Monday, February 28, 2011

Juan Luis Garcia "Cuba y Cubans" (3/5)



Juan Luis Garcia "Cuba Y Cubans"

Opening Reception : Sat March 5, 2011 5-8 pm

Eastside Luv
1835 E. 1st St.
Los Angeles CA 90033

Stefano Massei "In Site" (3/3)





"I have a strong desire for silence" - Stefano Massei


Opening Reception | Thursday 3 March 2011 | 6 to 8pm

LEADAPRON
8445 Melrose Place
Los Angeles CA 90069

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Palm Springs Photo Fest Seeking Interns

This came in my in-box this morning.

Hello Folks:

We have an Internship opportunity available in our West Hollywood office to work with staff and help us prepare for the Palm Springs Photo Festival: Connect 2011.

We are looking for bright, motivated, and dedicated interns that will be engaged in festival operations and logistics March 1st - March 25th. Interns must also be available during the entire week of the festival (March 26th – April 1st) and will serve key positions during the week of the event. Meals and lodging will be provided during the festival in Palm Springs.

The Palm Springs Photo Festival is an amazing event – one that requires a great number of people to make possible. Interns and Volunteers are a vital component to the success of the Palm Springs Photo Festival experience.

If interested please submit an application by Monday 3/28 if possible: http://connect.palmspringsphotofestival.com/info/volunteer-at-the-festival/

For more information about the internship opportunity please contact Lauren Devon - lauren@palmspringsphotofestival.com.

Friday, February 25, 2011

"I am not sure if I am successful professional photographer. If “successful professional” means I can live a good, somewhat luxurious, life by the profession, then I am certainly not. I am represented by well-established galleries in New York, Chicago, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, and others, and I sell decent number of work every month. But fine art photography requires a lot of money to produce. I spend a lot for films and prints and also traveling. I work full time 5 days a week and I don’t do anything else. My expenses are almost as high as my photography income and I have so little left at the end even when I am lucky. So, maybe I am not qualified to answer this question. Then why am I doing photography? I think it is a combination of passion and stupidity. For me, photography is intellectual, artistic, and curiosity fulfilling. I love making photographs."


- Hiroshi Watanabe

Thursday, February 24, 2011

"To be Published or Self-Publish: A Publishing Primer" @ Art Center (2/26)



The video above is from the Darius D. Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson "Publish You Photography Book" event held at the New York Public Library in Dec of 2010. Since then, they've been on tour around the United States with their book "Publish Your Photography Book".

This Saturday, they'll be hosting an all day seminar "To be Published or Self-Publish: A Publishing Primer" from 9:30 am to 5pm at Art Center in Pasadena.
Himes and Swanson share resources from their forthcoming book and offer participants an in-depth overview of the publishing industry, from concept to editorial, design, production and on through the launching and marketing of your book.

Fees are $195 (and includes a copy of the book) / $175 (students) . Private half hour consultations are available on Sunday for the participants for an extra fee. Details for the event here and for the consultations here. Future stops will be at Santa Fe, NM on April 9, 2011. All the info can be found on their website.

Saturday 9:30 am to 5 pm.

Art Center College of Design
1700 Lida Street
Pasadena, CA 91103

F/9 Photography Collective "First Exposure" (2/24)



We are proud to introduce f/9,
a Collective Photography Gallery
Join us for our opening exhibition

FIRST EXPOSURE

a group show featuring all 9 artists.
from 5pm until 9pm on Thursday, February 24, 2011
at our Culver City gallery. (directions are here)

The show will also be available for viewing
Saturday, February 26, from 12pm - 4pm and
Sunday, February 27, from 2pm to 5pm


The nine photographers are : Ashly Stohl, Dan Shepherd, James Barros, Jim Brammer, Massimiliano Leanza, Michael Gotz , Mike Spitz, Shannon Rowland and Travis Robinson.

Thursday Feb 24, 2011 5 - 9 pm

f/9 Gallery/Patina Studios
5239 Sepulveda Blvd
Culver City, CA 90230

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

JR in Los Angeles




(Lord Jim)

(Ted Soqui)


2011 TED Prize winner, photographer and street artist JR is in Los Angeles as the local blogs pop up with images of his work. He'll be giving a talk at TED (February 28-March 4, 2011) held in Long Beach about how he chose to use his $100,000 award. TED posts a video below announcing their winner.

IQ180 Phase Back Event (2/24)



This got dropped off at PIX yesterday. Looks like Digital Fusion is having a little get-to-know-IQ180 party on Thursday night

Event starts at 6 pm and there'll be food, drinks and a photo booth. Funny if they happen to use a Canon 5D for the booth ^^


Digital Fusion
3535 Hayden Ave., Ste 100
Culver City, CA, 90232

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

James Griffioen "Feral Houses" (2/26)





Living in Detroit, you can easily grow numb to the things that seem remarkable to people who live elsewhere. With so many journalists and photographers parachuting in over the past few years, we have allowed outsiders to document these things and define them. Detroiters are, after all, used to all the abandoned shit. We drive past the grand ruins without a second thought. It can also be easy to avoid the parts of the city where these "feral houses" are because there is little reason to go there: nature is taking them over because nothing else wants to be there. It is often easier to just travel the web of depressed freeways than it is to drive through depressing neighborhoods. But I'll always prefer a side road I've never seen to a rut I've been in a thousand times. Seeing these feral houses is a part of our daily life in this city, and I feel compelled to document them. - James Griffioen


February 26th - April 6th

Opening: February 26th 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Cirrus Gallery
542 S. Alameda St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013-1708

Monday, February 21, 2011

Terry O'Neill "Goddess" (2/24)


“I shot Brigitte Bardot several times on film sets. I love this shot of her smoking a cigar – it was taken in Spain. She was a stunning woman. I thought when I met her she would be this little bombshell but she was 5’9” and a really classy girl. I thought ‘people have really got you wrong.’”


