WHAT IT TAKES TO GET A DEAL

Friday, November 28, 2014



It's almost comical seeing customers fight over something that will become nothing in a few years. Kind of like some of the wars that were fought before. No matter. A $30 tablet and a $80 tv is something to fight over.

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WHEN THE IMAGE SPEAKS

Wednesday, November 26, 2014




A couple of days ago Darren Wilson of the Ferguson Police Department was not indicted for the murder of Mike Brown. Since August of this year protests have risen in Ferguson in hopes to have Officer Wilson be charged for his actions. Since the judge's decision to allow Darren walk away with no punishment hundreds of protesters vandalized property and raised havoc. There's no telling what the future may hold for the people, the police department and the city itself.

Tannen Maury, photographer who shot the first image above, composes the image of a man who stands in the middle of the street putting his arms up in peace. 25 years earlier a man named Jeff Widener composes a similar shot of a protester standing in front of an army tank in the middle of the street. What are these photographers telling the audience when they see such frames appear in front of them?

I like to think that these images will provide some idea of what our world undergoes in intense situations. And as these images surfaces through the interweb, through blogs like these ones, and retweets of many public journalists this is what we will be seeing for years to come.

I haven't taken the time to understand why these situations occur in the first place, but I know that people are frustrated and are acting on the emotions of a pointless murder. All I can do is witness the moments occurring on my screen. Let's just hope things get better. But I'm certain it'll stay worse for months to come. Happy Thanksgiving

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TO THE END OF THE YEAR

Monday, November 24, 2014


I'll Write You a Goodbye Letter / East Hartford, Ct / October 2014
The holidays are coming and it usually means photography takes a back seat. I've been writing a lot more and it's giving me a piece of mind I haven't had for awhile. I think the ideas are coming to life. Writing out concepts rather than going into a project intuitively is something I need to practice on. Because most of my work is photographed with one idea I'd like to try and attempt to photograph a project that has a story to it.

For the rest of the year I'm going to slow down. I'll be posting more photographs from my phone rather than posting appropriate work. I want to enjoy the time being away from serious editing till the end of the year. This will give me opportunity to post more writing and rough draft pictures with meaning rather than shit that just sits there with no purpose. I know that the last few weeks haven't been as exciting, but that's what I get for not giving myself a lengthy break. I sometimes feel like I need to attend to this place to remind myself and others I'm alive and well.

And I'm alive and well. It has been a stressful few weeks, however, but what do you expect when the holiday's roam around. I'm going to be working hours on end to make as much money as I can for next year. A lot of my priorities are circling around this marriage and this art that I try to work on everyday. Till then I hope you guys have a great rest of the year.

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BROKEN FILM - I'M NEVER BUYING CHEAP FILM

Friday, November 21, 2014

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Until I'm Jobless Again I Guess / Middletown, Ct / 2012

I was jobless at the time I took this picture actually. Maybe having a weekender where I washed dishes and stuff, but I didn't make anything from those jobs. That day I remembered I wanted to take a walk around the neighborhood and felt I needed to practice. It was nice to just go out there and shoot.

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FRIENDSHIPS ARE MADE WHEN YOU SHAKE HANDS

Thursday, November 20, 2014

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I've been friends with this guy for years. We've parted ways in different points in our life, but managed to find time to talk and catch up on a lot of things. But these last few years I've been able to talk to him quite a bit. Most of our conversations are nonsense, but we seem to get off the phone with something to think about.

So, for this post I wanted to say thank you Jordan. You've been such an awesome friend all these years and I wanted to let you know that it's a blessing to be part of your life. Hope to see you again soon.

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BROKEN FILM - SUMMER PLANTS

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

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It Was Hot / Middletown, Ct / 2012

I don't know why I decided to post this.

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BROKEN FILM - GO HOME KID. YOUR MOM NEEDS YOU TO MOW THE LAWN

Monday, November 17, 2014

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Wash the Dishes Too / Middletown, Ct / 2012

So, the story goes that I loaded some crap film in my camera. Turns out the film snapped as I was advancing it and somehow a little piece of the film got stuck on the back of the lens. The result are pictures of that piece of film throughout the roll. I was pretty upset, but recently decided to give it a look. I got some interesting shots here so expect that within the week.

