untitled film stills

I think if I could sit at a round table, sip on wine and talk post modern art with any photographer it would be Cindy Sherman. people ask why she constantly did these odd projects to make this archive of photos, she usually comes back with a simple reply - "Because, I like it". It is an empowering thing for a woman to create something for sheer self-pleasure and get such a positive response from both men and women in society. in other words shes a badass. When you look at each one of these pictures you can completely form a completely plausible story for each one.

^^(1961)scandelous housewife cooking dinner for the used car salesman she is about to embark on an affair with??




"Cindy Sherman (born 1954) used photography to challenge images in popular culture and the mass media. Her work concentrated on examining the way women are viewed by society. She used herself as a model in the 1977-1980 series of 69 black-and-white photographs called "Untitled Film Stills." NEW YORK, NY - In 1979, Cindy Sherman rocked the NYC art world at age 26 with her “Film Stills.” The haunting photographic series appears to chronicle actresses in the midst of dramatic and evocative film scenes, but is in fact the artist herself posing as the different subjects. Hailed for her play on media and identity, the shy and reclusive Sherman almost always uses herself as the model in her photographs and always in disguise. Today, at age 54, she is internationally acknowledged as one of the world’s most gifted and significant visual talents - in May 1999, ARTnews named Sherman, alongside Matisse and Picasso, as one of 'The 20th Century’s Most Influential Artists.'"

now on the other side of the feminist spectrum....I learned about these girls in my contemporary art history class last night - THE GUERILLA GIRLS. so sick

lightning bolt pop up

I think the deciding moment that I became appreciative and interested in street art was when I was about twelve. At this time I was living in Corona with the Cuff family. Every day on my way to and from jr. high I would drive up and down green river road, where there was a wheat paste of a contrasted black and white photo of George W. Bush. This was around the time when the public eye's notion of the president was starting to plummet. On the wheat paste, there were no derogatory or clever string of words, it was simply a picture on a yellow, diamond shaped street sign. What was interesting was the not-so-appealing scenery surrounding the President - cracked concrete, overgrown weeds everywhere, an almost deserted and run-down shopping center, dirt, train tracks, abandoned cars. That thing had to be there for at least a year and a half, and the scenes engulfing this picture were always changing but always were about the same theme - neglect. I'm sure there are many other takes on what the message of that picture was, but I always thought this idea to be quite intriguing to my young and naive thoughts when I was twelve years old.

On another note, Last week I got a job from a friend of mine (Stephanie Weber) to shoot an event for lightning bolt, a clothing company that originated in Hawaii during the 1970's. I trekked up to Los Feliz with Brit, Sheshwan, Brad, and Becca (they worked the bar and modeled the clothes) and spent an awesome night in LA. Brit and Bec had a great time in their outfits ha ha...

last week we moved out of our house on twenty fifth. to commemorate we got various twenty fifth tattoos. i miss my house.

LOVE FEST 2009 video by Scott 'Lorenzo' Huerta

Went to San Francisco last weekend and it was so amazing. There was a group of about 18 people staying at my best friend, Ida's, house in park merced so you can imagine how crazy the weekend was. We got outside of love fest, and me and Becca being as obliterated as we were, somehow frolicked away from everyone before we even got in. about ten minutes later we realized becca's sister had all of our belongings and money to get in. Try to imagine two heavily intoxicated, giggling, blonde girls running around union square trying to figure out a way we could get in.
At one point, we looked up and saw a line of floats rolling down the street about to go in the back gate - so we made a run for it. Jumped on a float seconds before it crossed through the back gate, worked like a charm.
The first picture is on the MUNI the morning of love fest which was completely PACKED, and the other two are at a friend of a friends house near haight. I wish responsibility didnt have to come into play, so I could drop everything and rent a studio somewhere downtown. I think Someday ill be there.

I discovered an amazing new musician from an aquaintance, Gia Margaret:

http://www.myspace.com/giamargaret


once my ankle/foot heals Im going to start bringing my nikon to events and begin to rebuild a portfolio geared for those types of jobs. Photographing events and parties is always fun, getting paid for it is even better.