January 30, 2010
Press Kits
by Nubbytwiglet
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a little bump n grind . . . wait . . . sorry, that’s a tune. Like I was saying before I was distracted, there’s nothing wrong with self promotion as long as it is honest and classy. You should take time to understand the market in which you are employed and build your own swag bag/press kit accordingly. As with any burst of expression, and to be honest a press kit is exactly that, one must consider the audience and adjust the volume on that expression appropriately. If you are dealing with a liberal sort, then go mad. Make that kit your ultimante, not sure if that’s a word . . . maybe Italian, extravaganza bursting with the full glory of your personality and artistic creativity. Otherwise, and here’s where I get boring, you’ll have to scale your artistic expression to meet the expectations of your target audience.
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. . . anyway here’s a good start with a interesting article written by a talented artist with good advice on building an informative and profound press kit.
Successfully Selling Yourself: How To Build A Press Kit | Nubbytwiglet.com
January 23, 2010
Cross Country Cycling Photo Essay
Lovely photo essay of a bicycle trip across America.
I also enjoyed “The LBS” and “2 Days in Stowe, VT”. Great vision and composition in all of his work. I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before but can’t recall where.
via tracko
January 19, 2010
Portfolio is Down
My portfolio is down. Have to pay server fees and being that I’m poor it’s gonna take some time. Hopefully it will be back up soon.
You can continue to keep track of my photography via my blog, twitter, and flickr. I deleted facebook and permanently liberated myself from the Horde of evil while simultaneously reducing the amount of shit in my inbox that I’m completely not interested in.
Stay classy and thanks for stopping by.
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January 18, 2010
Cars vs. Bikes
A compelling graphic comparison highlighting the difference between bikes and cars relative to the overall consumption of space.
click through for more.
via Candy Cranks
Thoughtful and engrossing.January 17, 2010
Peter Schuyff Sculpture
Peter Schuyff wooden baseball bat sculptures. Truly incredible concept and execution.
January 15, 2010
Playboy interviews MLK Jr. 1965
Excerpt from the original interview:
PLAYBOY: We Shall Overcome has become the unofficial song and slogan of the civil rights movement. Do you consider such inspirational anthems important to morale?
MARTIN LUTHER KING: In a sense, songs are the soul of a movement. Consider, in World War Two, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, and in World War One, Over There and Tipperary, and during the Civil War, Battle Hymn of the Republic and John Brown’s Body. A Negro song anthology would include sorrow songs, shouts for joy, battle hymns, anthems. Since slavery, the Negro has sung throughout his struggle in America. Steal Away and Go Down, Moses were the songs of faith and inspiration which were sung on the plantations. For the same reasons the slaves sang, Negroes today sing freedom songs, for we, too, are in bondage. We sing out our determination that “We shall overcome, black and white together, we shall overcome someday.” I should also mention a song parody that I enjoyed very much which the Negroes sang during our campaign in Albany, Georgia. It goes: “I’m comin’, I’m comin’ / And my head ain’t bendin’ low / I’m walkin’ tall, I’m talkin’ strong / I’m America’s New Black Joe.”
PLAYBOY: Your detractors in the Negro community often refer to you snidely as “De Lawd” and “Booker T. King.” What’s your reaction to this sort of Uncle Tom label?
MARTIN LUTHER KING: I hear some of those names, but my reaction to them is never emotional. I don’t think you can be in public life without being called bad names. As Lincoln said, “If I answered all criticism, I’d have time for nothing else.” But with regard to both of the names you mentioned, I’ve always tried to be what I call militantly nonviolent. I don’t believe that anyone could seriously accuse me of not being totally committed to the breakdown of segregation.
PLAYBOY: What do you mean by “militantly nonviolent”?
MARTIN LUTHER KING: I mean to say that a strong man must be militant as well as moderate. He must be a realist as well as an idealist. If I am to merit the trust invested in me by some of my race, I must be both of these things. This is why nonviolence is a powerful as well as a just weapon. If you confront a man who has long been cruelly misusing you, and say, “Punish me, if you will; I do not deserve it, but I will accept it, so that the world will know I am right and you are wrong,” then you wield a powerful and a just weapon. This man, your oppressor, is automatically morally defeated, and if he has any conscience, he is ashamed. Wherever this weapon is used in a manner that stirs a community’s, or a nation’s, anguished conscience, then the pressure of public opinion becomes an ally in your just cause. Another of the major strengths of the nonviolent weapon is its strange power to transform and transmute the individuals who subordinate themselves to its disciplines, investing them with a cause that is larger than themselves. They become, for the first time, somebody, and they have, for the first time, the courage to be free. When the Negro finds the courage to be free, he faces dogs and guns and clubs and fire hoses totally unafraid, and the white men with those dogs, guns, clubs and fire hoses see that the Negro they have traditionally called “boy” has become a man. We should not forget that, although nonviolent direct action did not originate in America, it found a natural home where it has been a revered tradition to rebel against injustice. This great weapon, which we first tried out in Montgomery during the bus boycott, has been further developed throughout the South over the past decade, until by today it has become instrumental in the greatest mass-action crusade for freedom that has occurred in America since the Revolutionary War. The effectiveness of this weapon’s ability to dramatize, in the world’s eyes, an oppressed people’s struggle for justice is evident in the fact that of 1963’s top ten news stories after the assassination of President Kennedy and the events immediately connected with it, nine stories dealt with one aspect or another of the Negro struggle.
via Martin Luther King Jr. Interview – Classic Playboy Magazine Interviews
January 12, 2010
Unsolved Civil Rights Cold Cases
Acute journalism combined with compelling documentary photography and videography is a powerful voice. The team behind The Civil RIghts Cold Case Project intend on using that voice to reprimand those whom have hid in the shadows after committing horrendous acts toward other human beings. Their intention is obviously an attempt to solve racially motivated violent crimes, but any and all violent acts toward another human being should not be tolerated.
“To date, every civil rights murder case that has been reopened and successfully prosecuted was the direct result of an investigation initiated by a journalist.”
via Twitter / Open Society Inst.: Multimedia investigation
December 11, 2009
Tomb Raiders
Meridith Kohut
The New York Times
Caracas Journal – In Venezuela, Even Death May Not Bring Peace
via The New York Times
