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Matthew Graner

Stealing your soul, one frame at a time...

About Me

The decisive moment... This phrase coined in order to describe the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. The decisive moment is a phenomenon that occurs in life where a moment presents itself to an artist. It is dependent upon the artist to interpret and capture that moment. This is my Mantra, the decisive moment. This is my life’s work, the decisive moment. What makes a great photograph? A great photograph is more than a moment in time captured through mechanical means, it provides humanity the ability to see as others see. Matthew Graner CA 2007..Rotterdam, Netherlands 2007ALLEGED ARTS GRAND OPENING, Santa Ana, CA MARCH 2007Portland, Oregon 2007New Orleans 2007Painter, photographer, Gourmet/Gourmand, lover of all things Bar-B-Q, Gamer, PC and Xbox. Avid reader, rabid movie watcher,The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact: One sees more devils than vast hell can hold, That is, the madman; ... William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream, V,i,7Sliding down from Protestant guilt,
Fearing the actuality of truth,
Discarding the imagination,
Until tomorrow.

-The Bodhisattva of Lemuria

My Interests

Art. reading, film, music, computers, strip clubs, tattoos, body piercing, video games, conspiracy theories, conversation, making new friends, drinking 'damn good beer', BBQ, Schadenfreude,

I'd like to meet:

Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Sheldon Adelson, Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Michael Dell, Aria Giovanni, Benedikt Taschen, Ozzy, the ghost of Robert Anton Wilson, the ghost of Picasso, Alejandro Jorodorowsky, HR Gieger, Eli Broad, F. Gonzalez-Crussi, the ghost of Vermeer, John Milius, Hagbard Celine, the ghost of Albert Einstein, Andreas Gursky, Odd Nerdrum, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Yoda, the ghost of Man Ray, ALF, Beetlejuice, Sebastiano Salgado, Charles Saatchi, Joel Peter Witkin, Jan Saudek, the ghost of Johnny Cash, Ralph Baer, Werner Herzog, Howard Stern (off the air),

Music:

Paganini, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Django Rheindhart, Bessie Smith, Fats Waller, Morphine, Gil Scott Heron, ZZ Top, OZZY, Godsmack, Portishead, Bjork, Leon Redbone, Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath, Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, The Distillers, Rancid, Black Crowes, The Band, Mark Growden, Robert Johnson, BB King, Marty Robbins, G love and special sauce, The Chieftains, Pantera, David Grisman, .. width="425" height="350" .. .. width="425" height="350" ..

Movies:

Tetsuo: the iron man, High Anxiety, The Exorcist, 2001, Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, The Twelve Chairs, Full Metal Jacket, Prince of Darkness, They Live, The war of the worlds, The Time Machine, Time Bandits, Goodfellas, Brazil, Pi, Requiem for a dream, Pulp fiction, Zombie, The night of the living dead, The Matrix, Twelve Monkeys, Bubba Hotep, Julian Donkey Boy, Nosferatu, The cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Metropolis, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, A bucket of blood, Little shop of horrors (Roger Corman), The Birds, History of the world part 1, Bully, Kids, My best Fiend, Mr. Death, Blade Runner, Escape from New York, Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, Toxic Avenger, Eraserhead, Mulholland falls, Trainspotting, Suicide Club, Battle Royale, Ichi the Killer, Sick the life and death of Bob Flannagan Supermasochist, City of God, Even dwarfs started small, Visitor Q, Audition, KOYAANISQATSI, POWAQQATSI, NAQOYQATSI, Old Boy, Little Otik, Woyzeck, The Ninth Configuration, Kung Fu Hustle, Yakuza Demon, The Wicker Man, A dirty shame, Men behind the sun, Dune, The Machinist, The Holy Mountain, El Topo, Camera Buff, Team America, Layer Cake, Swimming Pool, The Magic Christian, La Vallee, More, Hate, The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie, A scanner darkly, Factotum, Clerks 2, Red Cherry,

Television:

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Books:

"Sex, Drugs, and Magic" Robert Anton Wilson, "Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy" Douglas Adams, "Good Omens" Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, "Do androids dream of elecric sheep" Phillip K. Dick, "The Illuminatus Trilogy" Robert Anton Wilson, "Oryx and Crake" Margaret Atwood, "Day of the Dead" F. Gonzalez Crussi, "The origin of Satan" Elaine Pagels, "Acid Dreams" Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain, "In the Penal Colony" Franz Kafka, "Geek Love" Katherine Dunn, "Dude! Wheres my country?" Michael Moore, "Herzog on Herzog", "The Occult" Colin Wilson, "The Story of B" Daniel Quinn, "A Confederacy of Dunces" John Kennedy Toole,

Heroes:

Joel Peter WitkinJan SaudekRalph Baer Johnny Cash Kakihara The ID I adopted a cute lil' death fetus from Fetusmart! Hooray fetus!

My Blog

Exhibition History

Matthew [email protected]://www.myspace.com/Obscu roHonors:2007 Artist in Residence, Stichting Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, NLSolo Exhibitions:2002 Fear of Success, I Gallery, Santa An...
Posted by Matthew Graner on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:46:00 PST

Analog/Digital 2 Irvine Fine Arts Center Feb 26 - Apr 8

  Hello my friends: Several of my recent photographs have been included in a great group show @  Irvine Fine Arts Center. I'm stoked about it; it's my first show in...
Posted by Matthew Graner on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:49:00 PST

Tom Cruise Sith Lord

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Indian truck in Washington DC

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Santa Ana

when the dust settled; there was a shaft of light; which fell upon a place; which we now refer to as the city of Santa Ana; from hence it shall be known. the earth opened; a crack like the whore...
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Stilt walkers

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Bike Polo

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Mural Project; Audiowaves; Wildomar CA

The Mural Caramia on mini chopper terrorizing the strip mall The boys at AudioWaves ...
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Food for thought

"that was symptomatic of our time, when everyone observed and felt observed by everyone else, so that a very subtle definition of contemporary man might be that he is man under observation- obs...
Posted by Matthew Graner on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The Identifier

Heres the background; I was having lunch in a restaurant today. My friend and I both ordered a beer with lunch. The waitress asked for ID, we complied. She left the table; returned with our drinks...
Posted by Matthew Graner on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST