Monday Blog

I've recently been looking at architectural photographers and I can't decide who to focus on.
Some options:

Brian Ulrich
Andreas Schoettke
Michael Wolf
Richard Ross





Richard Ross







Michael Wolf






Andreas Schoettke







Brian Ulrich

Thursday Blog

dude this rocks my socks off!

• Did anyone critique your work this week? If so, what were their impressions?

yes, the photos still appear to be a negative critique of pet owners. i'm not close enough to my subjects. the images look sterile and show fear.

• What was the most motivational or creative moment of the past week?

large prints to show for crit. the 88 dogs at daycare and the dog birthday party.

• What do you want to achieve in next week's studio practice?

show more emotion in the photos. be less sterile.

• What did you achieve in your studio this past week?

large prints and a group crit.

• What was the most profound thought in relation to your practice this week?

its a never ending battle to make successful work. you never arrive, you just keep trying different things.
this work, as jennida said and i already kind of knew this, is very personal and its a journey about myself trying to find more people akin to me. i get incredibly disappointed when a pet lover rejects me (a pet lover) and doesn't want to share the pet lovingness! arg!

Monday Blog

Dan Nelken
"Till the Cows Come Home: County Fair Portraits"

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
International Center of Photography, New York City
Portland Art Museum, Portland OR http://www.portlandartmuseum.org/home/
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Beth Hatefutsoth Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

EXHIBITIONS 2009

February 19th - May 17th:
Mexico Biennial of Photography at
The Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City

EXHIBITIONS 2008

October 7th-31st:
Singapore International Photography Festival

link to interview: http://www.lensculture.com/nelken.html

PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

2008
FotoFest: The Twelfth International Biennial Festival of Photography: Discoveries of the Meeting Place, Houston, Texas, Curator: Roy Flukinger, Harry Ransom Research Center, in Austin, Texas | Catalog

2006
Aperture, Portfolio Picks Honorable Mention for Fall 2006: "Smash'em Crash'em: Demolition Derby"

Democratic Book #22, The Rhubarb-Rhubarb free book competition:
"Till the Cows Come Home..."

The Aperture Foundation: "Smash'em Crash'em" as an Honorable
Mention in their semi annual Portfolio Review. Click here to view

Winner of the first Rhubarb-Rhubarb International Festival of the Image "Democratic Books" Free Book Competition: Till the Cows Come Home: County Fair Portraits

Monday Blog

Henry Horenstein

Bio: Henry Horenstein has worked as a photographer, teacher, and author since the early 1970s. He is author of over 30 books, including many monographs (HONKY TONK, HUMANS, CREATURES, AQUATICS, CANINE, RACING DAYS). His newest book CLOSE RELATIONS was recently published by powerHouse Books; it’s a collection of photographs he made as a student of Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind’s at RISD in the early 1970s. Henry's textbooks have been widely used by hundreds of thousands of photography students over past 30 years. He lives in Boston where he continues to photography, exhibit, publish, and teach at RISD, where he is professor of photography.
Website: http://www.horenstein.com/gallery.html
Honky Tonk images: http://honkytonkbook.com/
Creatures images: http://www.horenstein.com/creatures.html
Canine images: http://www.horenstein.com/canine.html
Galleries:

John Cleary Gallery
Houston, TX
713-524-5070

Robert Klein Gallery
Boston, MA
617-267-7997

Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen
Amsterdam, Netherlands
065-203-1540

Gallery 339
Philadelphia, PA
215-731-1530

Interview: http://photo.net/photographer-interviews/henry-horenstein/

Struth and Gursky and Horenstein

Like Struth, in his Museum series, I'm looking at a specific group of people (the pet owner) who come to places (pet expos, bark parks, pet adoption days) to view a specific thing (animals). His work is referential to large-scale historical paintings. I'm looking for similar gestures between pet owners.
I've been looking at Gursky for his size. I am going to do some test prints around 3ft wide. I need to see if size will hurt or help my photographs. Will the images still be sharp or will they lose integrity with scale? Gurksy's large images let you walk into the photographs without sacrificing extreme detail.
Henry Horenstein's work "Creatures" and "Honky Tonk" are a perfect combo for my work. Animal portraits and a portraits of country music. Country Music? Why? It shows many venues, the music and its patrons. I'm looking at businesses geared towards pets and their owners, the pets themselves and the pet owners and business owners. Its a window into a world most don't have access to.

New Work

Pet Expo




Paws To Swim (a dog health pool)

Faithful Friends pet cemetery
Richmond Animal League (cat adoptions)

Loving Pets crematory
All Dog Play Skool (dog daycare)
Bark Park

Animal Psychic's house
Diamond Dog daycare
Dude Ranch for dogs

I still don't quite know how to use this blogger thingamabobber. I don't know how to label or arrange photos on here. errr....

here are a few things i've shot this semester....

Thursday Blog

• Did anyone critique your work this week? If so, what were their impressions?

not as of yet. but at 1pm today i'm having a casual crit with at least stephanie.

• What was the most motivational or creative moment of the past week?

My hamsters got into a fight, pikelet bit the crap out of waffles which left a chunk of fur and blood. sad news, waffles has a scab, good news, i have more fur for my sculpture. word.

• What do you want to achieve in next week's studio practice?

more prints, keep shooting, finish the letter to prospective subjects.

• What did you achieve in your studio this past week?

prints!!!

• What was the most profound thought in relation to your practice this week?

i'm worried of becoming self righteous about my position on animals and animal rights. how concerned should i be? will this help or hurt me in the long run? will this make the work less accessible?