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Taken with an iPhone 3GS.
Explored on 08/03/10: Thank you so very much
William Eggleston Project: Photo #1
Project Explanation:
As many of you know I teach high school English. I had grandiose plans for my summer: three iPhone projects to be presented throughout the three months of my summer vacation. Alas, with a wife and kids, a trip to Florida, and the fact that we are tying to sell our house, I am just now getting around to posting the first (and most likely, the only) iPhone project of the summer.
This first project revolves around inspiration. William Eggleston is it for me. The first time I saw his photos I stopped in my tracks. There was something about them that I was immediately drawn to. I'm not sure if it was his focus on the mundane. I'm not sure if it was the fact that his composition seemed happenstance, but I knew it wasn't. I'm not sure if it was his use of color and/or the sky as an actual subject. I'm not sure if it was the fact that he presented a given geographical area in a "normal" way that seemed so "new" for photography.
Suffice to say, I peruse his books at least once a week. So, this project is my way of giving credit to Eggleston for the influence his work has had on mine. However, in lieu of a "cover” project where I just parrot his shots but do so with an iPhone, I decided to give tribute to certain aspects of his style while melding them with mine. Each of the four shots is my shot with Eggleston qualities (I hope) in them.
To those who feel they are too random, I assure you they are not. This project started in April. It meant revisiting the same spot to get the right lighting and look. It meant lots of driving and lots of thought.
To those who feel these shots are boring, you have a right to feel that way. However, to me, they are not. They are my Grand Rapids. They are the often unnoticed things that fill this city—the unnoticed things that shape this city—the unnoticed things that add to the character of this city. They are my attempt to present Grand Rapids as it is to me.
I hope you enjoy the four photos that will ultimately make up this project as much as I do. And, as for the order they are presented in, all I can say is I’m saving my personal favorite for last. ;-)
Taken with an iPhone 3GS (CrossProcess app). Grand Rapids, MI.
Explored on 6/23/10: Thank you so very much
ArtPrize 2009. “Windseeds” by Norman Mooney (artist voter ID: 1575). Taken with an iPhone 3GS (ShakeItPhoto app). Grand Rapids, MI. Shown at UICA.
Taken with an iPhone 3GS. From the "Civil War Arms" exhibit in the upcoming "Land of Riches" art install in Grand Rapids, MI.
It's the first time I've used View On Black, but it really does look better (in my opinion).
Taken with an iPhone 3GS (CrossProcess app). After Emerson, my son, broke the Crayola Glow Dome, he and Morgan decided to pretend it was a space helmet. You'll notice she's doing specifically what I asked her not to do...stare at the sun.
Taken with an iPhone 3GS (CrossProcess app).
It's actually Uncle Rico's van from Napoleon Dynamite. Everybody was waiting to get their picture taken in front of it, so i wandered around back and took this shot. ;-)
It's a 1975 Dodge Camper Van. Taken at the Del Shannon Memorial Car Show. Coopersville, MI.
Explored on 08/18/10: Thank you so very much
Taken with an iPhone 3GS (ShakeItPhoto app). Robinette's Apple Haus (Grand Rapids, MI). GR Flickr Photowalk.
ArtPrize 2009. “Cloud Form 09.09” by Mark Rumsey (artist voter ID: 131). Taken with an iPhone 3GS (ShakeItPhoto app). Grand Rapids, MI. Shown at The B.O.B.
Yearly checkup. 45 minutes in one room...waiting. No cellphone signal...sigh. Taken with iPhone 3GS (Mill Colour app: Slight decrease in Lift). 8/20/09.
iPhone 3GS (ShakeItPhoto app). A sign in the parking lot of Witmark (a store that shut down over 10 years ago). Grand Rapids, MI. 8/15/09.
ArtPrize 2009. Tim Gunnett (artist voter ID: 4547). Taken with an iPhone 3GS (ShakeItPhoto app). Grand Rapids, MI. Shown at The Tanglefoot Studios.
Taken with an iPhone 3GS (ShakeItPhoto app) at The Yacht Club on Reed's Lake in East Grand Rapids, MI.
1. Want some juice?, 2. 37/365, 3. 17/365 - You do not love me., 4. Untitled, 5. Menu du jour (315/365), 6. CaliDambo!, 7. Happiness does not depend on the size or content of a goal, but on the strength of the desire to have it., 8. Bagno rigenerante!, 9. L'amore è l'amore., 10. Noemi blowing bubbles., 11. Yellow Heart, 12. Day 83 - Yellow, 13. They Call Me Mellow Yellow, 14. R.I.P. Dorothy Gale (She Just Kept on Following that Yellow-Brick Road), 15. yellow fields forever, 16. 下駄(げた)-Geta
Seconda tappa del Monthly Color! Il giallo mi piace un sacco in questo mese :)
ArtPrize 2009: "Infinity" by Plamen Yordanov (artist voter ID: 3015). Taken with iPhone 3GS (SakeItPhoto app). Grand Rapids, MI. Shown on "The Blue Bridge."
ArtPrize 2009. “Garden in the Moonlight” by Nancy La Rocco (artist voter ID: 4287). Taken with an iPhone 3GS. Grand Rapids, MI. Shown at American Seating.
Common scene at home. My glasses on the table as I grade papers. iPhone 3GS (ShakeItPhoto & CameraBag: Helga apps).
ArtPrize 2009. “The Manimal” from 101 Ways to Humiliate a Man by Saul Gray-Hildenbrand (artist voter ID: 261). Taken with an iPhone 3GS (TiltShift Generator app). Grand Rapids, MI. Shown at UICA.
ArtPrize 2009. “Eleven Strata and the Planetary Boundary” by Jason Jay Stevens (artist voter ID: 4032). Taken with an iPhone 3GS (ShakeItPhoto app). Grand Rapids, MI. Shown at The Old Federal Building.
ArtPrize 2009. “Love Letter” by Darren Beistle (artist voter ID: 1081). Grand Rapids, MI. Shown at San Chez Bistro. Taken with iPhone 3GS (ShakeItPhoto app).
ArtPrize 2009. “Self” by Robin Rogers (artist voter ID: 4233). Taken with an iPhone 3GS. Grand Rapids, MI. Shown at The Old Federal Building.
A giant mirrored enclosure. Just me and my iPhone. Not a huge fan of self portraits, but I loved the idea of a glass enclosure named "Self." Great concept.
ArtPrize 2009. “Organismal Constellation” by Mari-Megan Moore (artist voter ID: 4484). Taken with an iPhone 3GS (ShakeItPhoto app). Grand Rapids, MI. Shown at The Old Federal Building.
It's kind of sad to watch my daughter grow up. And though I will miss those years of complete innocence, I must continue to find the innocence and beauty in the most mundane of moments, such as this, where she sits and talks with her mom. iPhone 3GS (ShakeItPhoto app).