Archive for the 'Photography' Category
“Thank You For Your Call” at the DGA Theater
Published July 9, 2011 Documentary , Photography , Photojournalism Leave a CommentTags: bill bowersock, gay rights, shawn nee, social security inequality, Thank You For Your Call
If you’re in the Hollywood area today and have about 4 minutes to spare, “Thank Your For Your Call” is playing at the DGA Theater on Sunset Boulevard. The screening starts at 4:15 and tickets can be purchased at the door for $13. The film was also mentioned in the Los Angeles Times this week:
Though there is lighter fare such as the comedy “Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same” in the festival, which begins Thursday evening and continues through July 17, the majority of the features, documentaries and shorts hit political hot buttons for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender audiences, as well as others interested in such issues as gay marriage and anti-gay bias.
Two examples are the short “Thank You for Your Call,” which examines the plight of survivors of same-sex partnerships who cannot collect Social Security, and the documentary “Wish Me Away,” about the fallout from country singer Chely Wright’s decision to come out.
To read the entire article click here.
iPhoneography / The Street Volume
Published July 5, 2011 Photography , Street photography Leave a CommentTags: iphone, iphoneography
Anton Kawasaki
I recently picked up an iPhone 4 for a cross-country trip that just wrapped up. Along the way I took a few photos, which was fun since this is my first pseudo-digital camera and the immediacy of being able to see the image was kick-ass. I don’t think I’ll ever use an iPhone for any of my street or documentary work though, and I definitely won’t be posting any of my trip photos anywhere. They’re not good enough or interesting enough to share with the masses.
On the other hand, I have heard about all of the great stuff people have been doing with apps (for the record, I hate this word) and their iPhones. So since I had some downtime this weekend, I decided to search the web in hopes of finding a street photographer who’s put down the SLR for an iPhone.
And luckily, I came across Anton Kawasaki. Enjoy.
“Like one punch in the face after another”
Published June 21, 2011 Los Angeles , Photography 32 CommentsTags: Armand Emamdjomeh, Framework, Interview, shawn nee, The Los Angeles Times
A big thanks to Armand Emamdjomeh for featuring my work on the Los Angeles Times’ photography blog, Framework. I have to say that reading someone describe my photos as “Like one punch in the face after another” is one of nicest things I’ve ever heard. Those words will keep me motivated.
You can read the interview here, but unfortunately some of the photos that were included in the profile were not shown. So I posted the entire series here. (Which you can see after the jump).
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It’s the little things in your life that truly don’t matter
Published June 17, 2011 Photography , Police , Police Harassment 2 CommentsTags: Boston Bruins, Canucks, Frank Rodriguez, Police, Richard Chrisman, riots, Vancouver
It’s shocking to think that it takes a professional sports team to lose, in the grand scheme of things, a truly non-significant event (seriously, on a world scale of importance who actually knows or cares the Boston Bruins won the NHL championship?) to riot in the streets. And this is coming from someone who grew up in Boston and lived there for more than two decades.
But no one seems to care when an Arizona police officer executes a man in his own home, and the cop’s own partner turns on him. Frank Rodriguez was killed by Officer Richard Chrisman in October 2010 and nobody outside of Arizona’s Maricopa County seems to know about it. For instance, I just learned about Rodriguez’s death this week. We should’ve all known about this last year, and you would think that a police officer being charged with second-degree murder would be national-headline news. However, it’s not. And you would think that people would riot in the streets over something like this, but they don’t.
The likelihood of you being killed by a police officer in the United States is far greater than you ever having a shot at losing the NHL championship.
Capturing the “Eastern European Coney Island”
Published June 17, 2011 Documentary , Photography Leave a CommentTags: Gidropark, Gitterman Gallery, Kiev, Yelena Yemchuk
Photo by Yelena Yemchuk
Yelena Yemchuk is most known for her fashion and music photography, as seen in places like Italian Vogue, W and Dazed and Confused. Before she emigrated to the US at 11, she spent her summers at a resort area in Kiev called Gidropark, which she describes as an Eastern European Coney Island. Recently she spent three summers there, photographing the carefree and sunbathing denizens on a 35-mm camera. The result is her book, Gidropark, out now, which shows a lovely mixture of quirky, evocative scenes. An exhibit of selected works is at the Gitterman Gallery in New York through September.
To see more of her work, go to Photo Booth or La Lettre.
Photography Link Roundup
Published June 16, 2011 Photography Leave a CommentTags: birds, Fort Lauderdale, historical figures, iphone, lawsuit, links, Lomo, Robert Altman, Rock of Ages, roundup, sardines
Photo by Robert Altman
• If you’re in San Fran, you can spend an evening in July with photographer Robert Altman (which is really just an excuse to run one of my favorite photos). [Jazz Heritage Center]
• Worlds collide in this cool collection of photos of notable figures in odd situations — think Nancy Reagan on Mr. T’s lap, or Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Ludacris at a basketball game. [Quora]
• High tech birding, or 10 cool photos of birds taken with the iPhone. [Mashable]
• The new Lomo camera takes its inspiration from … sardines? [CrunchGear]
• A South Florida publication and the Society of Professional Journalists have banded together to sue the City of Fort Lauderdale for prohibiting photography around the Rock of Ages set. [Miami Herald]
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