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Jeff

A photograph is not of the world, rather it is in addition to the world!

About Me

©2008 Jeff Rollinger

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My Interests

Photography, Art Galleries, Music, Film, Theater, Poetry, Dancing, Camping, Hiking, Sking, Climbing, Mountains, Oceans, Bars, Clubs, The Wilds of Northern California, And everything else that I like...I Like You!

All Images ©2007 Jeff Rollinger

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interested in the visual arts.

Music:

Thom Yorke is God! But if I were to mention some music that is "Less Then Radiohead"... Catherine Wheel, James, Counting Crows, Coldplay, Bjork, Belly, Sigr Ros, The Refreshments, Preston School of Industry, Cracker, Blind Mellon, Grandaddy, Jack Johnson, Liz Phair, Matthew Sweet, The Pogues, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Ween, Weezer, The Who, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, U2, Neds Atomic Dustbin, Talking Heads, Sheryl Crow, No Doubt, Modest Mouse, Moby, Fiona Apple, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Apoptygma Berzerk, Assemblage 23, Covenant, Funker Vogt, Velvet Acid Christ, VNV Nation...

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Movies:

I like movies... but only good ones.

Television:

TV will give you brain cancer!

Books:

I look at pictures more then read. But I like to read poetry, essays, and short stories. I do have an obsession with photographic books and am always looking for more to add to my library.

Heroes:

William Henry Fox Talbot, Hippolyte Bayard, Oscar Gustave Rejlander, Paul Nadar, Julia Margret Cameron, Gustave LeGray, Carlton Watkins, Roger Fenton, Thomas Eakins, Henry Peach Robinson, Alfred Stieglitz, Eugène Atget, Edward Steichen, Gertrude Käsebier, Clarence White, F. Holland Day, Anne Brigman, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine, August Sander, Dorothea Lange, Margret Bourke-White, Bernice Abbott, Sid Grossman, Walker Evans, Sabastìo Salgado, Christian Schad, Làszlò Moholy-Nagy, Hanna Höch, Andrè Kertèsz, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Paul Strand, Tina Modotti, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Robert Capa, W. Eugene Smith, Henri Cartier Bresson, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Minor White, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, Bruce Davidson, Danny Lyon, Pedro Meyer, Josef Sudek, Emmet Gowin, Duane Michals, Jerry Uelsmann, Eliot Porter, William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Joel Meyerowitz, Chuck Close, Cindy Sherman, Sally Mann, Kieth Carter, and Jack Radcliffe.
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My Blog

Concept and Art, one stance upon the matter.

So here we all are...you fools still reading this shit I post? Its time to clear the air and its time for me to take a stance. I have been talking, writing, preaching this shit for a year now. All ...
Posted by Jeff on Thu, 08 May 2008 09:25:00 PST

Thank you for your time...

Napa Valley College - NoSt. Norbert College - NoCoastal Carolina University - NoUtah State University - NoUtah Valley State College - fuck you please re-apply!Community College of Baltimore County - A...
Posted by Jeff on Thu, 01 May 2008 10:36:00 PST

Down is the new up...

Swings, dramatic soul crushing swings of emotion. Why must it take so much from you? Is the cost worth the the end result? I've never felt such discontent between periods of work. Its amazing how ...
Posted by Jeff on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:20:00 PST

Hope and Consequence...

I have felt the need to write allot recently. I suppose I should give credit to Connie Begg for that. During my graduate studies she always would ride me for not keeping a journal the way I was requ...
Posted by Jeff on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:44:00 PST

Arbitrariness and Fragmentation...

My mind wanders and I have become confused. Working on something new has made me stagnant. The seasons have changed. But I had forgotten how this feels! There is ample light and I have the day.Did ...
Posted by Jeff on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:13:00 PST

Homage to the ones who taught me...

"I developed a passionate interest in human relationships and capturing intimate moments in the lives of family and friends"-Jack Radcliffe"A Photograph is not a replacement for experience"-Brenton Ha...
Posted by Jeff on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:10:00 PST

From 25-30...

1. After 11 years of being in school I earned my Master of Fine Art Degree.2. I completed my most ambitious body of work, starting 2 years prior to grad school. 3. I finally understood the importance...
Posted by Jeff on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:32:00 PST

Within 5 years...

1. I will be a college professor.2. I will have completed at least 2 major bodies of work.3. I will be living "there" not here.4. I will have been to visit San Francisco to see my friends.5. I will st...
Posted by Jeff on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:51:00 PST

Exhibition at Angel Fall Studios II (Flip’s at Clipper Mill)

Situational ResponseJune 1 - July 5, 2008Opening Reception: Sunday, June 1, 2008. From 11:30am to 3pmFlip's at Clipper Mill / Angel Fall Studios II1601 Union AvenueBaltimore, MD 21211443-974-44691pm-1...
Posted by Jeff on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:49:00 PST

Inspired by the upcoming day...

-Alexander Rodchenko-Attitude To A Miss-That night was to decideif she and Iwere to be lovers.Under coverof darknessno one would see, you see.I bent over her, it's the truth,and as I did,it's the trut...
Posted by Jeff on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:53:00 PST