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All roads lead to The Crotch. Shot from the Bloomingdale Trail, just off Leavitt St.
Milwaukee Avenue, as seen from the Bloomingdale Trail.
Temple of Divine Love, Chicago
Shot at The Crotch (Chicago’s intersection of North, Damen, and Milwaukee Avenues) on July 1, 2009.
Coyote Building, Chicago
Here are a proof sheet scans (these are not final images) of a couple recent Widelux pictures I took on Milwaukee Avenue.
Proofsheet scan: Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago.
Proofsheet scan: Earwax Café, Chicago.
Yesterday I took 1,115 photographs from right outside my studio door. Here they are at 60 frames per second. (UPDATE: I’ve changed the Youtube link to point to a newer, 18% more fabulous version of the time-lapse video. The new version is higher resolution, with panning and zooming, and I obliterated the dust parasite that had invaded my camera’s sensor.)
Here are a couple shots from a test shoot I did last week with talented hair and makeup artist Suzanne Ciba and alluring model Jen F. For 3 weeks Jen had to endure a bouffant full of potting soil while we waited for the flowers to grow.
My previous blog post included a swell publicity still I found in Austin, by a Chicago photographer I had never heard of. I started looking for more of his stills, which were usually shots of celebrities and less well known local entertainers, mainly from the 40s and 50s. I certainly didn’t expect to see Kraftwerk among his subjects! Looks like Seymour shot the cover of the great Kraftwerk album “Trans Europe Express,” or at least French and German versions. Check out the Maurice Seymour logo below right. Update, thanks to the Derek Erdman vinyl library: the photo below is on the back cover of the American release.
"Trans Europe Express" Kraftwerk album photo
"Trans Europe Express," French version
What the WTF, these Chicago street gang business cards from the 70s and 80s are fascinating. They’re posted (the cards below and many others) at the We Are Supervision blog; (via Windy Citizen).
Wynn Newberry: significant brother
Billboard: sideview
Sidewalk
Mission Street
Chinatown
Chinatown
Shoppers
Messageless sign
Faceless sign
This picture was taken for a Mike Sula article in the Chicago Reader, in October of 2001. Stay tuned—I’m going to go back to that address in the next day or two and see if they’ve kept the name. Maybe they changed that first “S” to a “B” by now. It seems like ages ago that I was regularly shooting and making prints from film…
Ali Farhan, Chicago
Time is running out! Bombaby Video, on Devon Avenue in Chicago, is going out of business, and prices are slashed. The place is stuffed to the gills with unusual and fascinating CDs, audio cassettes, and videos from the Indian subcontinent and beyond. The exotic titles available here for another week or two are not likely to be found at iTunes or your local hipster record store (not to mention chain stores). Head over there with a wad of cash and do some holiday shopping. Say hello to Sujay, the friendly and charismatic proprietor, and then get some delicious Indian food at one of the many Indian and Pakistani restaurants in the vicinity. (Thanks to Liam for introducing me to Sujay.)
Bombay Video, Chicago. Photo: Jim Newberry
Bombay Video, Chicago. Photo: Jim Newberry
Sujay Shah at Bombay Video. Photo: Jim Newberry
A reminder that Martyrs’ is hosting Pecha Kucha Night tonight, and I’ll be showing 3D slides. Here’s another stereo picture–you’ll need red/cyan anaglyph glasses to get the 3D effect.
Movie XXX incense underwear. Stereo photo by Jim Newberry
Stereo anaglyph by Jim Newberry
I’ll be projecting 3D/stereo photos as part of Pecha Kucha Night this Tuesday at Martyrs’. Everyone attending gets free 3D glasses (which are required to get the 3D effect from anaglyph stereo photos like the one above)! But what is Pecha Kucha Night? Here’s a description from the PKN site:
Pecha Kucha Night, devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture), was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
But as we all know, give a mike to a designer (especially an architect) and you’ll be trapped for hours. The key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.
Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown, without having to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor. This is a demand that seems to be global – as Pecha Kucha Night, without any pushing, has spread virally to over 100 cities across the world.
I’ve been to a PKN at Martyrs–it’s much funner than it sounds, I promise. Here’s the list of presenters for Tuesday night’s event:
* Derek Erdman
* Arnold Kasemsarn
* Dr Josh Kurutz
* Kate Lorenz
* Jean Linsner
* Jon Mueller
* Charlotte Nelms
* Jim Newberry
* Ryan Schultz
* Kathy Weaver
Pecha Kucha # 7
Tuesday, December 2nd, 8PM $10
Martyrs’, 3855 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago 773-404-9494
Pecha Kucha Night often sells out, but advanced tickets can be purchased here.
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