this means something. this is important.

devils tower jr?

badlands, sd

this lady was watching me the whole time.

the profile shot.

a 3,000 ton explosion on crazyhorse (apparently pretty big).

you know where this is.

I think I got pretty close.

the first and the last

Grad school is now done. The job search has been going ok, nothing officially but the leads are still coming. The graduation yesterday was interesting... I've never seen one quite like it. They awarded a photojournalist an alumni award- he said he came to columbia a fine art photographer and left a photojournalist. It left me feeling really weird and uncomfortable. After all, I made the switch to fine art in the middle of undergrad and not a day goes by that I don't stop and say "I'm so glad I made that decision." I still think it was one of the biggest turning points in my life thus far. And here was this guy, up on stage, thanking columbia for turning him in the other direction of what I had chosen in front of some of the greatest photography teachers around. Awkward does not adequately describe the situation.

Anyway, I have the utmost respect for photojournalism, I really do. I just don't think my photography is suited for it. That being said, the White House photographer, Pete Souza made a pretty good body of work in the first 100 days of BO's presidency. Here's a few really intimate shots that resonate with me. I love the one of them getting on the helicopter by the lake, I bike right across that shot about 3 times a week. If you're a sucker for watching BO and his life like I am, you should totally subscribe to the flickr photostream. It really is amazing how close it lets you get.

MFA PHOTO THESIS

check it out.

some new things

nashville, 2009, 32x40"

>thesis show: May 14th - June 12th, Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 s Wabash, Chicago, IL

>opening reception: May 15th @ 5pm till ?

>artist talk I'm really psyched about: Olafur Eliasson, tomorrow 6pm, @ the MCA, sold out

>a map of where I might take a trip the week after I graduate because I'll be unemployed and will have nothing better to do but make more work!

SPE

Vaughn Wascovich, from the series Tar Creek, Picher Oklahoma

So i'm in Dallas attending the Society for Photographic Education Conference for the weekend. It's been nice so far, the review I had earlier was interesting and insightful. Hopefully I will have a few more... My colleagues are receiving awards later today in a ceremony- Vaughn Wascovich for his Tar Creek work and Kevin Malella for his Constructed Landscapes work. Both are exceptional landscape photographers and are extremely deserving for their hard work and dedication to their subjects. The weather here has been less than awesome. It is warm and everything is very green but I think I've seen the sun for a total of 5 or 10 minutes.
Dallas is weird. Very modern architecture but very sparsely populated in downtown. It seems like the only people in downtown at night are the people at our conference.

New Project in SPE

This is my new video piece that will be in the Society for Photographic Education video show that will be here. I'm pretty psyched about it. If you're in Dallas on Saturday, the 28th come on down and see it! it runs from 8-9pm and midnight-1am.

a project & a site for it.

Yes, the website has finally been revamped and the new project is up. There's about 16 photos on there right now. A few more will be put up as I get done editing them. I'll be shooting for another month. The thesis show will be up at the Glass Curtain Gallery in May. It's crunch time.