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"Boy of blue" The art of Wayne Belger

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About Me

Artist Statement;Born February 11 1964 in Pasadena California to two very understanding middle class Catholic parents, I remember the days when mass was done in Latin. Magic language, magic practices, and magic altars with their own ritualistic traditions are intriguing at 5 years old. Not knowing Latin, I relied more on visuals to receive the communication. The priest was using beautiful sacred tools and potions that were subject-created to bring me into communion with the subject. As the Priest has made his tools of gold and silver and Blood and Body to be in direct relationship with the subject Jesus, I create my tools of Aluminum and Titanium and Blood and Body to be in direct relationship with the subjects they are created for. The tools I create and work with are pinhole cameras. With pinhole photography, the same air that touches my subject can pass through the pinhole and touch the photo emulsion on the film. There’s no barrier between the two. There are no lenses changing and manipulating light. There are no chips converting light to binary code. With pinhole what you get is an unmanipulated true representation of a segment of light and time, a pure reflection of what is at that moment. With some exposure times getting close to 2 hours, it’s an unsegmented movie from a movie camera with only one frame.The creation of a camera comes from my desire to relate to a subject. When I choose a subject I spend time studying it. Then I start visualizing how I would like a photo of the subject to look. When that’s figured out, I start on the camera stage of the project by collecting parts, artifacts and relics that relate to the subject. When I’ve gathered enough parts and feel for the subject, I start the construction of the camera. I create the cameras from Aluminum, Titanium, Copper, Brass, Bronze, Steel, Silver, Gold, Wood, Acrylic, Glass, Horn, Ivory, Bone, Human Bone, Human Skulls, Human Organs, Formaldehyde, HIV+ Blood and relics all designed to be the sacred bridge of a communion offering between myself and the subject. All to witness and be a tool of the horrors of creation and the beauty of decay presented by the author light and time.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Running and jumping, Anatomy, Photography and Anatomy Photography, my arm.

I'd like to meet:

Gandhi, Dr. Seuss, Jimmy Stuart, Weegee, Osho, Blake, Pablo Neruda, Rumi, Jesus, Genesh, Sean Kelly, and Freddy the Magic Flute.

Music:

Can you run and jump?

Movies:

films by the Brothers Quay and Big Trouble in Little China

Television:

running and jumping can be fun.

Books:

most Taschen publications, Most Osho, Most Blake, All Neruda, All Rumi, Most books on anatomy, Hindu comic books, Most books on classical photography and all coloring books.

Heroes:

My Dad, Weegee, Gandhi, Osho, Billy... That guy who said "be nice or I'll cut your hair" in the Jack in the Box parking lot about 15 years ago, Jesus, Abraham, Mohamed and Dr. Bronner

My Blog

Featured in Light Leaks Magazine!!!

Issue 9 (the spring issue) of Light Leaks Magazine (One of my favorite funky photography magazines) featured an 8 page interview with photos. Jay Heuman, the interviewer and writer for the feature, d...
Posted by "Boy of blue" The art of Wayne Belger on Thu, 08 May 2008 06:41:00 PST

Nice Boy of Blue article on PopPhoto.com

PopPhoto.com is part of American Photo Magazine. Staff writer Zach Honig did a lovely story with one of the best photo galleries I've seen yet. Check it out at; www.popphoto.com/photographynewswire...
Posted by "Boy of blue" The art of Wayne Belger on Thu, 08 May 2008 06:02:00 PST

New feature article and interview in Light Leaks Magazine!

The latest issue of Light Leaks Magazine features several pages of my work with a wonderful interview. I think it’s one of the best articles on the work yet. If Light Leaks is not at your loca...
Posted by "Boy of blue" The art of Wayne Belger on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 06:01:00 PST

Art 21 in Cologne Germany

I would like to apologize to everyone that was looking for my work at Art 21 in Cologne Germany. My latest work was to be on display with the Strychnin Gallery at Art 21. But somewhere between Los Ang...
Posted by "Boy of blue" The art of Wayne Belger on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:01:00 PST

Nice Boy of Blue article and interview in Double Exposure Magazine!

An article and interview with a lot of photos can be seen in the September issue (I know I'm a little late&) of Double Exposure at http://www.doubleexposure.com/Belger.shtml I had a bit of fun with th...
Posted by "Boy of blue" The art of Wayne Belger on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:12:00 PST

Yama the 500 year old human skull stereo camera in Europe with Strychnin Gallery!

Some of my work will be shown at Art 21 this November 1st in Cologne Germany. I have recently been working with the Strychnin Gallery with gallery's in Berlin, London and New York. Europe is new ter...
Posted by "Boy of blue" The art of Wayne Belger on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:45:00 PST

New and improved website!!! Still at boyofblue.com

Check it out! All new website with many new images of the latest work. Six cameras with 360 interactive views and more soon to come. boyofblue.com
Posted by "Boy of blue" The art of Wayne Belger on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:13:00 PST

Boy of Blue in Black & White & Bizarre Magazines!

B&W (Black & White) Magazine is on the stands NOW! The September issue features a wonderful 4 pagefeature on my work with 11 photos. The story waswritten by the very respected photographer/writer and...
Posted by "Boy of blue" The art of Wayne Belger on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:42:00 PST

Mags & New skull camera

ALARM MagazineALARM Magazine issue #26 is on the news stands today!!!I received a copy last week and they did a beautiful 6 page feature story with photos of some of my latest work.When I agree to do ...
Posted by "Boy of blue" The art of Wayne Belger on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:24:00 PST