Erwin Olaf

Erwin Olaf may very well be my favorite photographer. Weird, moody, compelling, downright bizarre- ah, how I love those four adjectives! Olaf encompasses all four and with an impressing and beautiful collection of images he calls his portfolio, I can do nothing more than honor him with a simple homage to him here:

© Erwin Olaf

This collection, titled "Separation" is something out of this world. I don't know where this idea came from, but I love where it went. Please, if you do nothing else today that I would approve of, check out his images.

Passion Pit

This is another from the Vault; a food shot:

Last day of classes; the year's gone quick. How much there is yet to reflect, but another day.

I'm now going to offer my review, short and sweet, of The Reeling, a new Passion Pit track, and Moth's Wings, another new Passion Pit track; both found on the popular page of The Hype Machine; hipsterdom's constantly-updated graphic interface of coolness:
The Reeling:
The song starts to suck when they start singing. I don't know why they have a chorus of what I think is children's voices and I wonder who they think they are. Upon second listen, I realize the only reason I like the song is because it reminds me of another, better song.
Check it out:
Passion Pit - The Reeling (the video is kind of cool)
Pogo - Alice

Moth's Wings sucks about the same, only more.

I want to now offer alternatives to the world of horrible music; even a remix of Bat for Lashes and a new Moby track for the hipster within us all:

Kidnapped

I'm starting a series of images I'm titling "Felonies and Misdemeanors". This is one of the four images I made this weekend pertaining to it:

A shot for Meredith, a wonderful fashion designer and stylist I did a shoot for the other day.

A Work in Progress

Here's a shot from the past week. And a bit of retouching magic. I need feedback.

Alicia Hansen

My class went to meet with Alicia Hansen a few weeks back, and I hadn't looked at her stuff. Now, sitting and plotting out my life, I looked at her stuff seriously. Her special projects blow my mind.

© Alicia Hansen Photography
http://www.aliciahansen.com/photo.html

And in other news:
I'm a big fan of this song this week:

Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci is fucking sweet.

Jeff Wall

Jeff Wall has always amazed me. I don't usually buy into the whole art-scene hipster the-mundane-becomes-interesting-if-you-make-everything-in-focus sort of attitude, but Wall has always seemed to have some sort of intention and his essays come across with clear intent and skilled craftsmanship. His backlit transparencies are a sight to behold, and his work is, at first glance to an unaware eye, completely boring and out there, but upon second glance, you see this guy has done everything on purpose. He doesn't have a website, which baffles me, but his work is floating around the Internet. Here I've selected a piece of his work that I love. He remade a Hokusai (most people know him for: the Great Wave) woodblock print. This is from "A Sudden Gust of Wind" which is part of: 100 views of Mt. Fuji. Check it out:



© Jeff Wall

From the Vault - London 08

Went bowling tonight. Didn't wear socks. Friends said that's kind of disgusting. I argued that I was probably the only person that will ever wear those shoes without socks. I think I argued admirably.