WHO I AM
"It is not without cause that parents shudder when a child of theirs expresses the wish to become an Artist: they will, of course, do everything in their power to protect the child fromsuch a fate!: —to undermine any real adventuring... distort the whole meaning of the word “appreciation†. . . . confusing it with “voyeurism†. . . . to tame the energies of any active involvement: for real aesthetic appreciation runs exactly the same hazards as art-creation—leads as surely to what society calls “madness†– Stan Brakhage
I'm obsessed.
Come on, inspire me. Use me. Make me give you the best of my best.
INSPIRATION
Propaganda, RAF, Baader-Meinholf, Weather Underground, cool-chic revolutionaries as a style... A big fan of 80s transgressive cinema, current Alt trends, and a few select photogs - Juergen Teller, Terry Richardson, Richard Kern, Clayton Cubitt, Bob Coulter and other worldly artists like Joel-Peter Witkin, Jan Saudek, animators Jan Svankmejer, Bros Quay and filmmakers too numerous to mention. Not that I think my work is anything like theirs... I just was impacted by the imagery. In fact, it is why I am behind the lens. I enjoy a lot of the photogs here as well, and that will be my top 12. Those are the folks to aspire to...
THE 411
I am a published art, fashion and entertainment photographer, graphic artist and illustrator with 15 years experience in art direction and digital art and production. Primarily working in the publicity, entertainment and fashion industries. Commercial work also welcomed.Trained as a poet and artist at Naropa University's Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics (BA/MFA). Worked and lived in Prague, Czech Republic as a new media film industry art director for feature films and commercials while co-founding Prague School of Poetics in my free time. Worked in Chicago and New York as a freelance graphic artist and videographer. Returned to Louisville in 2003.
While I have dabbled in photography since the mid-nineties, I didn't call myself a photographer until I picked up a camera out of necessity while working on graphic and video projects for a modeling agency. Have been a freelance photographer since.
Although I keep a few high-profile publicity and design clients, and loosely maintain a consulting business, fashion and illustrative photography is my primary business.
I am a divorced father of two lovely children, Diamanda (6) and Dorian (2.5).
I understand lighting, set design, composition, working with a team in fashion and commercial photography. However, I rarely use a studio. I rarely covet more gear. I do with what I have and offer up a down-n-dirty stylistic approach to my imagery.
Ideas are everything. without them, you can have all the skill and technology in the world and still be noting more than mediocrity. -- bb, March 2008
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