Light It Up!

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2009-04-02T19:58:00.000-07:00

in Fisher Gallery at Oberlin College

Distance

It is a distance that is ever present and constantly growing or closing. It may be the distance between the doorsteps of our homes and the hotel reception or between the workplace and the arms of family. It may be an hour or a day to that familiar beach, bus, or couch or it may take months and years to find a certain finally. The distance between our houses and our homes, between our dreams and our realities, between our words and our meanings; these are lengths we traverse daily under and among the traffic of colors, clouds, and sunlight.

A destination to which we are constantly departing, arrivals that are continually moving one month or city away, these are the distances in which we linger, in which these photographs dwell. They recall the sublime, the mundane, the familiar and the far. The titles, placed ambiguously between each piece, do not commit to one image or the other. They are given the freedom to move in between. They hint at possible cities of destination and departure. Sometimes they suggest the viewer on the ground and the location from which the planes are sighted. They serve as cues and invitations to intertwine one's own places and events far or near to themselves.

– John Choi

Beijing.
A hard summer to breathe. A friend I miss.

Milton.
After a match under the sun
we lay on the grass exhausted
agreeing on memories and the shapes of clouds.

Boston.
Boarding school
on the other end of the country.

Bellevue.
Sitting down at the park
I watch a plane and imagine its window views.
My dog watches birds and who knows
what he is imagining.

Hawaii.
Coming up for air, I see the sky
and the beads of water fall off my goggles.

Northridge.
Looking up from the playground
I imagine my mom returning
with each one that flies eastward.

Mexico.
Our teacher points out the figure of a lying woman
across the top of a mountain ridge and recalls a story of the gods.

Cleveland.
The red eye flights welcome my landings with sunrise, sometimes.

South Africa.
Living with Korean Buddhists.
Watching stars fall every night
and meditating before the sun rises.

Seoul.
Crossing the Pacific Ocean,
looking for a peninsula of relatives.

Costa Rica.
The waves wash over the shore until the water
is thin enough to mirror the sky.
I watch one person leaving behind
a trail of footprints in the rain, slippers in hand.

New York.
There is one person in this city I come to meet.

Texas.
Where I gazed at passing aloe fields and warm waters of the gulf of mexico.
Where my parents divorced without my knowledge.

Los Angeles.
A close friend called me and told me
he had an hour in the city.
I drove for thirty minutes
and we sat down for a drink
before he caught his transfer to Korea.

TRANSVERSE

2009-03-31T22:15:00.001-07:00

wing

2009-03-11T04:50:00.000-07:00

I need to buy a plane.

Looking down

2009-03-09T18:24:00.000-07:00

Richard Misrach

This is also like my project, but looking down instead of up.

Thanks to Jray for the connection.

Skies

2009-03-09T18:20:00.000-07:00

Megan Jenkinson

These are like the light trails of Big Big Alien Spaceships, i think. It's like my project, but luckier.

August Bradley

2009-03-08T15:53:00.000-07:00

Her website

so illustrative.
Narrative.

Cross Section

2009-03-08T11:48:00.000-07:00

Scanwiches

Banh Mi So 1: Number 5, Grilled Pork and Cha

Parisi Bakery: Mozzarella, Roasted red pepper, Tomato, Lettuce and Balsamic vinegar on a hero

Parisi Bakery: Chicken Cutlet and Honey Mustard, on a hero

Grocery Deli-Pizza: Bacon, Egg, and Cheese on a roll

Despaña Grocery: Serrano Ham, Cheese, on bread.

Reminds me of cross sections of ships and houses I used to love looking at.

Shake it Up!

2009-02-09T12:52:00.001-08:00

Earthquake impending

A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) predicts that California will experience a major earthquake — one equal to or greater than the 1994 Northridge earthquake that was responsible for collapsing parts of Los Angeles' freeways and causing $25 billion in damage — in the next 30 years. And it's more than just a possibility. According to USGS, it’s pretty much certain.

planting feet in the ground, holding on to handlebars, and getting something hard and sturdy overhead.

(photo: Edgar Mueller)

he takes these pictures.

