Sometimes a Good Notion
Archive for the category “Photography”
I Heart Miami: Bridges To Run Over
Rickenbacker Causeway. Goal is to run over and back. Made it almost .2 miles today… Sad … This might require I quit smoking.
Graffiti Gentrification
“Art is a powerful thing. It has propagandized nations, re-structured entire societies, and compelled countless minds throughout history to ponder new ideas. In Miami, it is re-shaping our territories as a gentrifying agent. Wynwood, once a Puerto Rican neighborhood called Little San Juan, is now Miami’s burgeoning arts district. Fueled by a surge of artists and collectors in the area, developers have begun constructing expensive apartment complexes only blocks away from government subsidized projects. The rich swarm the streets of Wynwood during December’s Art Basel, one of the largest art festivals in the world; but when the festival is over, the nice cars are replaced with homeless drug addicts, and the area is generally considered unsafe to walk at night.” – Jesse Meadows, Camila Alvarez (Juan Carlos Espinosa, Ph.D), Department of Art and Art History, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
A part of this process has turned illegal street art into commissioned work. Some of the work is quite impressive. Just a small selection from the little I was able to walk around today. It was scorching today. (Click on the Pics)
10 Seconds @ Grand Central
I saw this picture a few days ago as I was looking for information on how to merge pictures using GIMP. It was taken by Nathan2009 over at Flikr. I’m assuming it’s continuous photos over a period of 10 seconds. I’m not exactly sure how the photographer went about creating the effect. I’m assuming that he used a mask between layers and then exposed the parts he thought were interesting or perhaps he exposed the whole image. I also wonder if he did some additional blurring in post. However he did it I’m in love.
He captured an extended period (as in longer than a second) of time in one single frame and it tells a story. You can tell who’s waiting and who’s running. Who can stand still for ten seconds while having a conversation, waiting on a line, or even taking a picture. It’s so full of the ordinary juxtaposed with this grand space where it takes place which remains still and constant as it has for over a hundred years.
I’m determined to learn how to do this so I’m going to take my camera up to NY this weekend and try some things out. Perhaps I’ll try from the staircase outside the MET or from the top of the spire at the Guggenheim. Both of those spaces always have a lot of movement. I’m excited!
Sometimes a Good Notion 