Here's another batch of some menswear street style I captured yesterday. It was the first official day of spring, and although still chilly, the sun was a welcome sight for sore eyes. Enjoy.
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Street Style & New Identity's
Years ago I was doing what I guess could be called street style photography before it began blowing up everywhere around 2009ish ( yes, I know Bill Cunningham was doing it decades before everyone else) but shortly after I did, I moved out of this wonderful second city of fashion to Boulder, CO "one of the worst dressed cities in America". However, since moving back to Chicago and my seeing the diversity of looks going on here... getting back into the practice of roaming the streets taking photos of looks and people that catch my eye is something I've missed greatly and intend to get back into. I look forward to continuing to produce more of this kind of work (and much better).
On another yet similar note, I have started to put content (including these photos) on my other online identity memoryoradream.
This is a place where I post pictures of my own, alongside other artists, photographers, musicians, designers, filmakers (the list goes on) that I appreciate. It tends to bounce between aesthetic beauty, the grotesque, the humorous and the perverse.
I would like to keep this blog (the one you are currently visiting) for more of the "news" of work that I produce and this other blog as more of an intimate view of my continuing creative process. A place where I show pictures that I take (either via my camera collection or via my iphone5) in order to interact with a wider online audience (aka the blogosphere) to see their reach, the gravity these images or other works hold, and to refine and analyse my own craft. Thanks for checking in, and please follow me if you like what you see!
Garfield Park Photoshoot
On Tuesday a few friends and I headed out to Garfield Park in Chicago (not the safest place) to go explore some locations and for me to try out some of my new (old) gear. I shot mostly on my Bronica Zenza medium format (75mm 2.8) x 100 Velvia Fuji and 35mm Canon EF (50mm 1.4) x T-max 400, but I also brought along my Digital Canon DSLR as well. I quickly learned why one seriously needs assistants for working like this. One can't move freely, shoot, direct and have an eye on all the gear at once; concentration and focus are a photographers best friend. Next time I'm bringing another friend to help lug the equipment and assist with the bounce...Photography like any craft is a constant learning process.
Here are some of the digital examples of the shoot. I'm in the process of sending over 19 rolls of unprocess film from years back, all the way to yesterday- so the negatives might take a while to get back. However, once I do have them I'll be heading over to LATITUDE a new open digital print lab in Chicago to do my first run prints for (crossing my fingers) my first gallery showing this spring/summer (location tbd). Anyhow here's some of what I got.
On the street in Helena, Arkansas.
On the street in Helena, Arkansas.
DEAD SYNC is a new test shoot series that explores the connection between subject, the elements and their environment.
Music By: Andy Stott- Lost and Found