Here are some photos I've taken for Time Out over the past couple months. Thanks to Martha for keeping me busy photographing around the city. Click on any of the images to read the article that accompanied the photo...or rather the article that the photo accompanied.
The Artisan / Jessica Volpe, The Pasta Puttana
Arresting Art / Public Art in Chicago Police Stations
The Hot Seat / Troy Graves of Tallulah
Eduardo Recife "Life/Death" and "The Truth"
Eduardo Recife is an amazing collage artist that I've been a fan of for a long time. He just updated his website with lots of new collages, illustrations, and fonts that he's created. Take a look.
Eduardo Recife "E o amor?"
The good folks at Arctic Rodeo Recordings in Hamburg Germany are releasing the Able Baker Fox album in Europe tomorrow! They've gotten us some great press and it was even chosen as the 'Album of the Month' by Visions Magazine...which apparently is really good news. It'll be available on CD and limited-edition hand-numbered vinyl, thanks Arctic Rodeo!
I'm getting a little carried away with blog postings, but Wired Magazine published this amazing how-to last month and it needs to be shared...please forward this to ten of your bros.
Illustration by Jason Lee
- Always initiate. He who launches the high five owns the high five. Engage your upper-arm muscles, keep your wrist firm, and propel your hand like the meteor of awesome it is. (Maintain altitude and an open hand — this ain't no fist bump.) Your high-fivee can only surrender.
- Don't look at the hand. That looming palm is a moving, unpredictable target. Instead, keep your eye on the elbow; that'll automatically line up your mitts.
- Cup your palm. As you reach the high point of the arc, make your hand slightly concave to create that satisfying thunderclap.
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After struggling with getting my printed photography portfolio to a place where I could call it "done" for the past few weeks, I came across this story and video on Lifehacker...apparently these things take time.
Ira Glass, host of National Public Radio's This American Life, knows a thing or two about turning the creative process into a polished, finished product—but he also remembers turning out work he didn't necessarily want to put his stamp on. This video, part of an interview series on story telling, features some great advice about working through those first few attempts—or even years—where your product doesn't quite meet your standards, as well as Glass pulling out some honestly awkward examples from his own portfolio.
