A new, quick illustration created for the participatory blog Illustration Friday. The theme of the week was “Mystery”. I used a photo from my trip up E’Mei Mountain, a sacred Buddhist mountain in Sichuan province. I wanted to evoke the sense of mystery and delight I felt when we climbed up a steep set of …
I have some continuing translation work for the photography book I mentioned before. Right now I’m helping to translate titles of some photographic works. Most of them are pretty straightforward, but I am showing those below in order to get help. The photographs are all beautiful and an interesting window to Chinese photography in the …
The last three weeks, I’ve been working on a translation of an article about Jin Shisheng, a Chinese photographer who passed away in 2000. The article was written by Wu Hung (if you know who he is… well, you know how big of a deal this is), and I was both honored and terrified to …
20X200 is a website that sells limited edition runs of artist’s prints- mostly photography but some painting, etc, too. The smallest print, usually 8X10″, only costs $20 and comes in a run of 200 (hence the name). The larger prints get exponentially more expensive. www.20×200.com Resting on a Bush Yijun (Pixy) Liao Midwife/ Middle School …
Went to the Garfield Conservatory today- a free nature park with greenhouses as well as outdoor gardens. I know lots of people won’t look at photos of plants, myself included, but I thought the lighting on these few turned out quite nicely. I’m using a Nikon D50 this week, on loan from my photographer uncle! …
Above and below is the work of Sarah Gerats. The above picture reminded me a lot of Hans Belmer’s work. http://www.sarahgerats.be/ (more greytones!) This is a rubbing of a bear omen carving from the Wu Liang Shrine that we studied in my Chinese art history class. I really like the graphic and comic quality of …
These are some pictures I took this summer of a beat up old car. I love rust patterns and the colors that show up in patinas.