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ELECTROPORT ANCIENT EMPIRE OF THE AZTEC // RECAP
This past Saturday saw the 2nd installment of Dr. Osaka’s Electroport series. I was even more impressed than before at the vision and dedication that Michael, Rosa and Ben have towards making this event otherworldly. The amazing attention to detail in costumes, hair, makeup and performances is shaping this thing up to be a force to be reckoned with. I could tell you about it but it would do it no justice. Ok fine, here’s a summary: Feathers, 2 choreographed dances, headdresses, professional ballerina, loincloths, Grip Plyaz as king, feathers, shaman drag queen, Minchy Minch sacrifice, and Jager blood shots.
So there. Come out for the 3rd one where Osaka goes into the inferno to rescue his loverly assistant.
JUICY PICS ARE UP!
Thanks to everyone who came out to Juicy, I had a blast. There was alot of unusual touching and rubbing across both sexes and Cwill managed to take pics with everyone I mean EVERYONE . . . I don’t know what was up with that but eveyone seemed to enjoy it. Shouts out to Holly Weerd and the Wish crew for coming out. I went ahead and selected some of the pics I liked as well as some of my shots from the night, but you can see all the pictures in their full glory at OHSNAPKID.COM + enjoy // MORE PICS AFTER THE JUMP
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Just uploaded some new pics to Flickr, cummilation of Fuck Yess and hanging with some friends + enjoy // www.flickr.com/freshiamatl
NEVERLAND LOST
Very cool project // MORE INFO AFTER THE JUMP + enjoy
This collection of photographs was never intended to be a book. In February of 2009, I flew to California on a magazine assignment to photograph the iconic white glove of pop star Michael Jackson. Even though I am a lifelong portrait photographer, I have always had the urge to investigate people through the simplicity of the artefacts that make up their lives. I went to Los Angeles with one vision in mind and little more than a day to capture it. Michael Jackson’s primary home at Neverland had been vacant for several years and his belongings lay packed and stored in crates, awaiting public auction. When I arrived at the venue for the shoot, I had no idea what I’d find. What I discovered in those crates evoked in me a deep sadness. From the man who would be king, his artefacts were of the simplest design. A sequinned tube sock. A child’s trinket. The famous glove – so revealing in its dime store simplicity, so mundane in its plainness. I completed the initial assignment in two days, yet found myself unable to leave. My assistants and I remained on location for another twenty-four hours, poring over more than a thousand items from which we had to choose our images. I returned to New York after three days, with a premonition that the task wasn’t finished.
It seems that an individual’s belongings rarely become available without some tragedy as a backdrop. Despite my exhaustive efforts to create a window into Jackson’s private world, the portrait was not complete. I knew there were other objects that had not been made available to be photographed. In April of 2009, I flew back to California. Through perseverance and good fortune, we were granted one last access. This time, when I returned to New York, I had the pieces I needed to complete the story. Shortly thereafter, our investigation became a documentation of a life cut short. It is said that the Pharaohs built tombs to reveal their lives to future generations. Michael Jackson sacrificed his childhood to the calling of his musical gift. Neverland was the pyramid he constructed to a lost childhood. The artefacts captured in this book return us to the Neverland he lost.
Henry Leutwyler, Winter 2010, New York City.
POPULAR ART SHOW // pics
Congratulations to Corey Davis and City of Ink for putting together a great event. While I love art shows, art parties are where it’s at. They’re a lot less formal and just about every piece has its own style and technique to admire (or critique). And, being that it was a [...]