2008-12-16T11:30:00.000-08:00

david leonard

big ones

2008-12-09T19:58:00.001-08:00

Yoshihisa Kajioka
Mikhael Subotzky
Naoki Ishikawa

10 Korean Photographers

2008-11-03T19:11:00.001-08:00

Kim-Bien Hun
Soon-Choel Byun

Hyun-Jin-Kwak

Kim-Joon

Bae Bien-u

Yoonki Kim

Jhinryung Oh

jeong-mee yoon

Jung Yeondoo

Suyeon Yun

classmates' blogs

2008-11-03T18:54:00.000-08:00

http://asakiphoto.blogspot.com/
I found Kai Fusayoshi interesting. Nice choice.

http://erikaraberg.blogspot.com/
Great choice of "example" photographs and Ten Photographers.

http://sam-oandhissourcebook.blogspot.com/
It's Cool

Justine k

2008-10-28T16:00:00.000-07:00

When I saw her pictures, there were some that struck me as clearly successful and some that appeared clearly unsuccessful. Then I started picking out features that I thought made them work or not work. There seemed to be a tendency for her edenic pictures to fall into "naked women on campgrounds," restricting the narrative and not letting the image escape beyond this distraction. When the camera pulled back and allowed the figures to shrink within a larger surrounding background, the mothers were transformed into fantasy figures in a fantastic landscape. Props like the ruined car also helped to convey a sense of place that was more than the obvious "abandoned car in the woods" picture. Lastly, Her models found a comfortable place between an obvious gesture and an ambiguous posture, conveying their roles in poses that were not necessarily natural but felt natural.

Factors like these became more apparent and made me think about and be aware of the many variables that help or obstruct a staged photograph from becoming more than its stagey set up. Now I have a great opportunity to put some of these elements into practice for my narrative project. yay.

Sze Tsung Leong

2008-10-04T16:21:00.000-07:00

Philippe Gronon

2008-10-04T16:09:00.000-07:00

Adam Bartos

2008-10-04T16:05:00.000-07:00

3 images of today

2008-10-04T16:03:00.001-07:00

Samuel Fosso

2008-09-29T19:02:00.000-07:00

Spencer Tunick

2008-09-27T12:52:00.000-07:00

Francis Bacon

2008-09-23T05:52:00.000-07:00

A triptych:

Mark Jenkins: street installations

2008-09-13T10:06:00.000-07:00

Dear Banksy

2008-09-10T08:08:00.001-07:00

Asako Narahashi

2008-09-10T07:42:00.000-07:00

Half submerged, half afloat.

Last Days

2008-08-18T15:22:00.000-07:00

Freshening the air

exchanging stories

and that was that

Walk out

Driving

2008-08-10T13:29:00.000-07:00

open the windows

film strip

Digital Generation

2008-08-06T21:36:00.000-07:00

Taught kids last week how to use D80s.
Shutter speed, aperature,
perspective, scale, zoom, DoF, all that goodness.

One camera for ea. pair. Be nice and share boys.

small kids in a big outdoor theatre

leaving the kids to themselves..

exploring

an exercise in shutter speed

and exercise in general . .

The community pool.
Roll down hills and swim for free!

Fun in the Kitchen

2008-08-05T21:05:00.001-07:00

Our Fabulous Model for Today:

Picking from our young garden: basil

How to eat a lime.

"Dave is the bestest" - Lauren

"Dave is a young Gremlin." - anonymous

How to sip your sauce

How to clean your palate

Back Driveway

It is dangerous. Bikes get stolen. Drunken teens Xing and Yelling.

Egyptian Ratscrew on Dave's Beer table. Also dangerous: watch out for Lauren's Slap happy hands.

Night Shoot

2008-08-03T00:44:00.000-07:00

The film crew

Walked a few blocks in the night

To a Barry Park. For some reason, no one was playing tennis today.

Set up next to a pond, but it was too dark. Amina thinks of a solution...

Class & Free Time

2008-07-30T22:14:00.001-07:00

Lighting classes, reflectors, models

Professional photographers

Crashing on couches

Watching

TV

Exploration and Shopping

2008-07-29T22:13:00.000-07:00

Driving around Sryacuse

Shopping at Salvation Army

Shooting around the neighborhood

Finding a Pond

Sol LeWitt and David P. @ Light Work

2008-07-29T21:13:00.000-07:00

Old Cars @ Farmer's Market

2008-07-28T21:37:00.000-07:00

First Day

2008-07-28T20:37:00.000-07:00

Entering Light Work (7/12)

First Lesson:
Retouching.

Cloning and Healing dust and scratches.