Last week, my "Bingo Culture" series was featured on the front page of Slate Magazine. What an honor it was to have my images shown to bring some light back on the game of BINGO.
It's still hard for me to believe that my image and National Geographic are next to each other in this screenshot photo. Last December, I went to my first portfolio review in New Orleans, LA. I was nervous about showing my personal series to top names in the gallery, museum and art world. What would they say? How would they react to my process? It's always a bit daunting to show your personal work to the world but as I am learning, it's the most rewarding thing you can do. Sure, people might not like it and that is why it's "art." It's subjective. I decided to participate in the reviews since my work was selected to be shown at the Ogden Museum of Art in New Orleans in conjunction with PhotoNOLA. I felt that would be a nice opening line when presenting my series to reviewers. I am a shy person so this is not the most comfortable setting for me. I'm sure it's not for most...especially for the first time. The first review was exciting since ...
When I travel, I try to stick to a budget as much as possible. I stepped into a waffle house for the first time last year on my travels and I am hooked. They are not in California so this is all new to me. If you want a hot breakfast any time of the day for very little money, this is the place to go. It's a mix between a diner and a fast food place and each one I've encountered has been a good experience. The people are friendly, the coffee is hot and there is no mystery on how they cook your meal since everything is done right in front of you. You can get a breakfast sandwich with a fresh egg and cheese for two bucks. For those of you who go to McDonalds, this is even cheaper then an egg "McSumthin'" but the difference is, you can actually see the egg cracking on the grill in front of you. No microwaves. It's a diner experience without a diner price. They are almost on every corner here in the South. If you've never been to one, I ...
The good news about getting old and blogging is that you can look back to see what you did for the year. Now that we are in the last two days in 2010, it's only appropriate to recap the year to see what I did to reflect on those experiences and make goals for the following year. As you may know, I set 39 goals for my 39th year last year and am happy to report that I completed most of the goals. Some were easy and I just needed to make time to do them and others were out of my control since it took more than myself to complete them, such as getting photos published in a magazine. I have to say that it's been an exciting year and one I won't soon forget. In 2009 , I traveled the country in a tent with Max like I did this year so January was spent touring around in my city and putting up my etsy site. Since I was hanging around Long Beach, it was only appropriate to get involved in the community and work with Scott Jones (Long Beach Person of the year) and h...
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