Artist, Educator, Photographer

I have finally a chance to read throught this book that I have heard alot about. Take a look at some of the images below, it reminds me alot of Scott Fortino’s work

Web Site of Richard Ross

Columbia’s Lecture serries kicked off the year today with the visiting artis Atta Kim. These large scale images are made with long time exposures, up to eight hours. Kim seeks to explore fundamental questions of time and perception.

This weekend there is a reason to get out of the city, it’s called ArtXposium. This show located at 103 W. Washington St. in West Chicago will be a 3-day multimedia art experience created by more than 50 artists (many previous Columbia students). The hours are: Friday 6-11pm, Saturday 12-11pm, Sunday 11-4pmSeptember 21, 2007

I was imaging Todd Hido’s books today in the Slide Library. It made me remember the long nights when i would go out wandering the suburbs when I had nothing better to do, It was the most peacefull time to make work. Check it out:
Todd Hido

Richard Misrach opened his new show, On the Beach, at The Art Institute with a lecture yesturday. If you missed it you can catch the gallery talk on tuesday 9/18.

See more works from his long career on artnet

I went to a great opening tonight called “Concerning Tomorrow” that included work from a few friends and fellow Columbia students: Curtis Mann, Chris Schedel, Matt Siber, Greg Stimac, and Brian Ulrich.
See the exhibition at 303 W. Erie (basement gallery)

I have been thinking alot about my influences lately. My work may not be very smilar to Dawoud’s, but he has helped me to see the world and my own work differently. Dawoud had a lecture tonight about the work in his new book Class Pictures.

dawoudbey.net

“Because orange is the color of the future!”

As im sure many of you have heard by now, Chicago Photographer Pieter Ombregt has passed away after a bad accident in a bycicle race. I didnt really know him but i admired his work and see many connections to what i am doing in mine.

pieterombregt.com

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A few new images to start the school year.