Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

I had the great fortune to also check out the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography during my visit. This was a great stop and I enjoyed the 3 exhibitions below. http://syabi.com/e/contents/index.html

1. Dawn of Japanese Photography Hokkaido and Tohoku
2. Erwin Blumenfeld: A Hidden Ritual of Beauty
3. Mario Giacomelli: The Black is Waiting for the White

Artist JR at Watarium Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

One of my favorite artists, French activist JR in Tokyo - what luck!
http://www.watarium.co.jp/museumcontents.html

His 2011 TED prize talk is worth seeing if you haven't already... http://www.ted.com/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out.html

My friend Kim and I were able to participate in JR's Inside Out project.
http://www.insideoutproject.net/japan/0327142259

Japan Portrait Project: Tsunami Survivor Tribute
You can see the poster falling from the sky printer!!

Recent Work

Seascapes

Seascapes

Seascapes

Resort As Paradise

Resort as Paradise

Resort As Paradise

Non-Paradise Postcard

Non-Paradise Postcard

Artists I'm looking at

Gregory Crewdson 
New documentary on this artist's work titled "Brief Encounters." I just missed a viewing here in in Honolulu in January. I can't wait to check this out on DVD. Watch the trailer here: http://www.gregorycrewdsonmovie.com

"Acclaimed photographer Gregory Crewdon's 10-year quest to create a series of haunting, surreal, and stunningly elaborate portraits of small-town American life - filmed with unprecendented access as he makes perfect renderings of a disturbing, imperfect world."

Charlie White

Check out this interesting article on White's work: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/white_pr.html

"Charlie White doesn't take photographs. He constructs them. Like a Hollywood director, he orchestrates scenes, commissions sets, hires actors, and employs a visual effects team."

Ashley Bickerton

Article: Surfing Sin City with Ashley Bickerton
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kisa-lala/surfing-sin-city-with-ash_b_895003.html

"In this new world, the white man's vision of romantic primitivism is taken for a spin by the dragon-lady's daughter. There's no victim or seducer in this tango. The garlanded belles belie their dark junkie sides. Bickerton parodies the tropes of island-exotica..."

LIGHT Exhibition at Pauahi Tower

I'm looking forward to participating in this exhibition. Four images from my Seascapes series will be showcased.  It opens tonight, 4:30-6:30pm. See you there!

NY Lyric Postcard Project & The 1000 Journals Project

A friend recently sent me a link to the NY Lyric Project: http://nylyricproject.tumblr.com.  It's an interesting idea where a fan submits a lyric to the artist and an old (or new?) postcard is sent back to the fan with the lyrics hand-written on. Although I am moving away from working with postcards specifically, I appreciate how others are collaborating with strangers and using the postcard itself as a platform for exchange.

This also reminds me of San Fransisco based artist "someguy's" The 1000 Journals Project: http://www.1000journals.com/

"The 1000 Journals Project is an ongoing collaborative experiment attempting to follow 1000 journals throughout their travels. The goal is to provide a method for interaction and shared creativity among friends and strangers."

If interested, there's a documentary on this project, here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klnFtLGrKWU