Those who live in Orange County are accustomed to the rate of urban development to be found here. Freshly painted condominiums with faux shutters and trick balconies done in a scaled-up or scaled-down Tuscan treatment are being hastily built across every square mile without exception, and yet, there are shadowed marks on the landscape [...]
Upon entering artist Michael Giancristiano’s newly-minted Santa Ana workspace, you are greeted by the renowned collection of cylindrical plywood sculptures rising in various heights and circumference from the concrete floor in a scattered formation, The Pits of Despair: Regret, Uncertainty, Credit Card Dept, and the smaller works in between entitled “Empty People”. As pits go, [...]
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Last night was cold cold cold but all the shaking and shivering was worth incredible performances by Will Morrison of The Vacuum Bell and Joy Shannon & the Beauty Marks. The event was highly documented with a film crew on site, a live recording and plenty of photographs – all of which I [...]
References serve as a point of departure for me, even in commissioned portraits. I often times ask the person sitting (or dancing around as I take pictures) to bring an object that is personal to them or they feel defines some intangible aspect of their inner landscape. In doing this I am hoping to [...]
Not having ever been one who enjoys altered states of consciousness (the occasional drunken bout being enough) I tend to ride various “moods” for all that they’re worth. For two months I have been off my feet waiting for my left foot to heal causing my moods to become more erratic. No biking, [...]
