I had a write up in the Brazilian newspaper Jornal Do Brasil. Ironically, I think it’s the best thing that’s been written about any of my work, but the best I can do for translation is Google translator. You can try it here… click for the translation.
Here is a big jpg.
I have a few images and a write up in the fourth issue of Title Magazine. It’s an online publication, but they are actually offering printed copies of this isssue for $30 I think. I have one on the way in the mail, so I haven’t seen the print quality, but from what i hear it is pretty sweet.
I’m sure a lot of people have already heard this, but I just found out, and it is insane! All Philadelphia free libraries will be closing October 2nd unless a budget gets passed before that enabling them to stay open. That’s every branch, every activity associated with the libaries, all employees will be laid off, etc. I am sitting in the Salt Lake Library right now. And I can’t even imagine what it would be like if this place closed. I use it all the time, for internet, books, cds, movies, etc. It is such a great resource for everyone, and it is always packed with people.
This art show and pick-up basketball sounds so fun, check it out!
Not sure what to do with these, but I think they are pretty interesting. I keep getting variations of them in my junk email folder. They would make for great movies, or short films, or something like that…
Dear Friend,
How are you and your family ? I hope fine, May the peace of God be upon you and your family. Do accept my sincere apologies, if my mail does not meet your personal ethics.
By introduction, I am the Bill and Exchange manager in one of the reputable financial institutions here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso “Bank Of Africa”.
I would love to build up a solid foundation with you in the time coming, if you can be able to help me in this business transaction.
Please, read very carefully and listen to me, a generous customer of our bank died on July 2003 in a Kenya plane crash,and this deceased customer to our bank left the Sum worth of Twenty-Five Million, Five Hundred thousand United State Dollars. ($25.5M) in his account with our bank.
You can visit the website below for more informations about the Plane Crash and the tragic death of the deceased and his entire family,
Late DR. GEORGE BRUMLEY.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html
I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both and families. I need your urgent assistance in transfering this above mentioned sum into your bank account or you would come here in this bank for cash paying into your hands.
I don’t want the money to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund. Since our bank could not locate any of his nearest person to inherit this money.So this is the reason why I contacted you, so that with me giving you all his information(s) so that our bank can release the money to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer.
Please I would want you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete if you are not interested.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send you full details on how the business will be executed.If you are willing to assist me, kindly reply me with this email address – ( kadel_ouamaru1@yahoo.com ) and together with these informations-
Name…..
Surname…..
Full residential address……
Occupation…….
Age……
Sex……
Religion…..
Marital Status…….
Country………………
Phone Number………..
Thanks and Stay Blessed.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Kadel Ouamaru.
Hello Dear
Compliment of the day to you Based on your profile, l am happy to request for your assistance because I believe that you are not going to betrayed the trust which I am going to lay on you Hope all is well with you and Other members of your family.
My name is Miss Liza James, 20 years old and the only daughter of my late parents Mr.and Mrs James Richard. My father was a highly reputable business magnet-(a cocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad on 12th.November 2006.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time, but God knows the truth!
My mother died when I was just 6 years old, and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my Father on November 12th 2006 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told her that he has the sum of (USDA$7.5 000 000) Seven Million five hundred thousand dollars left in a metallic trunk trunk box, which he deposited in a Security Company here in Abidjan, that he registered it as family valuable items for security reasons, he told the secretary that I should contact the Company for them to know me as his next of kin which I have did as he instructed,
My dear, this is why I have come in contact with you in order to help me retrieve that trunk box from the Security Company’s custody and send it direct to your country and also to make an arrangement for me on how I will come over to your country in other to continue my Live and Education and also to go into business relationship with you hence I am still a child and I don’t know any thing about bus sines,
Now permit me to ask these few questions:
1. Can I completely trust you?
2.Can you accept me as your own blood Sister (Or Daughter)?
3.What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you?
(I can be reach through this email (liza_james00@hotmail.fr)
Thank you so much for your understanding and may almighty God bless you and your Family to the Glory of God Almighty,
My sincere regards,
Miss Liza James
Check out this incredible trailer for a play that’s at the National Theater in London.
I just updated my website with a series of photos that I took during the last month or two that I was in Salt Lake. It was nice to take some straight photographs for a change. It’s refreshing to try to document something that already exists, instead of trying to create an entirely new world. I am pretty happy with some of the portraits, something that I have never really pursued as much as I would like to. The project sort of felt like training for something more serious in the future, but I spent time on it, and I think there are some good images worth showing.
I’m out in Oregon for the summer at Snowboard Camp working as one of the camp photographers. Posts will be few and far between because of my schedule out here, but anything really relevant will probably make it on here at some point.
For those of you who don’t know already, the reason I live in Utah is to snowboard. Check me out over at the Celtek Blog doing what I love!
Long time no post. My Modern History series got featured over at Art Fag City, and my Call of Duty piece is the masthead for the week. So that is pretty cool. I like that blog a lot.
Also I was recently commissioned to do a piece for a pretty large magazine, which was very exciting, unfortunately, the article was rewritten and subsequently cut. It was a major bummer, but I gained a lot of experience and some contacts along the way. I’ll post a jpeg of what I came up with once I all the paperwork is done with, kill fees sent, etc.
I only mention this because it was my first glimpse at what it might be like as a real working artist. It was almost surreal, but it made me very optimistic. It made my goals more concrete, some real thing that I may actually be able to reach some day. When it comes down to it, it’s about work. Good things happen when you work hard and work a lot. Speaking of work, I’ve been sort of burnt out on the Modern History collages, especially since that article got cut, so I’ve been shooting at my friends Ben, Ben, and Noah’s house where I’m living for the month before I head to Oregon for the summer. Here is a sneak peak at one of the images…
