Two friends of ours, who are about to move “back east” as we say in the west. A few weeks ago they came over for dinner, and I got them to sit for a photo session first. I love the interaction between them.
Beach Balls
A fairly obvious metaphor for our times.
Laura Talking, Third Attempt
The third video made with the same set of images, but closer to what I actually want. We live in surreal times. Maybe all times are surreal.
Laura Talking at Yavapai College
I decided the first version of Laura talking didn’t go far enough. So I went farther, utilizing geometric fragments of the Yavapai College landscape.
Laura Talking
Laura is my wife, and a willing and readily available model for my work. I’ve decided it’s time to expand from just doing videos of myself to working with other people. Over the past weekend I photographed several of my friends, and already have a tentative design for a video incorporating them.
The Escape Artist
Obviously I mean escape metaphorically, right? And ending with dominance. I think of escape artists, like Houdini, as a peculiarly 19th century sort of entertainment, and thus the antique frame and sepia coloring.
The Anaheim Trip
This past summer we had to take my father to a heart clinic in Anaheim, California, supposedly to have a heart valve replaced. It was a tense experience. Adding to the surrealism was the fact that Anaheim is Disneyland country, and we spent the night in a Disneyland-oriented hotel, replete with evening fireworks, while my parents were in the ICU.
