Garage Art Show 3!

The 3rd Garage Art Show will be held in Echo Park at 2251 Branden Street LA, CA 90026 on Feb 18th from 8pm-1am. My work will be featured along with other talented photographers. DJ Gonzo will be spinnin...beer, wine and alcohol will be served. The Broken Numbers Band will be playing starting at 10pm!

Artists Featured:
anthonie gonzalez
barrett sweger
jimi franklin
koury angelo
nikolaus jung
the broken numbers band
...plus more!

CameraBag

Wow! The Downtown Art Walk LA was amazing on Thursday. LoftSEVEN, the gallery that exhibited my new series, "Perspectives," was packed to the brim for the group show "Indian Summer." LoftSEVEN is such an awesome venue and the penthouse and rooftop views of downtown LA are incredible! We had a line of people downstairs just waiting to get in the elevator. Thanks so much to my sponsor, CameraBag, for their help in making this show possible. I literally couldn't have done it without them! All the images I displayed were taken on my iPhone and processed with CameraBag. These guys really do have the best camera app for the iPhone and I am so grateful for their support! The 8 prints I exhibited were 30x30 inch gallery canvas wraps. I also showed 8 new pieces that are 20x20 inches. They have four images on each piece which are then mounted on a 4 panel custom metal frame. All images can be found on my website in the "Perspectives" gallery! Also check out my Flickr, as well as the awesome party photos on the Ink Blotch website, to see the whole show !

iPhone Photo Exhibition

Last night I had my first solo art show in LA featuring my new iPhone photo series, "Perspectives." The turn out was amazing. I met some great people, saw some wonderful art at the neighboring galleries and really had an awesome time. I was so busy this whole week editing, preparing all the prints and trying to figure out how to hang the show. I feel like today is the first day I can actually relax a bit. I finally settled on hanging unframed prints on the wall for a photographic installation of my iPhone images. I ended up hanging them with small magnets and washers. This way the prints aren't damaged by clips or adhesives. I was very happy with the final results and now have a cool new hanging system that I will use for future installations. So many of my friends come out and support me. I am so thankful to everyone who came out to my show and also to those that sent their wishes from afar!

Also, I have received some great press write ups lately from two of LA's top photography and art blogs as well as one of the best indie music and art mags on the scene: We Can Shoot Too , PIX FEED and Redefine Mag so check them out!

I have posted some photos for those of you that couldn't make it out to the event. You can also go to my Flickr page to view the whole exhibit from start to finish! It's an exciting time for me right now and I am definitely thankful for all the blessings!

Santiago Art District

Every third Saturday of the month, residents of the Santiago Street Lofts host the Santiago Art District--A community art walk event. Their website is www.santiagoartdistrict.com. Galleries open at 7PM and usually run until 10PM--and sometimes even later! I will be showing my photography in one of the galleries. Thanks to Ryan and Nate for inviting me to have my first solo show in Cali! Ample (free) parking is conveniently located across the street at the Santa Ana Train Depot on the southeast corner of Santa Ana Boulevard and Santiago Street...also, word on the street is that the Kogi truck will be making a cameo appearance as well, which I hear is kind of a big deal. You can follow them on Twitter @kogibbq or their website www.kogibbq.com! See ya there!

MOPLA 2

MOPLA and the Lucie Foundation presented 6 exhibitions at the Pacific Design Center. There were both emerging and established photographers showing their work in a variety of spaces. Tim Mantoani showed his series, Behind Photographs, which depicts 20x24 Polaroids of famous photographers holding their most iconic images. The best part of the night for me was meeting and photographing Nick Ut and Douglas Kirkland, two legendary photographers that I admire. PDN showcased the work of 30 new and emerging photographers. The B+ exhibition was one of my favorites. His series, Ghost Notes, is a documentation of the hip hop movement and urban culture over the last few decades. John Delaney's series, Golden Eagle Hunters of Magnolia, was amazing in it's subject matter and presentation. Beautiful B&W portraits show us a rare glimpse into the intimate world of the Mongolian nomads. Mark Edward Harris exhibited his series, The Axis of Evil, which shows us the world of North Korea and Iran in large scale color photographs. Jim McHugh's, Remarkable: Places and Faces, was a collection of his work from the last thirty years. He is well known for his haunting polaroids of LA and intimate celebrity portraits.

Face Off

Three of my photos were exhibited at the 2008 Smashbox Studios Face Off in LA. This year's theme was based on current newsworthy events in the media. My pieces were Target Practice, Death Cab and Control.

Guns N Roses

NYC was amazing...I had a great time seeing all my friends. Going to the Milk BBQ and being in the Staff Photography Show was super cool. It was just the perfect amount of time there and I hope to be back soon.

Iraq

i went to an art opening a few weeks back at the 01gallery in downtown la. it was called the "shock and aw...s#@&" show, in honor of the 5th year anniversary of the war in iraq. i saw some really cool paintings and silk screens.