Tag: Photography
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Artist a Day Challenge: Hank Willis Thomas x James Baldwin
For the past week I’ve been thinking about James Baldwin; so much so that I was searching for an original copy of “The Price of the Ticket”. In the meantime, it’s Armory Week in NY and all I am hearing about is Hank Willis Thomas and his art.sy collaboration. While looking at Thomas’ work on-line…
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Artist a Day Challenge No. 22: Carrie Mae Weems
There are photographers that make me wish I was in an MFA program for creative writing. Their work begs for a story to be told. This is how I feel about Carrie Mae Weems’ Kitchen Table Series. Using a simple setting Weems was able to create a rich albeit fleeting glimpse at complex relationship dynamics in this series of photographs. This…
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The Broad: 3 Things I Love About LA.’s Newest Museum
Some people see things as they are and say, why? I dream things that never were and say, why not?”~George Bernard Shaw You know, some people may say it is unreasonable to charge a fee to attend an early preview of a museum that still doesn’t have operable indoor plumbing (especially when said museum will be free…
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Artist a Day Challenge No. 14 “Art Is” by Lorraine O’Grady
One day I was sitting in my hair stylist’s studio where she has a small table with a dish of candy on it. A man in the studio, displeased by the offerings in the dish lamented, “Why don’t you have any black candy?”. “Black Candy?” A playful argument ensued, but I found the question absurdly random. Why must…
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Artist a Day Challenge No. 12: Naomi Sims
I don’t know how it is possible, but each picture I see of Naomi Sims is simply flawless. Designer Zac Posen posted some pictures of Naomi Sims today on Instagram, and this one was truly gorgeous. An original street style artist if there ever was one. Bonus: I am obsessed with capes but I live…
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Artist a Day Challenge No. 9: Lorna Simpson
This series of collages by Lorna Simpson of embellished photographs and cutouts from Ebony magazine just beg for a story to be told. These traditional photos with their bold swaths of color that form these beautiful plumes of smoldering smoke look like some type of artistic Rorshach test. Simpson purposefully wants us to draw our own conclusions from her…
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Artist a Day Challenge No. 2: Gordon Parks
For Black History Month I will be highlighting African-American artists who inspire creativity and beauty as catalyst of thought, reflection and emotion. The challenge in these posts will be to select a single image that captures the essence of their work! With Gordon Parks it is hard to distill a lifetime of music, photography, and film direction into a single…
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Reflections on Service, Sacrifice and Self
For the past 10+ years my office has been a supporter of our local YMCA in Downtown Los Angeles, and every year we sponsor the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Brotherhood breakfast. I have been asked to attend this event no less than 6 times and each year I curiously look at my fellow attendees invited to the breakfast. The…
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Garry Winogrand
There’s so much wrapped up in this one picture, I don’t know where to begin. His quote is priceless and it brings so much depth into the shot. If I taught a creative writing class, I’d have my students write a story stemming from this one picture. Alternatively, if you had to sum up this…
Colony Little, Culture Shock Art 