L.A. Contemporary Gallery in Culver City hosted a benefit, one-night only, mixed-media, silent auction on May 17, 2008. The list of artists was impressive: John Baldessari, Robert Rauschenberg, Tracey Keilly and Kathleen Buckley on the art side of things.
Photo had its own tiny little wall, but a really interesting mix of stuff: Mitch Dobrowner had a (smaller) landscape of the city, Ray Potes of Hamburger Eyes threw in with a cool photo that hung center-wall and I had a photo of some little girls and a dog near a dilapidated pool in Malibu. I’m happy to say the print sold, with most of the proceeds going to a charity dealing with suicide prevention.
A quick snap of the photo wall
Dandy Noel curated the show, and did an amazing job.
Whew! I never get away. Even when i get away, I don’t really get away.
Just recovering from a grueling week-long trip to northern California.
I was in Sacarmento all weekend, participating in the Journalism Association of Community Colleges state conference.
Seminars and workshops for writers, photographers and designers ran for four consecutive days. There are also on-the-spot competitions in which representatives from 60+ schools compete.
I was chosen to compete in a Multimedia Competition and Opinion Writing competition. Somehow, I pulled out an Honorable Mention for the writing and my team won a Meritorious Award (6 pieces were awarded out of 28 entered) for the multimedia piece we produced on the oldest historical building in Old Sacramento, The Firehouse Restaurant.
Other awards were given for the best work published over the course of the previous year in the state of California. Here’s a recap of how I fared (9 awards total):
1st place – Photo Essay (California wildfires)
3rd place – Online Photo Essay (football coach profile)
3rd place – Magazine Layout/Design **The Bull Magazine staff – (as Art Director)
(originally posted on April 1st, 2009 at 4:01 pm on the old blog)
“Can’t Pay The Rent.”
It’s tough out there, so La Pura Vida Gallery has decided to examine “the phenomenon of photographers forced to set up print sales just to pay the rent,” and maybe help a few of us out in the process.
I’m hearing 40+ photographers from around the world, should be quite the show.
Music, booze and some pretty good photographs, all month at L’KEG Gallery.
Come join me Friday in Echo Park.
(originally posted on February 25th, 2009 at 2:00 am on the old blog)
On a lark, I dropped off a hastily compiled photojournalism portfolio of my best shots of 2008 for the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles’ student PJ of the year competition.
It was comprised mostly of the work I did on the California wildfires in October.
I just found out, via email, that I’m a finalist.
Award dinner in early April. Pretty exciting.
(Update: 2nd place isn’t so bad)
(originally posted on February 17th, 2009 at 4:13 am on the old blog)
A quick snap of the photo wall