I couldn't resist

Today was one of the best days of my life. It was today that I got a job as host of The Tonight Show. It's really sad that Conan was fired, but I'm sure he will get over it...

Where the Hyped Things Are

With all the hype surrounding the new Spike Jonze Movie, "Where the Wild Things Are", I just about jumped when I heard about the Maurice Sendak exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco. Apparently I can be mistaken for a 6 year old boy and here you see me enjoying an informative lecture for my peers and I...

I was surprised to learn of "the other story", as Sendak calls it, that is woven in throughout the majority of his works. This other story, illustrates his family's struggles with the holocaust and his Jewish heritage. I highly recommend this exhibit to anyone who has any interest at all in seeing the film or just in learning about a brilliant artist, who has influenced millions...

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION AND OTHERS GO TO:

www.thecjm.org

AN HORSE

This past may I was up in Vancouver BC and had the privilege of shooting stills on An Horse's music video for Camp Out, directed by Angela Kendall.  I'm a fan on An Horse and have listened to Rearrange Beds on repeat probably 30 million times, so there was nothing that would have kept me off this set!

Over the 2-day shoot I probably shot 2,000 photos. After delivering the photos to the band I backed them up on an external hard drive and that was that. I don't know what compelled me to go through them this week, but I am really happy I did. The photo above was one that I had kind of overlooked, but now after some months have gone by I feel that I have gained a new perspective and I am really drawn to this image.

Here check this out too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yhUzrWoUH8&feature=related

RVCA Lookbook Mens Fall 2009

www.rvca.com/lookbook.html to see RVCA's new Men's Lookbook for Fall 09 that I shot.

A Fire Inside

I am not sure if it is because I spent 10 years in the Bay Area, therefore East Bay Hardcore has a special place in heart or if I just love AFI because they are so damn good. But I really do! Last week they played at The Roxy on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles to celebrate their record release of CRASH LOVE .

http://www.afireinside.net/

NYC

The View outside of Mel's apartment is ridiculous. I love sleeping on her couch. Wouldn't you?

B&H EVENT SPACE

Jen Davis, a brooklyn based photographer will be at the B&H Event Space for a lecture on her long-term self-portrait project that began in 2002. Jen will track the development of the project in sequential order from the first picture made to present. In her extraordinarily personal body of work, she deals with insecurities about her body image and the direct correlation between self-perception and the way one is perceived by others. Photography is the medium Jen uses to tell her story through life; it’s an outlet for revealing her thoughts and opinions about the society in which we live - a society that dictates beauty based on ones physical appearance.

In her photographs, Jen aims to raise questions regarding beauty, desire, body image, and identity through a focused observation of her personal story. She has built a relationship between the camera and herself where she transforms the act of taking a photograph into a performance for the camera. Many of her pictures take place right in her home, revealing aspects of herself that are private and personal. Jen’s work is based on personal experiences that she has re-constructed into a photograph, as well as made up fantasies of what she imagines a physical relationship to be regarding intimacy, love and desire.

Go to http://jendavisphoto.com/ to see the photos