New Book By Nick Brandt: On This Earth, A Shadow Falls

Nick Brandt has to be one of the most amazing wildlife photographers working today--check out his new book:

http://www.nickbrandt.com/Text_page.cfm?pID=2706

Buy it:

http://www.photoeye.com/bookstore/citation.cfm?catalog=ZE224

Cole Thompson Photography: Classic Images in Black & White

I've become enamored with Cole Thompson's black and white images... he has that high contrast, nearly infrared look that I love so much. Take a look at his galleries:

http://www.colethompsonphotography.com/index.htm

This panoramic shot of clouds is one of my favorites--open that browser window, it's pretty wide.

If you like his work, drop Cole a note. I've chatted with him a couple of times and he's a great guy.

Krappy Kamera 2010 Blurb Book Available Now

SoHo Photo has just put out a Blurb book containing all the images from the show. Check it out:

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1414902

I'm on page 58...  :)

Letterpress As A Business at the San Fran Center for the Book

Here are the audio recordings from a great panel discussion at the San Francisco Center for the Book on running a letterpress business:

http://soundcloud.com/solsken/sets/letterpress-as-a-business

Interesting!

Letterpress Adventures in Portland

I just got back from a trip to Portland, Oregon. While I was there, I did a small tour of some of the many letterpress shops in business there. Everyone was really friendly and I got to see some amazing work. Here is a list of the places I visited:

Egg Press

A special Thanks! to Egg Press--I got a full tour of their shop and saw some new projects they are working on.

Oblation Papers and Press

Lark Press

Here's a shot of the presses at Lark Press. Jean Sammis was great, we chatted for some time.

Getting Started on a New Project!

Ever since I got a copy of Alex Binder's Infestation I've wanted to create a small book of images, possibly with letterpressed text. So, I've started shooting and hope to have much of the work done by the end of the summer. Here's a test shot; I'm going to change a couple of things in the final version. Click on the image for a larger version.

Making Time for Art With a Full Time Job

I was just reading Daniel Sroka's post an hour of art a day and feeling the same thing--my situation isn't quite the same as I'm working a full time job, but I still feel like that I just don't have enough hours in the day. My schedule is like this:

5:30am: Get up, eat, get ready for work
6:50am: Ride the subway
7:30am: Go to the gym (gotta exercise!)
9:00am: Work
5:30pm: Head home
7:00pm: Eat, read mail, feed the cat, etc.
10:30pm Crash

There is usually one or two hours before I hit the sack, but on most days I'm too wiped out to really focus on creative endeavors. A little frustrating.

How do you manage the time to do creative work with a full time job?

People's Choice Award! My print won! Woohoo!

I'm very excited... I just found out that I won the People's Choice award at the KK2010 show. Thanks to all the people who voted!

More Images from the KK2010 Show

Finally made it down to Soho Photo to take a look at the Krappy Kamera 2010 show--some unbelievable work there. Here are some pix I took inside the gallery:

The first two are of the images that were submitted, but not accepted into the show. They are all collaged onto two walls in the upstairs area of the gallery.

The next three are shots of my framed print.

Pictures from KK2010 at Soho Photo

Here are some pix on Flickr from the opening at Soho Photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgmoyer/sets/72157623421713375/

Wish I could have been there, openings can be a lot of fun.

Printing on Japanese Papers

For a long time I've been fascinated with Japanese papers, and have done a couple of tests to see if I could get a satisfactory inkjet image printed on them. So far I haven't had much luck, but I've just picked up a sample pack of ten coated papers from Hiromi Paper. I've run them through the Epson 2400 using Bowhaus' Ink Jet Control software RIP. I particularly like the Niyodo Kozo and Niyodo Natural. I've also tested a sheet of Kozo Gampi Torinoko, which is very nice but expensive at $5.25 for a single 8.5x11 sheet. Excuse the photo of my bathroom... I dry prints in there as it is the most dust free area of my apartment!

Poster From KK2010 Show

Here is the poster from the Krappy Kamera 2010 show.

Berlin Panorama

Was in Germany for nine days, mostly in Munich for work, but hung out in Berlin for three days--what a great city! I'm ready to go back for a longer stay. Here is a panoramic I shot with my LX3 handheld, then stitched in Auto Pano Pro. This is looking east in Prenzlauer Berg.

Fantastic Plastic Show in Austin Texas, July 25th - Sept 19th, 2009

One of my images was accepted into the Plastic Fantastic show at Watson Gallery last July. The show was juried by Susan Burnstine--I'm a huge fan of her photography. Please check out her website. Here is the promo poster and some snaps from the show:

Letterpress Printing Class at THE ARM in Brooklyn

I've been wanting to take a letterpress class for a long time--something about the look and feel of a well-printed piece of work that really appeals to my sense of design. Then I discovered the masters... Studio On Fire in Minneapolis. Take a minute and look at their blog, Beast Pieces. Unreal. So much talent in that one studio.

So I decided to take the introductory letterpress class at The Arm in Brooklyn. We first started out on the Vandercook presses with wooden type, then tried out lead type on two smaller platen presses. I loved it.

Here's one of the pieces I made, lyrics from Fugazi's Waiting Room off of the album Thirteen Songs.

The print's ready!

I just finished framing the print for the KK2010 show--did I mention how much fun framing a print is when the humidity is really low? Dust sticks to everything... Another image from this series was selected for the Plastic Fantastic show in Austin Texas on July 25, 2009. I'll post more about that show later.

Krappy Kamera 2010 Invite

Here's the invite to Krappy Kamera 2010 at SoHo Photo. Come out, brave the cold, and see some great images. The image on the invite is by Dan Burkholder, who published "Making Digital Negative for Contact Printing" way back when... my copy is falling apart.

Oh yeah, he took that image with his iPhone...

LAUREN E. SIMONUTTI'S Show!

I have several of Lauren's handmade books... they are amazing. If you are around Chicago, definitely go check it out:

http://lauren-rabbit.blogspot.com/2010/01/exhibition-open.html

Krappy Kamera 2010 Images Are Online

The SoHo Photo Gallery has posted the winning images from this year's KK 2010. Since they are alphabetic, mine is last... :)

Check it:

http://sohophoto.com/kk12_winners_gallery/index.html

Krappy Kamera 2010!

Just got a phone call today, one of my prints has been accepted into SoHo Photo's Krappy Kamera gallery competition. Daile Kaplan of Swann Galleries is the juror. The image they picked is Botanica Obscura #1.

Botanica Obscura #3

Botanica Obscura #2

Botanica Obscura #1