CALL TO ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS - YOU ARE HERE II.
Continuing to raise awareness for our open call!
Whether you live in Los Angeles or can get here for a few days next month, the new challenge for part II of our exciting YOU ARE HERE series is going to be a fun one. Check out the recap of part I here and more details for part II at the official call.
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GREGORY BOJORQUEZ .45 POINT BLANK AT LACMA ARTWALK ON SATURDAY
While reportedly of no relation to the legendary graffiti writer and street artist Chaz, photographer Gregory Bojorquez has created quite a name for himself in his home of East Los Angeles and beyond. His new solo show at Hardhitta Gallery displays a five-piece series of photographs from a recent bloody shootout in the streets of Hollywood. Bene Taschen is presenting the show at his pop-up art space, Hardhitta Gallery, during the LACMA Artwalk tomorrow.Taschen has described the artist’s work as merciless and looking almost staged, and certainly his new series will fit these descriptions well. Find a synopsis from fellow LA-based artist Retna and show details below.In December of 2011 while walking on Sunset Blvd, near the intersection of Vine Street, Bojorquez was literally caught in the crossfire of a dramatic shoot out between a lone gunman and LAPD. As Bojorquez instinctively snapped pictures, police shot the gunman dead in the street. One innocent bystander was also shot and later died in the hospital. Bojorquez’ photographs were carried by hundreds of newspapers around the world, but have never before been available to view as a sequence of fine art prints.
This series of photographs form the backbone of “.45 Point Blank,” which is a retrospective of Bojorquez work beginning in 1992 through 2011. The gritty, street-level work features the kind of grimy glamour that is Bojorquez’ calling card. From Boyle Heights to Beverly Hills, Bojorquez ability to capture the essence of such a disparate group of subcultures signals a major photographic tour de force.
Gregory Bojorquez - .45 Point Blank
Hardhitta Gallery
5900 Wilshire Blvd, East Annex (Variety Building)
Los Angeles, CA 90036Show opening: Saturday, June 9th 6PM-9PMShow runs: June 9th-July 12th, 2012
Tomorrow!
THE NEW YORK TIMES: “INSIDE THE LIVELY MORGUE”
The New York Times started a Tumblr account earlier this year in March, and since then has been release stunning photograph after stunning photograph. The archive is guessed to contain 5-6 million prints and 300,000 sacks of negatives, and each photo represents a different time in human history and a part of the story of our nation. While the collection has been threatened to be killed off time and time again, the “Lively Morgue” has given the rare collection of photographs a permanent home - or semi permanent digital one depending on who you talk to. This video by Tumblr’s new interview series Storyboard walks us through an old world way of doing things brought to new life by the digital era.
MERCE DEATH - STILL IN THE SKY
Opportunism is the concept of taking any circumstance and maximizing the positive outcome. Shingo Ohno proves the philosophy useful with his one-person band Merce Death by using 50 magical flights through the air as inspiration to compose the song “STILL IN THE SKY,” entirely on his iPhone 4s. Then, with the same small piece of hardware, he created and uploaded a video for the track, which definitely gives of the feeling of making the best of any beautiful situation.
(Source: hypebeast.com)
STÜSSY AMSTERDAM “STRIP FOR LIKES” CAMPAIGN
Those freaky deeky Dutch were at it again with a Facebook promotion called “Strip for Likes” from Stüssy Amsterdam. A model began with many layers of Stüssy clothing and accessories down to lots of skin, confirming that the exciting campaign was a success. The campaign progressed quickly, but you can get a pretty full recap by checking out their Facebook, which features a timelapse with every shot in the series. Apparently there is a place on the Stüssy site that features the last enticing shot, as well.
