So I have to admit. I’ve been super busy this past week! Not only mourning the Cowboys loss on Sunday (don’t worry Larry, its only one game) but being busy in general with work. Just to give you peoples out there a little insight, I work as a freelance photo assistant on a full time basis. It is an awesome job and I get to see something new almost ever week.
But that’s not what I’m here to talk about this week. This week I want to fill everyone out there in on a pretty big even going on here in Atlanta right now. This October marks the 10th annual Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival. I seriously can’t tell everyone out there how awesome it is to have something like this at your fingertips, especially if your passionate about photography. Last year Alec Soth rolled thru and gave a pretty amazing (and FREE) presentation at the High Museum. I would highly recommend everyone who is reading this now to watch this little video of Soth before his speech last year and if you like it then take the time to check out the schedule and go to some of the events they have coming up. Not only are most of the events pretty quality but almost all of them are FREE!
The PROCESS x ThoughtMarker tees are ready for Thursday night’s event at El Bar. Remember to come out and say the password, “Dirty Bird” to score yourself one of these, especially if you rep ATL hard.
PROCESS x ThoughtMarker Event at EL BAR 939 Ponce De Leon Ave NE (Behind El Azteca)
Atlanta, GA 30306 Thursday, October 16th
11pm
Where are you from?
Born in Lexington Kentucky but have lived here since I was a year old (or, what passes for native in Atlanta)
Who do you work for?
The Atlanta Bicycle Campaign
What are your Current Project(s)?
A Bike Valet parking service available for Atlanta’s many festivals and other great events; Bike Buddies on request (learn to ride more confidently with help from our experienced mentors); Confident City Cycling classes that teach people to ride safely, legally, and assertively on Atlanta streets and trails.
Who would you love to work with?
Everyone in Atlanta from the grassroots to elected officials to make our city a happier, healthier, wealthier place to live…through the bicycle!
If you had to give all your bikes away to charity except for one, which one would you keep?
My Miyata 100 LT - it’s an older Japanese touring bike with biopace rings intact and I love it! I’m going to spend my maternity leave fixing it up.
What’s on your iPod right now?
My ipod broke about a year ago, which is good because I’m not tempted to listen to it while I’m riding. But right now I’m listening to the Gnarls Barkley and HEM.
What’s your Favorite ATL food?
The vegan Caribbean place downstairs from our offices, Calabash. Vegan BBQ and mac’n'cheez, yum!
What’s your Favorite ATL hangout?
Tilt Coffee Shop in Castleberry and the Cascade Springs nature preserve. I also spend an inordinate amount of time at the Goodwill in the West End.
What are your Pet Peeves?
Hmm…the term “pet peeves” really bugs me.
Shout outs?
All the energy at the college level for better biking - students starting bike sharing at Georgia Tech, organizing a bicycle advocacy club at Georgia State, and Bike Emory getting people out of their cars and bicycling around campus. I’m inspired to think the next generation of Atlanta graduations won’t get stuck in pattern of thinking they have to buy cars to live happily and well in the city after they graduate
We recently took on a small identity/merch project for NY-based singer/songwriter Will McCranie. This afternoon, we received proofs of a simple one-color graphic tee design based on an illustration by Georgios. It’s nice to get back to our roots every once in awhile and have some fun with limited-run pieces that have heart and soul.
Sopo Bikes‘ have uploaded their TV show’s first episode, called This Bike Could Be Your Life. This episode features local musical act,Batata Doce jamming out in the Sopo Bike shop. Also check out the show’s opening theme song by Judi Chicago. I’ll try to post the MP3 soon!
I know it’s still too early to start talking about the holidays but Museum of Design Atlanta has just released the 2008 Holiday cards for sale on their online store. I designed a card for MODA and so did many other local designers like Clint Zeagler of Pecan Pie Couture and R. Land.
A lil side note, I was at the Brick Store Pub (Best Fish N Chips in ATL) yesterday with some friends and noticed a very interesting piece by R. Land called Loss Cat. Check it out.
You can purchase the Holiday cards here.
I believe you can also purchase them from the MODA store located at the museum.
A portion of the card sale proceeds will benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
We got together with ThoughtMarker art blog to create a graphic tee that represents Atlanta to the fullest. We chose ATL-based artists, businesses, streetwear labels, galleries, and individuals that we mutually love working with to be represented on this tee. We’ll be giving them away for FREE at El Bar, Atlanta on Thursday, October 16th around 11:30pm. All you have to do is show up and say “Dirty Bird” to score your very own PROCESS x ThoughtMarker tee.
Thanks to King Screen for helping with this project’s production.
Hey everyone my name is Ross and some of you might know me as the one who is obsessed with Katy Perry. I wont deny that, but what you might not know is that I’m obsessed with photography also. Larry asked me to take some time to talk about photography and photo related subjects here on the blog so here it is.
For this first installment I would like to talk about Chuck Close. Some of you out there that already know about Mr. Close might be saying to your self, “Chuck Close isn’t a photographer!” and this is true, but one of the major points to his work is the use of photography. Close is a photorealistic painter who creates images on a large scale. The subjects of his work, usually friends and family, are first photographed and then a grid is placed on top of the photograph. That grid is then translated onto the canvas. Close’s earlier work was much more detailed because the grid used was smaller. In 1988 his work changed completely after he suffered a catastrophic spinal artery collapse which left him paralyzed from the neck down. After extensive rehab efforts Close was able to move his body from his waist down and continues to create his large scale works but uses a larger scaled grid.
Here’s an interesting take on NYC’s hipster-friendly band of the year. Brazillian crew, The Twelves have done several great remixes in the past few months including The Black Kids‘ I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You which is my favorite; with this one coming-in as a close second.
This one is for all you folks that love rock and roll. I’m not talking about Hoobastank and Nickelback… I’m talking about real, down-home rock that comes from the soul. I want to introduce you to your new favorite rock band, U.S. Royalty. Hailing from DC, these boys don’t have problems on stage or in front of the camera. They are constantly scouted for fashion editorials aside from their talent for writing great songs. Check out this amazing new photo of the group taken by one of NYC’s freshest and finest photographers/party-animals, Brad Walsh, and this song off of their digital EP available on iTunes. I definitely can’t wait to hear the LP.
