Eggleston, Strauss, & Templeton

Happy Sunday. Here are three articles I came across this weekend worth having a look at. That new Zoe Strauss book looks AMAZING btw.
Eggleston
Strauss
Templeton

this week

whooaaaa, saw KISS, BARACK, and a STONED PANDA all in the matter of a week.... crazy!! _b

jalapenos and parking lots

Found this sad house in Stone City, IL. If you are ever out that way, near Lake and Mannheim Road, you have to check out DELUXE DINER. Amazing owners and food. They serve jalapenos with everything... my kind of people! _b

Think you're tough??

Jocelyn Bain Hogg has been photographing some thugs from London's Eastend for some time now. His pictures are bad ass, check him out. (The guy above just finished a bare knuckle fist fight.) _b

Website Down

My host is f-ing with my site! Should be back up shortly! _b

Shephen Shore

Traveled up to Milwaukee last weekend to see the Stephen Shore Biographical Landscape show at the Haggerty Museum of Art on Marquette's campus. The show was really good. Had lots of work from Uncommon Places and American Surfaces, but also had tons of early black and white work I had not seen before. Also a section of postcards he made with his own photographs in the early 70's and secretly placed at various stores throughout Texas that were unknowingly purchased. (all photos © Stephen Shore) _b

best dig yet...

Dawn and I stopped down at the Hyde Park Powell's this afternoon to see if they had anything worth picking up. $150.00 later I walked out with three bags of photo books. I go often because for some reason they overlook a ton of good stuff. In the past I have found titles such as Richard Billingham's "Rays a Laugh", William Eggleston's "Guide", Tina Barney's "The European's", Terry Richardson's "Son of Bob", and Tom Wood's "Bus Odyssey". All for a mere fraction of what they are actually worth. "Ray's a Laugh" was $12.50 and is worth like $700.00 bucks now. My brother actually got that one, not me. (fucker) Anyway the Hyde Park location still has a ton of good stuff. If you are in the area go there and bring your mobile internet device with amazon bookmarked so you compare the prices. You may be suprised... _b

ass whoopin

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five

the man with the camera, snaked, ducted, jack, like father like son. _b

another good link:

kick ass essay

Not quite sure when this was first posted... I guess I missed it. Anyway kick ass essay by Darius Himes. _b

from wooster collective...

Nokia

A couple months back I did some work for Nokia in conjunction with GenArt. Here are some of my favorites from the job. They sent me this crazy new 5 megapixel camera phone and asked me to photograph whatever I wanted. _b

Waldo's Garage

For a quick ten bucks or a sawbuck you too can get some grafiks from Waldo. (Waldo, Davey, and Darrin, 2008) _b

Winogrand Wannabe

Shit after watching that Gary Winogrand clip I hustled my ass down to Michigan Ave and attempted to make some "street" pictures. I forgot how hard it is.. but damn it is fun and good practice. Get your butt out there Guido! _b

Gary Winogrand on PBS

new book

I just got my new Blurb "Davey" book in the mail. I have to say the quality is better than I expected. It's not perfect, but for the cost I do think it is one of the best options out there to get a body of work into a book form. See it here.

BLURB photo book contest

Anyone else sending a book in for the BLURB photo book contest? I decided to last week and have been in full blown tunnel vision working on it. Their software has come a long way since the last time I looked at it. I'm reworking a new edit of the first three years of the Davey project. Keep a look out for more about this. Let me know if you are submitting anything for this contest, I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts. _b

various from the past couple weeks...

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