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OPEN ART STUDIOS CITY WIDE EVENT - YOU CAN'T HUG A PHOTOGRAPH

Saturday, November 15, 2014





Today and tomorrow I will be exhibiting some work along with some friends of mine at the Colt Gateway building down in Hartford, Ct. This is probably going to be the best installation we've done and will be the last one till next year. Hope to see you all there.

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SAME TIME LAST YEAR - I WAS ON A RUN TO GET BAGELS

Friday, November 14, 2014

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I Forgot the Cream Cheese / East Hartford, Ct / 2013

Man... It was cold that day.

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DRAWING BOARDS - 110 FILM

Thursday, November 13, 2014

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And coming from Tuesday's post this is what had me interested in the format. If you look at the color, the grainy texture and just the orientation to it it's almost as if you're looking at cinematic postcards. I love these pictures because the scene looks alive. It was taken by a fashion photographer under the moniker Photonic.Syntropy who has some decent images in his profile, but nothing like the images he took with this format.

I'm most likely going to get this camera when I have everything straight with Christmas gifts and such. For now I'm going to just salivate on getting this piece.

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SAME TIME LAST LAST YEAR - VERY EARLY

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

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I Only Had A Smoothie for Breakfast / Middletown, Ct / 2013


There's nothing really to this picture. I just think that colors of the background and the light are interesting.

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LITTLE SNIPER

Tuesday, November 11, 2014



Upon doing loads of research with Polaroid film and photographers who had experimented with the medium I happened to stumble upon another size format that's kinda interesting: 110 (cartridge film). Lomography had recently started selling this film making it easier for 110 format users to break out the crappy 110 cameras start shooting with it again.

But the appeal is not only the format size, but the size of the device. Lately new cameras have been undergoing loads of change and I happened to have acquired a good load of them in my collection. I have point and shoots, two Polaroid Cameras (finding a newer land camera to replace the broken one), a half frame, a rangefinder (my favorite), medium format (another favorite) and am soon getting the large format camera. The formats are awesome, but something about the 110 is unique and would bring a lot of flare to what I want to produce. I think getting this would want me to work on something fun for a specific exhibit. Don't know what it would be, but I definitely would love to make it happen.

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SAME TIME LAST YEAR - IT'S BEEN RED FOR LIKE 5 MINUTES

Monday, November 10, 2014

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I Took a Right Instead / Middletown, Ct / 2013

I like driving here, but the stop lights are just ridiculous. Eh.. whatever.

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ALL IN ONE - IT'S TIME TO GET A DRINK

Friday, November 7, 2014

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I'll Have a Cranberry Juice / SF Mission District, Ca / 2012

Gotta love that California light and life. Miss those people, places and things. And most of the time they're people that I don't know.

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DRAWING BOARDS - ANDRE KERTSZ POLAROIDS

Thursday, November 6, 2014




I'm currently doing research on photographers who had experimented on Polaroid photography. So far much of what I gathered are pictures of direct portraits, landscapes and still life. I love that kind of work, but wanted to look at Polaroid work that drives a concept. I remembered watching a documentary on Andre Kertesz and being so fascinated on his compositions and his eye for light. A short segment showed work he's done on a Polaroid camera and has managed to gather them all in a book. Watching it gained a new perspective on how I want to work the idea of next year's project. The research still continues.

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ALL IN ONE - SHITTY THAT SOMEONE THREW MY SHOES UP THERE

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

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My Feet Hurt Now / SF Mission District, Ca / 2012

I want to go back and eat that burrito I always get at that joint "Cancun". Shit it delicious and it' one of my favorite things in the mission district. I think that's why were walking around there.

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INTREPID 4X5 CAMERA

Tuesday, November 4, 2014



The Intrepid Camera Co. have just released a kickstarter to fund a project to mass produce a new 4x5 type camera.

I like the idea of this camera being light due to the heavy materials of a 4x5 camera, but I have my doubts. It looks like if you drop it the whole thing would completely break. Maybe even susceptible to warping if it goes through heavy weather conditions. I would totally own this camera if I could afford to throw away that kind of money. Not sure if this would be something that could be used long term. But I'm here blogging about it to let everyone know that you can get a good priced 4x5.

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ALL IN ONE - CORNER STOPS

Monday, November 3, 2014

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Waiting / SF Mission District, Ca / 2012

The theme of the week is pictures taken in one roll of film. I had the pictures scanned at a local CVS and it came out decent. I think it was to test the lens on the rangefinder I just purchased. I was with Sean Custer in this set. Pretty fun times.

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