Takuma!

I got to have dinner with my buddy Takuma last night. Yay!

I'm having some technical difficulties uploading photos to Blogger so my posts will have to hang out a bit til the problem gets resolved. Anyone else having issues?

The Lams of Ludlow Street

I am looking forward to Thomas Holton's show at Sasha Wolf's. March 6- April 26.

(image from Sasha Wolf)

J. Bennett Fitts

While browsing through Julie Saul's site, I was reminded of J. Bennett Fitts. I saw a couple of his prints there a while back and loved them. The colors, the composition, the project, "No lifeguard on Duty". I hope he has another show in NY.

Peter Bialobrzeski

I just came across the work of Peter Bialobrzeski, through Amazon of all places. His palette is quite different and I'm curious to see the work in person. I found an interview with J. Colberg on Conscientious that touches on Bialobrzeski's views of German photography. I'm also quite smitten by the title Neon Tigers that is his project of "color photographs taken inside the "Tiger Cities," the name given to Asia's rapidly growing metropolises: Hong Kong, Bangkok, Shanghai, and Kuala Lumpur."

(image from Peter Bialobrzeski's site)

Michael Wolf's Hong Kong

I came across Michael Wolf's work via the Asian Photography Blog. Having just landed from Hong Kong, his work really resonates with what has been on my mind in the last couple of weeks. My favorite series is 100x100- "photographs of residents in their flats in Hong Kong's oldest public housing estate: 100 rooms, each 100 square feet in size." Architecture of Density, Real Fake Pictures (taken in China) are also quite interesting.

(photos from Michael Wolf's 100x100 series)

Juno

My sweet friend, Cherry, pictured above left, got me into a screening of the movie Juno while I was in Hong Kong. The script was so witty and I was completely impressed with Ellen Page's acting abilities. I was happily surprised to see Kimya Dawson's name credited for the soundtrack. I love the Moldy Peaches. Oh, I realize I'm a bit late with the movie since it was released in the States during Christmas. Better late than never I suppose. Go see it, or rent it!

(Photo by the talented Joe Maida.)

I'm always thinking about food

I am always thinking about food and hope to eat healthier as I go along. (Especially with the meat recall on my mind.) I was making my grocery list this morning when I started thinking about joining my local Community Sponsored Agriculture (CSA). They distribute organic vegetable and fruit shares and sell free range meat and eggs at a nearby church. Since I get my groceries from a bunch of sources, including many supermarkets in the city, this might help cut down the running around I'll have to do. My local CSA doesn't start distributing until June but many are year round or start earlier. To find your local CSA check out the local harvest website.

Beef Recall

If you can stomach it, watch the Humane Society video that led to the beef recall. I've been thinking about taking a meat break, esp. after my long Asia trip since I ate more meat and carbs than I really would have liked to. This gives me more reason to do so.