New York-based photographer Weston Wells presents Outings, a seventeen-panel collage piece that examines the places and characters he has captured between his travels and day-to-day encounters. Shot entirely on film, each saturated plate delivers a tableau with loose narrative. The collages’ often bucolic and adventurous spirit reflect the photographer’s wanderings, both near and far. Click [...]
November 30, 2011 – 11:55 pm
“Everything should be beautiful, if you can just start from there.”- AJR Meet A. Jason Ross, the designer and master craftsman behind a stunning collection of accessories for men and women rapidly advancing into the realm of ‘must have’. In truth, Ross already has a cult following of fashionistas as well as those who love [...]
By Erickson S. Blakney
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Posted in Design, Dossier, Et cetera, Fashion, Features, Interviews, Photography
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Also tagged A. Jason Ross, ABC, Archeology.org, Artemas Quibble, Artemas Quibble and the Creatures of Mme. Du Barry, Arts and Letters Daily, Bang Bang, Barney’s, Casual Loops, Discovery, Donna Karan, Doub Hanshaw, Erickson S. Blakney, Henry Beguelin, Milton Ross, Monarch Luggage factory, Mr. Fish, Natasha Chekoudjian, Parsons School of Design, Pockets, Robert Ogden, Savile Row, the Creatures of Mme. Du Barry, Urban Zen, Watch Transformation Project
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September 12, 2011 – 8:03 pm
In an age when people readily put the details of their existence, whether mundane or painfully intimate, “on blast” via Facebook and the beleaguered social networking site MySpace, Conrad Tutek just can’t subscribe to the idea of the public confessional. When asked ‘What should people know about you?’ He responded, “Not much really. Enough to [...]
By Erickson S. Blakney
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Posted in Fashion, Features
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Also tagged Alec Friedman, cicadas, Conrad Tutek, ConRags, Erickson S. Blakney, flea market, NJ, Pierre-Joseph Proudon, Pockets Project, Princeton, trend forecasting
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Meet Morgan Collett, Josh Rosen and Colin Tunstall. They are the affable and striking triumvirate behind Saturdays Surf, a hidden oasis offering a place to chill while also selling rare boards, gear, surf-inspired fashion and accessories and art. Visitors can also grab an excellent cup of java. I mean the full-bodied, fresh-brewed flavor you would [...]
By Erickson S. Blakney
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Posted in Features
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Also tagged Adam and Rope, Alec Friedman, Blackberry, Colin Tunstall, Cora’s Coffee Shoppe, Erickson S. Blakney, iPhone, Josh Rosen, Louis Vuitton, Morgan Collett, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Salt Optics, Saturday’s Surf, Schwinn Beach Cruiser, Swiss Army knife, Thom Dolan, Yoshida Porter
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Meet the sartorially savvy gentleman known as Duncan Quinn – with eponymous boutiques in New York, Miami and LA. Designer Duncan Quinn offers bespoke services and a ready-to-wear collection for men using fabrics from the finest mills in the world: Dormeuil, Ariston, Loro Piana, Holland & Sherry and Belgian luxury fabric house Scabal. The result is English [...]
February 27, 2011 – 10:54 am
Text by Erickson S. Blakney Photography by Weston Wells Who IS Alejandro Alcocer? Is he a chef, restauranteur, epicurean, locavore, design entrepreneur, or author? Alcocer rejects titles. He readily describes himself as a person with “little patience and restless energy,” adding that he is interested in many things. His roles in the world are as varied [...]
December 27, 2010 – 2:15 pm
Poet and performance artist John Giorno is many things to many people. It depends on who you talk to. To some, he’s simply lost in translation. The author of Suicide Sutra and Thanks for Nothing is fatalistic, shockingly blunt, incendiary, controversial, and pornographic – according to his critics. His defenders claim the iconic figure in [...]
By Dossier Journal
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Posted in Features, Photography, Writing
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Also tagged AIDS Treatment Project, Dial-A-Poem, Erickson Blakney, Giorno Poetry Systems, Handjob, Jasper Johns, John Ashbery, John Giorno, Keith Haring, Laurie Anderson, Merce Cunningham, Patti Smith, Pockets Project, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Sleep, Suicide Sutra, Thanks for Nothing, William S. Burroughs, You Got to Burn to Shine: New and Selected Writings
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November 8, 2010 – 9:20 am
Secrets, a group photography show Alec and I curated, opened in LA just before Halloween. The show features 38 photographers’ idea of what constitutes a secret. It will be on view though November 14 at Space 1520 at 1520 Cahuenga. If you don’t have a chance to see it, you can also pick up the [...]
By Skye Parrott
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Posted in Events, Exhibits, Features, Photography
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Also tagged Alec Friedman, Alexandra Catiere, Andreas Laszlo Konrath, Angela Boatwright, Anh Do, Cass Bird, Chris Chenier, Cody Chandler, Dan Martensen, David Armstrong, David Benjamin Sherry, Djuna Bell, Erik Lang, Hisham Bharoocha, Io Tillett Wright, Jared Hooper, Jason Fulford, Jeremy Liebman, Jessica Craig-Martin, Jordan Sullivan, Julia Hetta, Kristina Dechter, Marc Pilaro, Marcelo Gomes, Martynka Wawrzyniak, Mitra Khayyam, Nichaolas Lorden, ola rindal, Pamela Love, Pedro Ramos, Peter Klein, peter sutherland, Reka Reisinger, Richard Kern, Robin Broadbent, Sam Falls, Samantha Casolari, Santiago Mostyn, Secrets, Seth Fluker, skye parrott, Sophie Morner, Space 1520, Todd Cole, Tony Cox, Virginia Rolston Parrott
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In Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis writes that for protagonist George Babbitt, “A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets. He was earnest about these objects. They were of eternal importance, like baseball or the Republican Party.” So by studying the contents of a man’s pockets, what details can [...]