(Source: highsnobiety.com)
JR AND LUI BOLIN BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO
Emil Horowitz takes viewers behind-the-scenes in a video recap of an art happening that should have any contemporary art follower jumping up and down just at the knowledge of its occurrence. TED-award winning photographer and world-renowned French street artist JR teams up with Chinese perspective artist and painter of immense hype Lui Bolin in this rare view into the process behind Bolin’s incredible works of art. The Chinese painter takes his subject and blends them seamlessly into their surroundings by way of screenprint ink and paints to match the background, then photographs them from a particular point of view, often making them disappear to the point that the subject is hard to find.
In a rare collaboration, JR stands before one of his more popular pieces in New York (after finishing a large series across Los Angeles County) and lets Bolin do his magic, in time disappearing into one of his own pieces much in the way many painters dive deep into their work symbolically. The end result is a beautiful teaming up of two artists from very different backgrounds inspiring those around them by doing what they do best.
ThinkTank Gallery is a blog I run much in the same format as this, voicing the narrative of the gallery of the same name in Los Angeles, CA - a gallery that I manage for my day job. Follow it for daily info on Los Angeles and art as a whole.
(Source: hypebeast.com)
INTERVIEW: LARRY CLARK “WHY CAN’T YOU SHOW EVERYTHING?”
Artist, pro skater, director, photographer, and problem child Larry Clark has had many run-ins with the law and upset parents after a career of photos revolving around teen sex, domestic violence, and drug abuse. An amazing interview should give some inspiration alongside a healthy serving of insight into the work of one of the world’s most famous photographers. Click the image above to check it out.
LARRY CLARK: “WHY CAN’T YOU SHOW EVERYTHING?” INTERVIEW
Larry Clark is one of the most important photographers in the history of the genre. Starting from a place of skateboarding and documenting his friends in Tulsa, Oklahoma and moving into a place as one of the most controversial artists ever to do it, the director/photographer made his name by pulling back the curtains on things like underage sex, drug abuse, and domestic violence.
I was in junior high school with a girl who had five brothers, and they were all fucking her. Her father probably was too. Everybody knew it, but this was never discussed. You never heard about these things. So when I started making work, I said, “Why can’t you show everything?” There were great photographers doing great things but they pulled their punches – there were certain things that you just couldn’t see.
In a wonderful interview that describes the motives behind some of the questionable decisions he has made throughout his career, Clark sits down with The Talks to discuss what has made his work so special. Read the full interview here.
JUXTAPOZ PRESENTS MIKE MILLER
Mike Miller is one of the most important photographers in hip hop history. The artist has made a career as photographer and film maker through fashion, music, and movies for decades after breaking into the industry during film school at UCLA. Photo Editor Estevan Oriol of Juxtapoz magazine sits down in this video interview to discuss working with such artists as Pantera, Ice Cube, and Eazy-E, while getting a look at some recent projects in the artist’s editing bay.
INSTAGRAM APP HITS THE ANDROID PLATFORM
Today, we’re excited to bring you Instagram for AndroidTM. We’ve already seen more than 30 million people join Instagram to create and share beautiful photos on their iOS devices, and now we’re thrilled to offer a way for Android users to join their iOS friends on Instagram to share their photos with the world.
That’s the word from Instagram creators Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in a blog post that went up today. In recent interviews, Systrom and Krieger have described the exclusivity of the iPhone platform as a key to the brand’s success - it was a way for iPhone users to prove they had iPhones - but an expansion to the Android platform should serve to increase the 30 million+ user base to one that is even higher.
Androids and iPhones cover over 80% of the smartphone market as is, and with a technology as innovative as Instagram, we should see many more beautiful photos documenting the world in which we live in the coming months.
(Source: blog.instagram.com)
SBTRKT - “HOLD ON” MUSIC VIDEO
After a year of waiting, SBTRKT has released a visual for the hipster-endeared track “Hold On” from his debut album. Sam Pilling directs this homage to Gregory Crewdson’s photography, and while the dark video is a departure from the sexy and creepy “Wildfire” outing that was Pilling’s last video for SBTRKT, the Young Turks-released album is made for compelling music videos and this one does not disappoint.
(Source: hypebeast.com)
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