It’s always a little frustrating to hear about a show that you really, really want to see that’s taking place somewhere you aren’t. I longingly read this morning about the show that’s up right now at the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco, called Edward Hopper and Company, which examines the painter’s work and its influence [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Patryce Bak
April 26, 2009 – 4:02 pm
From the Stages, Events, Hair and Evidence series, by Patryce Bak.
Dennis Stock
April 22, 2009 – 5:46 am
Dennis Stock is one of my favorite documentary photographers. Born in New York in 1928, he’s been a Magnum photographer since 1951. He’s photographed jazz musicians, movie stars like Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe, hippies, and urban landscapes, but my favorite of his work is his photos of California, and a series he did with James [...]
Michel Gondry Portraits
April 20, 2009 – 5:34 am
Director Michel Gondry will draw your portrait for $29.99. Really. You order it through his website, email him a picture, and wait 8-12 weeks. His site also offers t-shirts designed by his son and toilet paper printed with his sketches and ideas. And, of course, his movies.
