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The Jeff Wall, Studio Installation Shot, 11.24.2009

When Black Friday Comes. . .

A Nationwide Call: You Photograph Black Friday, We Exhibit Your Pictures


A jury of internet photography superstars including Amy Stein, John Saponara, Jake Stangel, Jörg Colberg, Stephen Frailey, Brian Ulrich, and Jon Feinstein wants to see and show your images of Black Friday.

Find out more here.
via Amy Stein.

Send your Cyber Monday Pictures to me.

Cue Steely Dan.

Weekly Picture 168

Pile, Austin, TX 10.13.2009

E.A.S.T.

Major Brand Gas, Austin, TX 11.15.2009

Ben Ruggiero in the Studio, Austin, TX 11.15.2009

East Austin Studio Tour:

Lots of great conversations over the weekend in the studio. Didn't see much of my peers work, saw Ben's a lot whom I share the studio with. This year the tour is spread out over two weekends, which I am not sure is such a great idea. I will reserve judgment until after next week, but I am pretty spent and it is only half way over.

Slide Luck Pot Show Austin

Slideluck Potshow is a New York City-based, non-profit arts organization that provides an opportunity for artists and arts-appreciators to gather around food, friends, and artwork for an unforgettable night. This event, which began in a Seattle backyard eight years ago and regularly draws crowds of a thousand people in NYC, returns to Austin for the second year. Last year's event drew 400+ attendees.

Event Date: Saturday, November 21st
Time: 7pm - potluck dinner and socializing | 9pm - Slide show begins | After party to follow
Where: Shangra-La | 1016 E. 6th Street | Austin, Texas
RSVP here.

Lauren Greenfield to Speak in Austin November 20

Lindsey at a Fourth of July party three days after her surgery, Calabas photo by Lauren Greenfield

Austin Center of Photography presents Lauren Greenfield as the third installment of their Icons Series.

Friday, November 20, 7pm - An Evening with Lauren Greenfield

The Icons of Photography No.4 lecture brings Lauren Greenfield to Austin. Once again to be held in the Blanton Museum of Art Auditorium.

Photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield has garnered critical acclaim documenting modern youth culture, examining pervasive phenomena from eating disorders and the obsession with body image, to the extreme effects of consumerism. Author of the groundbreaking books Fast Forward, Girl Culture, and Thin, Greenfield was named by American Photo as one of the 25 most influential photographers working today. Her work appears regularly in The New York Times Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine, Time, Newsweek and Fortune, and is in many museum collections including the Getty , the Los Angeles County Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Greenfield directed and produced her first feature-length film, THIN (HBO, 2006), about the treatment of eating disorders. THIN premiered at Sundance, won Best Documentary at the London International Film Festival, and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Direction. Her new film, kids + money (HBO, 2008), was selected for Sundance, and won numerous international awards.

General Admission $10 & Students/Seniors/Military $5 in advance.
Advance ticket sales and member's RSVP open November 1st.

Buy Tickets here.

Birds of Sealy, Texas

11.05.2009

Weekly Picture 167

Camouflage, Highway 71, TX, 11.05.2009

Perspectives 168: Anna Krachey, Jessica Mallios, and Adam Schreiber

Jessica Mallios Being Interviewed

Man Caught Between Two Pictures by Jessica Mallios

Adam Schreiber Being Interviewed

On view: November 06, 2009 – February 07, 2010

This show is really really amazing at the CAM in Houston.

Donut 168

Old Fashioned, Donut 168, Spring TX, 11.6.2009

I am no numerologist, but it is kind of weird that the show in Houston was Perspective 168, I ate this donut at a shop called Donut 168, and this weeks picture is #167, but really should be 168 because I skipped a week.

Donut 168 is not named for its address, but because 168 is a lucky number. I was in Donut 168 placing a call to Triple A for a tow truck because my car overheated again. This unexpectedly keept me in Spring another day. My trouble was caused by a $2 hose.

Group Show at Art Palace

I am also excited to be currently included in the last show at Art Palace in Austin before it moves to Houston in January.

Closing Reception information will be forthcoming.

Tiny Vices

I am very excited to be included on the new Tiny Vices website.