marigold

mothra

I found a dead medium-sized moth today. It's wings so shimmery and soft. Does anyone remember the film godzilla vs mothra? it was one of the greats. (these links are to fabo posters). oh in case you've forgotten...

Mothras Special Weapons:
Gives Off Poisonous Yellow Dust
Emits Rays From Antennae
Discharges Bolts Of Lightning From Wings
Can block Godzilla's radioactive breath ray
Telepathic

8pm

"There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept." -Ansel Adams

nightscenes

Walking around at night tonight with my digital camera. Its so fun to get these sort of shots as i intentionally move the camera to get the light trails.

spanish lessons

Here's a piece i put together today. The skull i drew in pencil, took a digital photo of, then colored and arranged in photoshop alongside the text. I found an old spanish grammar book at the lending library. It was on the give-away shelf. It contained wierd phrases like "I shall give it to him, provided he treats me well." um...

estado

Another panel of oaxaca pics. Bottom two are from Teotitlan.

scenes

Oaxacan scenes: artists abound, orange slices to go along with your mescal, a toro full of fireworks, night cart at el llano park.

Casa de la Ciudad

planeta

Heck, i feel famous. Planeta just linked my blog on their website. I'm listed under 'expats in oaxaca'.

mondayart

Some prelim sketches.

santodomingo

under and above

Another watery montage, though its hot and dry in Oaxaca right now. The rainy season is over. I gave a thirsty wandering german shepard some water today. He came into the building where they had the weaving show.

oaxacan artists

We spent a great day out and about celebrating Ks bday. We saw great art by Oaxacan artists (panel here – showing pics of paintings- lower right is detail of a Franciso Toledo piece), went to the museum/cultural center at Santo Domingo, and saw a fantastic weaving show at Casa de la Cultura. Topped it all off with a cake (featuring day of the dead chocolate and sugar skulls) – and of course traditional birthday song.

ceramics

Here are some pottery pieces i made for day of the dead. (Whistles and small bowl)

A-gua

devilish calavera

bicycleta

"It was my teacher Lisette Model who finally made it clear to me that the more specific you are, the more general it will be." -Diane Arbus

milagro

dancing skeletons, still
behind a small pane of glass
color and glitter
un milagro

perpetua

water,gourds,flowers and candles

yellow

lila concert

octoberfest

We've been so busy of late. Went to a modern dance interpretation of the opera Carmen. Watched traditional dance at our neighborhood church (followed by fireworks - traditional dancing toro and flaming castillo). Saw Lila Downs perform a free concert at Parque Llano. Oaxaca is such a cosmopolitan city - and it's a city that loves to celebrate.

wheels

hotel

el_encuentro

"Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long". -Walker Evans

doctrina

BW

The next two photos are ones i took while on my recent trip to NC. (using my traditional camera and a roll of BW film.) The prints turned out supercontrasty- but i like the effect. In general, I have really loved my switch to digital - but miss my cool wide angle lens of my SLR... but going back to darkroom processing and all the expenses. uoof. maybe one day when i have big bucks i'll own a digital SLR.

NC bricks

post post

casting shadows

Afternoon light

Photography-Documenting 'reality'

grafHinge
Originally uploaded by mufflevski.

Some things to ponder-
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"Post-Documentary?" Essay by MarthaRosler

"...documentary .... is undergoing profound challenges from multiple sources, on social, political, and ethical grounds. Critiques of documentary have centered on questions of the image and its relationship to a phenomenologically present visual reality; denigration of its metonymic adequacy in relation to the situation it depicts; and doubt about the ability of any image of a visual field to convey lived experience, custom, tradition, or history. Postcolonial discourses have undermined the authorial voice of the photographic image, the photographer, and the cultural milieu in which the image is inserted. "

"These challenges, which radically undermine photography's claim to a unique capacity to offer direct insight into the real and to offer up structural truths about power differentials in society, have produced something of a crisis among artists and intellectuals and troubling some in journalism and the legal professions, if not others in the wider audience. "
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color

color
Originally uploaded by mufflevski.

Photo from just around the corner from our house. Nice light at this time of day eh?

bluelight

light2
Originally uploaded by mufflevski.

Went by Galeria Indigo this evening for an art opening and saw many friends there. Then back home to watch a soccer game with M. as we drank hot chocolate. (Mexico won their game against Guatemala.)