. Sew a wedding dress (mine?!?! :])
36. Own a pet snake
37. Volunteer with americorps
38. Start every day with a smile - in process
39. wake up at 6 am to appreciate the morning for a large number of days
40. Do a keg stand
41. Never allow myself to regret chocolate consumption
42. Read all the great Novels of time
43. Grow my own garden
44. Only make promises I can keep - in process
45. Learn how to do a cartwheel - in process
46. Get a nice camera and capture the beautry of the world - In Process (8-11)
47. Use that nice camera to take many many photos of Illinois
48. Build a house with Habitat for humanity
49. Design the first light up velcro shoes for adults and sell them
50. Be deptfree
51. Learn a ballet routine
52. Ride my bike everyday that I can - in process
53. Meet and learn about as many people of the world as possible.
54. Go to the scariest haunted house in the world
55. Visit Australia
56. Drink alcohol in another country before I'm 21 - Done (7-07)
57. learn sign language - In process (04/11)
58. try to make someone smile everyday - in process
59. Never live a materialistic life
60. Flirt my way out of a ticket
61. Learn to play one song on guitar - in process
62. Learn to read and play piano at the same time, with both hands
63. get my cheeks pierced - Done (8-1-2011)
64. Volunteer at special olypmics again
65. Work for a non-profit organization
66. Travel around a town with someone I just met
67. see a shooting star - done
68. make a child feel special
69. Live without anger
70. Learn to skateboard - in process
71. travel something amazing and cold, like a mountain
72. Hike the amazing trails of the world
73. play paintball
74. learn to surf
75. scuba dive without damaging the coral reef
76. Visit a nude beach
77. fly in a hot air balloon
78. Go white water rafting
79. Learn how to make my grandmas fudge - done (11-26-10)
80. Visit and experience every continent
81. Learn how to play poker
82. Travel across a glacier
83. go to chicago for St. Patricks day
84. See the ball drop in New York live
85. Watch the world cup in person
86. Bury a time capsule
87. Go skinny dipping - Done (6-09)
88. Learn to change my oil - Done (12-5-10)
89. get my future told
90. Keep a diary for a whole year - in process
91. write a letter to myself for when I'm 20,30, 40... - Done for 20's (10-9-2011)
92. complete a fast
93. make a political difference
94. Find/realize my passion
95. Have a weekly wine night
96. Own a house without owning a t.v.
97. Visit Great Britain
98. learn to juggle
99. find the perfect home-made soup recipe
100. Live for happiness- in progress


I actually had a hard time think of 100 things, but here is is. All true, all a goal, all in the pursuit of my # 100. I encourage everyone to make a list and follow through. As I complete different goals I will "cross them off".:)

Number one.

I'm really awful at blogging. 

Here's to trying!