brava!

so, i will be officially graduated after next week. cant wait, but as i shutter at the thought the reality of things are i need to start getting my things together and planning for, dun dun dun, life. oh the horror. i need a portfolio so until then, hosting sites like behance and vimeo will be my haven until i manage to either put in the time or the money to host something legitimate.

images of mine from csusm off centre spring 2010 dance concert.


franky

please put that shit back where you found it.

as I was gathering a pile of books for reading at barnes and noble today I wondered, as the barnes and noble associate trailed past me, do they get mad when you read the literature? I mean it isnt a library, and I am sure people dont put their books back in the right place, and you know there not about to buy 10 books. anyways, today I decided to look into some black and white photography books, see what was up with the how to.

I came across two very amazing photographers, actually more but hey, these two stood out.

Bill Burke


website

Nan Goldin

cyclopes.

Thank you Marshall Carbee for illustrating this ink drawing of me. He is currently working on a company that produces eco-friendly paint materials. Everyone is going green and I like it. You can find more of his work at MarshallCarbee.com.
Bre Renne

like a masquerade.

bre and i went to encinitas the other day looking for a good place to shoot. we failed miserably as the one great place we found was already taken by another photographer. go figure. the alley we found did the job however. represent.

Alex Prager.

Love Alex Prager's work.

Franky

quiet.

Jonathan Waiter is an amazing photographer and I love the way he used his images to compile a film like world around these models, twins Aida and Ieva and model Yulia.

Franky

Philippe Vogelenzang.

great photographer philippe vogelenzang.

Franky.

jump, cut.

For one of my production classes, we were required to develop a ripomatic using images that help convey an emotion or scene we are trying to emulate for our final project. I used some images found from Creative Commons search engine and the rest are still frames shot from my XSI from live feed resulting in rush footage (the images of Bre Renne). Hopefully my final project will be similar to the feelings expressed with these stills. The music is by Gustavo Santaolalla titled "Walking in Tokyo".

Franky.

Life is a canvas.

Last night we attended the Paper Mag and Converse We Love Art event, we had a thrilled filled time and got to draw and custom make our own canvas bags (hence the out of place bags we are all carrying). There were some cool bands playing as well, although we only got to watch a very cute girl band called The Dum Dum Girls. The pictures explain it all, need I say more?

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Bre Renne

Art Event.

Here is the final video of the Lost and Found student art event. Enjoy!

Lost & Found Art Show

This is the video installation piece that Amanda Bard and I did for our final project. We had an exhibit where all the students could produce a piece of any medium to show at the end of the semester. Our piece was titled "you are free and that is why you are lost." We wanted to create a space where people walked in and experienced this sense of abandonment. The images are of us wondering through Elfin Forest, walking in an abandoned house, and images of an old abandoned house. We put gravel on the floor and a dead tree with no leaves. There was also audio with quotes to help guide the viewer. It was subjective, however the images and audio were there to guide the viewer into their own mind and how even though we have endless possibilties, at times this can be so overwhelming that we end up feeling lost.





Nicole Gonzaga's piece was amazing. She hung up dozens of ballons and hung them from the track lights on the ceiling. She projected home movie images on to them with the music of Claire de Lune and the result was really beautiful. It was great because after all our hard work and hours of setting up, we went crazy popping them all at the end of the night. A great stress reliever if you ask me.



This is Nancy DiBenedetto's work. She is a trained photographer for the US Navy so she gets to work with some amazing people and produce great images. Here is one she did for the exhibit examining the multiethnic cultures in America. Her work was really pleasing to view.


I didnt get a chance to take a picture of Julian Giron's piece. It was a watercolor painting with amazing colors and beautiful strokes. I really wish I had a picture to put on here but congrats to all the students it was a successful night. We will be producing a video documenting the night and I will be sure to put it up when we finish it.

Franky

Simple Aesthetics.

Finally, the time has come when I get to sit and relax at home with the family. It has been a while since I have been home and it is a long overdue visit. As I was rummaging through my things, as I always do for some reason when I am home, I came across these awesome Polaroids my mom had taken from around the early 1960's. As you probably already know, I absolutely love film photography.

The fact that these pictures are over 4 decades old, makes them even more beautiful. Yellow edges, high exposure, and the simple curiosity you get from them being out of focus wondering what was going on during this time and era.

Simple aesthetics.

franky.

Happy Birthday Jessica!

Today is my good friend Jessica's birthday.. I thought it would be fitting to post some of her awesome work for your viewing pleasure. enjoy!

Visit her ETSY shop here.. Jessica Byer

Franky

Where have you been all my life?

So I want to be a filmmaker, and yet I just discovered vimeo. Talk about out of the loop. Anyways now, since I will be spending all of my time, half reading my all of my blogs and the other half watching amazing videos on vimeo, I just might actually forget to breathe.


just the first, of many beautifully done embeded vimeo videos.

Franky.

The Showdown

If you didn't know already, I'm like super nerd when it comes to technology.

The Barnes and Noble Nook has got to be the most awesome reader since the original Kindle was released in 2007. Although the Nook lacks in browser, word doc, and PDF capabilities, it amazes in touch, 3G Wi-Fi, and color display also, allows you to borrow and share books through eBooks.. sigh.

Kindle, get ready for the showdown.

Nook starting at $259 found here.

franky

Bring the Noise.

The other day, the Art Association at my school hosted its first student art exhibit titled Art Show that I myself got to be apart of. Surprisingly, it was a great turn out. I say surprisingly because I attend a school that is primarily business majors with the arts being the lowest of all of the majors. We, the AA, set up, hung, printed labels, gathered the food, and cued the music. I thought it was a great experience and I cant wait to participate in the next one.

Franky.

No show.

Last week we ventured to an art show titled Chromatic it featured a variety of different types of art including one of my favorites pop art. We decided our favorite was the artist of Abnormal Things, very cute poking fun at everything hip and trendy. We also spotted some pre-game halloweeners (I wonder where they were going and I also realize that halloweeners is not a word).
Bre Renne