RÜCKENFIGUR

literally meaning “back figure”, the term rückenfigur (traditionally associated with german romantic painters) describes a viewpoint that includes another person seen from behind. this figure directs us, the viewers, to behold the landscape in the scene. with no visible face, the figure feels anonymous, making the scene more universal and thematic. as viewers, we share the figure’s vision, thus the art is forcing us to participate in this vision. the figure becomes a surrogate for the viewer.

and get this, when i brought this roll of film to the lab, i wound up in a discussion about these sorts of photographs with jessica caisse, who happened to be working on the very same thing.

WHEN WORK IS A PLEASURE

i’ve worked with this same beautiful face a few times recently, for different clients, on location, in my studio … lina is always so good.

here are a few shots i did for erica tanov‘s fall 2011 line, one of which was featured in 7×7.

HEART THROB

ARTIFICIAL BRANCHES

WE THINK OF YOU

in conjunction with open restaurant’s recent trip to japan, friends david and kc invited about 40 people to a quiet bolinas beach in order to create a large-scale stop motion animation film using found objects. the recent earthquake is still very much on our minds over here, so the film is aptly titled “we think of you.” a screening just happened at the tokyo art museum, and there’s one tonight at the starline social club in oakland.

getting there

being there

found stuff, like rocks with faces

getting to work

remembering to chill

NAKED HEARTS

some new press shots for my friends the naked hearts. the first single from their new record reminds me of bob welch in the best way.

there’s some nice imagery of these guys floating around online including the image below, a stephen rose shot from an interview magazine article about new york noise.

R G B

inspired by the above image taken by lindsay during our last performance, shock performs tonight, in technicolor … more specifically, in RGB.

so come here around 10pm (wearing red, green or blue if you can):
The Starline Social Club
2232 MLK
Oakland, CA

dance with all of the colors of the rainbow.

and maybe we can make it look something like this photo that i took at the bon iver show a few weeks ago.

GRADIENTOMATO

my iPhone snapshot homage to gradientz

IT CAME FROM THE DEEP

SKY SHIFT

a time lapse that documents the color gradation shift in the sky during sunset. shot on mt. tamalpais in mill valley, california, during the fall of 2009.