11/2/2011
I am part of an upcoming exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, information below, or for more info check out
CCA's websiteTRUTH DEFINED
A UNM Graduate Student Exhibition | November 11th thru December 11th
In the Spector Ripps Project Space
Truth Defined, an exhibition comprised of photo based works, runs simultaneously with the Society for Photographic Education Southwest Regional Conference held at The School of Arts and Design at Santa Fe Community College. The exhibit is designed as a supplement to the panel discussion, How Photography Fails Us, lead by current UNM graduate students in support of this year's conference theme Photographic Truths and Other Illusions. The panel discussion and exhibit are executed to challenge the role of the photograph as a vessel for truth. Although distinctly different, each of these artists' work hones in on similar themes, primarily the human tendency to perceive the photograph as reality while failing to recognize the subjective nature of the lens. Photographs by The University of New Mexico MFA candidates Stephanie Brunia, Daniel Coburn, Rachel Cox, Lauren Greenwald, Jamie Kovach and Colby Sempek.
Public Opening 6:00-9:00pm November 11th
4/11/2011
Just got back from L.A. - here is a bit about
our performance at the Museum of Contemporary Art - Los Angeles
http://www.moca.org/party/npr/?p=176And a picture of me playing the role of "composer"
3/2/2011
First Wednesday Photography Salon
Artists presenting: Jamie Kovach and David BramMarch 2nd, 2011, 6:30-8pm
photo-eye Gallery, 376-A Garcia Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Contact: Melanie McWhorter
505.988.5152 x 112
melanie@photoeye.com
First Wednesday's March Salon will be held on March 2nd, 2011, with the salon running from 6:30pm to 8pm. Photographers
Jamie Kovach and
David Bram will be presenting work. Kovach will show her photographic narrative examining the myths of the Wild West and American cowboy and Bram will feature two new bodies of work,
Vehicular and
The Place in Which I Live, both of which examine the greater Albuquerque area.
2/2/2011
Ice on the inside of our living room window.
1/31/2011
I'm working on a new series of Paint By Numbers -
Let me know if you want a kit to paint one in yourself! And maybe send it back to me? Or at least give me a picture.
1/21/2011
Our friend Pelham Johnston directed Times New Viking's most recent music video, "No Room to Live." Johnston has been working with TNV for a while now, but this is definitely my favorite video of the bunch. The video is a compilation of over 3,000 drawings from 40 artists, resulting in one crazy animation. Zach's drawings appear from 0:59 to 1:04.
http://vimeo.com/189334991/3/2011
12/16/2010
I'm a little late on posting this - but here is a table I made from scrap wood so we could all fit this thanksgiving. It cost me a total of $30 for supplies (+ 30 hours of work).
11/14/2010
Just had my first review of grad school. Here is the work I showed followed by my artist statement:
In the 1920s, the American West adopted the cowboy as a regional emblem, capitalizing on the romantic fantasies he tendered. The traditional cowpoke was all but disappearing from the landscape, as the western tourist industry was overtaking cattle herding in profitability. Despite his decline, the cowboy presented the perfect mascot for the perpetual optimism and rugged individualism that has come to typify the West. He is easy to adore, with his rough and tumble mannerisms, adventurous spirit, self-reliance and propensity to burst into song. Although many historians have debunked the myth of the cowboy and his role in the Wild West, the tourist industry, and the tourist, still clings to these invented images. As a result, the cowboy is the perfect marketing tool for both the products of the West, and the idea of the West itself.
By exaggerating the ubiquitous image of this American icon, I am as much making fun of the cowboy as I am using the cowboy’s humor to make fun of myself and the human tendency to want to believe in his persona. This series of photographs is akin to the outlandish stories that a hardened cowpuncher might tell at the expense of a “tenderfoot.” In this case, I, and my viewer, am the gullible greenhorn and the target of the cowboy’s joke. Similarly, Americans are the target of the West’s fictitious imagery and self-promotion. It is the desire to believe these images, whether or not one rationally does, that makes the spin possible. By outrageously embellishing these stories, I am attempting to shake viewers back to reality, exposing the obviously false (albeit charming) face of the American West.
10/21/2010
10/6/2010
Zach and I have a new Wedding Photography/Video business. Check out our site: www.twofishweddings.com
9/26/2010
Have I mentioned that Melissa and I have an
Etsy shop?
9/14/2010
i'm working on
9/6/2010
Zach and I have wanted to create "facebook art" for a while now. I finally got around to it this holiday weekend. Here are a few of my favorites...
170 "friends" on a mountaintop100 Neesa H.'s at arms length38 "friends" in a photo booth9/3/2010
If you happen to be in Albuquerque, which I doubt you are, come by UNM's incoming grad show "At First Sight" at AC2 Gallery Sept 6-17. Opening reception is the 11th, and artist talks are the 16th.
9/1/2010
This will be my last boat related post - just a few more random images.
THE END.
8/25/2010
Looking back:
8/24/2010
Marquette, MI - Loading at the ore docks and enjoying McCarty's Cove
8/21/2010
How we lived.
8/16/2010
the way things work.
8/15/2010
The St. Clair River, Port Huron and the Bluewater Bridge at dawn:
8/13/2010
After purchasing a few raffle tickets back in December, my family was lucky enough to win a trip for four on a working freighter, the Herbert C. Jackson, as it ran a loads of coal and taconite across the Great Lakes. I took 1,142 photos. I've done my best to edit them down and will post them here over the next week or so.
8/3/2010
I am spending the next week traveling across the Great Lakes on this boat:
8/1/2010
We may live in the desert, and our front yard may be a pile of dirt, but I can't complain about the backyard:
7/21/2010
This Washington Post article, "
More doctored BP photos come to light," is a little silly. I am by no means a fan of BP, but adjusting the brightness/contrast of a few images for the website is pretty normal, and BP's not claiming it's photojournalism. The "doctored" images:
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