Monday, January 31, 2005
Site Update
For the few interested friends and readers I have out there, here's an update about this site.I changed the format of the site a bit last week to get across what I consider to be my burning embers. Namely, photography, video and the written word outside of work. Toward that goal, I posted my first three articles.
The first is a cooked piece. In other words, I pretty much consider this piece to be completed, even though it has never been published. It's about Interactive art and the South by SouthWest convention in Austin. IN particular it chronicles how art on the Internet is influenced by sharing of ideas and the "commons" of intellectual and artistic pursuits has a firm foothold in the online community as represented in the SXSW convention-goers. There are no photos, unfortunately. But there are two videos. You have to read the whole article to get to them though.
The second piece is about my grandfather. It will eventually become an article about my mother and her two sisters and what it was like to grow up with a witness to the Roswell Incident and what it has been like in the last few years watching him lose his memory in his old age. This article is a bit depressing for me to write. And truth be told, if my mom or my grandfather ever see it, they will probably be upset. There are some photos of my grandfather and soon there will be photos of the UFO Museum which he co-founded as well as a 30-minute video I shot with him about a year ago.
The third piece is a much more recent article about Mama's Kitchen that I've started. It's short and sweet. And will be the intro to a much larger piece as I chronicle the past, present and future of my home away from home. Mama's Kitchen has everything to do with why I am committed to San Diego for the rest of my life. As do Red Door and Stephanie. Considering that, it's worth your while, as someone interested in me presumably, to take a quick second or two to read it and look at the photos.
Drop me a line soon, yeah? I want some feedback on these updates so I scratch my creative itch most successfully.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Our New Mexico Wedding
The Photos James took of the wedding arrived this week. Took some time this AM to compile all of the outtakes and post them here. If you want the "nice" photos, where everyone looks perfect, you can still visit James' site to see those.
And speaking of James. Thanks and praise. "James McCormick is the best photographer in the world. He was better than Cats." In all seriousness, James made an extra special effort to be at the wedding and we have every intention of making sure that the world knows what a talented, genuine, and upstanding character he is. If you're in the market for a photographer, please look him up. He lives in Eugene, OR, but has shot weddings in New Mexico, Italy, Florida and California. Why not yours? Look up Studio Coburg one day, and consider yourself extremely lucky to be loved and to have found someone to tell the story of that love. Even the outtakes will be worth sharing.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
bloodcarnations
Photos of flowers with a modern dagguerotype edge to them.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
The Globe and Mail: How copyright could be killing culture
As Americans commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy today, no television channel will be broadcasting the documentary series Eyes on the Prize. Produced in the 1980s and widely considered the most important encapsulation of the American civil-rights movement on video, the documentary series can no longer be broadcast or sold anywhere.Why?
The makers of the series no longer have permission for the archival footage they previously used of such key events as the historic protest marches or the confrontations with Southern police. Given Eyes on the Prize's tight budget, typical of any documentary, its filmmakers could barely afford the minimum five-year rights for use of the clips. That permission has long since expired, and the $250,000 to $500,000 needed to clear the numerous copyrights involved is proving too expensive.
This is particularly dire now, because VHS copies of the series used in countless school curriculums are deteriorating beyond rehabilitation. With no new copies allowed to go on sale, "the whole thing, for all practical purposes, no longer exists," says Jon Else, a California-based filmmaker who helped produce and shoot the series and who also teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism of the University of California, Berkeley.
LINK: The Globe and Mail: How copyright could be killing culture
Sunday, January 09, 2005
Acid Rain
Photos from the rainy weekend here in San Diego.
