I'd like to display my recent work here and some promo cards examples because unfortunately I will be shooting a wedding this weekend and will not be able to attend Saturday's class.

I really enjoy working with perspective. I think about how our reality is already interesting and we don't need to use much photoshop to create images. I have nothing against photoshop but at the same time I think it is overused. So, I installed doors in the park that were rented from Urban Ore (great place to get props!), my model was freezing, the wind was crazy, I had 5 minutes of the desired sunset light:



Here are some promo cards I made. I think I need to make more because my photographs are so different, I don't have a particular style, and I don't know who my target is. I'd like to make a small promo book that I can give awaya but don't know where.

Please leave some feedback...

I will bring hard copies next time.

-Elena

it's a gmail life

this is a series that i started this summer because i am really interested in the way that technology has taken over our generation. the faces on the bags are of the gmail emoticons that we see every day when text messaging and emailing.

©abbywilcoxphoto

Inspirations from All Places

Greetings to all! While I am busy at work like I imagine all of you must be, I have to stop and remember to have experiences outside of my photography habit. For those of you in San Francisco who enjoy the inspiration of music, there is an offering for a free operatic performance held at AT&T Park this weekend, . I so often enjoy a surprise of creativity born of this "cross training." May whatever breaks you are taking feed you.

WHERE IS THEIR VOTE?

Agathe

Polaroid update

What up people!  Hope everyone is having a GREAT summer so far.  I just came across this article about the folks trying to bring back Polaroid:  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/technology/26polaroid.html?_r=1&ref=technology

Would be cool if they figure it out.....

Taylor

Eleanor St.

Folks, if you want you  can  check out more of this  new project by visiting  my blog.

http://friendoflemon.blogspot.com/

charlie

THANKS ALEX

Thank you for another epic class, Alex! Also, thanks to Katherine Leonard for stopping by to check out our work.

 

-Amanda

sustainability///_Edward Burtynsky

Here's a a great speech by Edward Burtynsky regarding his images and the topic of sustainability. It's taken from the inspiring website TED:Ideas Worth Spreading. 

Here's another site with solutions-based journalism that takes a big-picture approach to sustainability. 

www.worldchanging.com

Hope you enjoy.

-Kevin

www.kevinkunishi.com

www.kkunishi.blogspot.com

"Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images -- stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world -- help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability."

Lisa Wiseman's Second Show - This Thursday 5/7 at the 625 Sutter Gallery

Hi Friends!

Please come help me celebrate my second show A Quiet Selection this Thursday, May 7, in San Francisco at the 625 Sutter Gallery.

This is a great chance for you to see my work if you missed my opening of "Something Like Home" in April; I will be showing a selection of work from that show.

The details are below - feel free to contact me (lisa@lisawiseman.com) if you have any questions. Please check out my website for more of my work.

I hope you're able to make it to the opening!

Opening Reception:
Date: May 7
Where: 625 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Time: 5:30-7:30pm

If you can't make the opening the show will be up until May 31
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My website: More of my work
My book: The accompanying show catalog/book
My blog: My blog

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Kenneth Josephson
L.A., 1982
Robert Koch Gallery: May 7 - June 27



Robert Frank
Parade—Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955
“The Americans” at SFMOMA: May 16 - August 23



I’m excited about these upcoming exhibitions… definitely not to be missed!

-Amanda

CHAVETTA

the amazing Alejandro Chavetta. 

open, tacit, honest, real, encouraging. thanks so much man. 

James

KIRSCHENBAUM

BRILLIANT BRILLIANT BRILLIANT. 

thanks again Josh. thanks everyone.

"everyone thinks im filthy rich.

i get my clothes second hand.

im starving in this high rise apartment.

and i refuse to pay another dime's rent. i refuse.

so i'm going to washington, to be a budget consoler.

and put this damn country back on it's feet again."

we'll get all of the works online shortly.

James

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really great class you guys and such a huge evolution of your work. 

i was elated. great job guys.

Recreating the forgotten

A few years ago, when I purchased a Kodak projector with a few carousels off of Craigslist, the person who sold it to me also gave me several hundred slides along with it. The person wasn't interested in keeping the documentary slides of past family vacations and events, so this struck me as very odd. As a photographer, I am not one to document events or places I have visited in my life, but I completely understand why some people feel the need to do so. This is why I couldn't understand why someone would throw away so many of their memories caught on film. I decided to recreate these forgotten memories and interpret them through my eyes. I transfered the slides onto polaroid and created these lifts which I pushed and pulled into place. This act represented to me the inexplicable characteristics of memory and how we try to capture and hold onto memories utilizing the camera as a tool in an attempt to stop time. It is impossible to capture memory, we can only attempt to create representations of the past through imagery.

-Rachel Hubbard

Forgotten

In lieu of Josh Kirschenbaum's visit, I set out to find the dark crevices and lost worlds in my life that go unnoticed in the jumble of every day. I spent a few days back at my parents house and reconnected with thoughts and feelings that sometimes seem forgotten.

But is it that I have really forgotten or am just forced to move on with what we call this life? Either way these are moments and memories that go untouched way too long and should be revisited more often.




My mother is a kind lady but never was one to have a lot of friends. A few years ago a lady popped up and spent many days, outings and laughter with my mother. I was so grateful. In 2005 my mother's friend went in for brain surgery. My mother planted these roses after she died and named it after her. Auntie Aida.




My dog was the love of my life. Still is and always will be. I still have all of his favorite bones, balls and toys. I put him down 4 years ago but it feels like yesterday.




My mother's father and my first family dog passed on during the same time in the year 2000. Shortly after my mother returned from the Philippines I saw this little statue in our yard. I think its her way to remember.


Juliette

WEBSITE

Hi everybody!

We spent a lot of time last semester talking about websites, livebooks (pros and cons), webdesign, and all these internet issues; I guess things have not change that much and that it's still a key issue for all of us! So I just wanted to write a quick note about my friend / ex-roomate / webmaster Kevin, who helped me build up my new website. I worked on the layout, typeface, general architecture, and he dealt with the whole html / technical part of it.
As you'll see I belong to the "minimalist" family; and it might still have minor issues/problems to solve. But Kevin is patient, smart, and great to work with; he is freelancing now, and is WAY less expensive than upgrading with livebooks. His contact is here. Oh and yes, I have a little "admin" page, just like in the good old livebooks system...




A bientot,

Agathe

published in 7x7

Check out this month's 7x7. Some images of a new bar I shot interiors for (the Bloodhound in SOMA) got published in the Eat & Drink section. Not a big feature/ big deal, but they look nice :)-chrissy lynn

Lisa Wiseman's Solo Show This Thursday 4/2 at Gallery 645

Hi All

Please join me this Thursday (April 2) for the opening of my solo show, "Something Like Home" at Gallery 645 in San Francisco.

In addition to drinks and live music, we will be raffling off a framed/signed print. I will be giving a short talk from 5-5:30pm and the reception will last until 8pm.

The invitation is below with more details - feel free to contact me (lisa@lisawiseman.com) if you have any questions. Please check out my website for more of my work.

I hope you can make it!

Lisa Wiseman
415-999-6145