Terry O'Neill "Goddess"
February 24th - March 15th, 2011

Opening Reception Thursday Feb 24, 2011 6-10 pm

Celebrity Vault
345 North Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210-4704

Check out his video interview here and here.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Olivia Barrionuevo "The Ancient Mexicans" (2/25)




Olivia Barrionuevo

Opening reception : Feb 25, 2011 6- 10 pm

La Vida Loca
5050 York Blvd
Highland Park, CA 90042

Saturday, February 19, 2011

"When you feel uninspired, getting out of your own way can usually be accomplished by getting out of your familiar environment. Get on a train, get in your car or get on a plane and go some place you don’t usually go. The more you take in the unfamiliar surroundings the less time you’ll have to think about why your creative faculties have frozen up. Eventually something you see will knock an idea loose in your head which will have the same effect of pulling out a keystone at the base of a rock wall. Your creativity never abandons you, it just needs to be shaken up every once in a while." - Lou Lesko

Friday, February 18, 2011

How to Prove Your Loyalty to Canon



Yup, that's a tattoo. Hopefully he won't jump ship to a Hassy.
(Found via Peta Pixel)

Garage Art Show 3 (2/18)



Come Party and see some rad art work, a rad band, and listen to sweet tunes from a rad dj.. Featuring images by Angel Ramos, Anthonie Gonzales, Nikolaus Kung, Jimi Franklin , Koury Angelo among others.

I had an awesome time before at one of the past Garage Art Show but unfortunately, I'm out of town working :(

Friday Feb 18, 2011 8 pm - 1 am

2251 Branden St apt 2
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Garth Lenz "Boreal Future: Our Last Great Forest and the Threat of the Tar Sands" (2/19)





At 1.3 billion acres, the Canadian Boreal Forest is one of the world’s largest intact eco-systems, providing a myriad of benefits. Perhaps the world's greatest and most effective carbon storehouse, the Boreal’s old growth trees are extremely effective at absorbing harmful greenhouse gasses and releasing life-giving oxygen into the atmosphere. The wetlands of the Boreal filter millions of gallons of water per day, and the forest still supports a natural food web that is home to many First Nations communities.

The Alberta Tar Sands in the heart of the Boreal Forest are both the largest proven oil reserves outside of Saudi Arabia and the single largest source of oil for the United States. The proposed expansion of the Tar Sands would cover a section of the Boreal the size of Florida, imperiling our fresh water supply and stripping bare much of this vital forest.

Photographer Garth Lenz has been documenting the Boreal Forest since 1992. His images reveal the present beauty of the region and the environmental impact now underway, suggesting alternative outcomes for our Boreal Future.


Opening reception is tonight from 6:30 - 9 pm plus on Saturday (2/19) there'll be an artist presentation at 2:30 pm.

G2 Gallery
1503 Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice, CA 90291

Thursday, February 17, 2011

PIX CLICKS : Danielle Levitt "Pride of Lowell" opening



Danielle w/ Robert, our manager


Inspired by the biopic The Fighter, Danielle Levitt travels to Lowell, MA to experience the nuanced dynamics that exist within a community as its individuals rise to fame.

Last night, Danielle Levitt had her opening reception for her new work "Pride of Lowell" over at Known Gallery in Fairfax District and was nice enough to send invitations to PIX.

David Hilliard "Great Expectations" (2/19)




My father and my grandfather were both photographic hobbyists. In the beginning I merely followed their lead. But for me my connection to the medium quickly grew deeper. Photography became a vehicle through which I could navigate and maintain a kind of control. I could order events, categorize friends and places…edit my world. Photography made everything around me look better. It made life clearer. As a boy I felt as though I had very little control over my life. Photography was an antidote. It was my escape. Now, as an adult and practicing artist, I make photographs for multiple reasons, but I’m sure, at my core, there is still this therapeutic/historic connection to the camera. - David Hilliard



February 19th - April 2nd
Opening : February 19th 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Mark Moore Gallery
5790 Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

IRIS Nights : Paul Nicklen (2/24)




When I started off in photography, I was trying to shoot pretty pictures of animals. It often left me feeling very empty, because of all the issues out there that weren’t being covered. What I’m trying to do now is show the readers of National Geographic and the world how fragile and endangered all these ecosystems are.

...

I definitely think that a single picture can tell a story. You can take a picture of two starving polar bear cubs with their mother on a little tiny ice floe. A polar bear dead on the ice. Sometimes it’s hard to bring everything together in one image—it’s easier with a collection. But the editors are always looking for one shot that says it all. Sometimes with a picture you’re doing the best you can to say as much as you can in one shot.


National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen will be guest speaking at the IRIS Nights over at Annenberg Space for Photography next Thursday about his work to generate global awareness about environmental issues. Passes are available today at noon and tomorrow at 9:30 am here.

Thursday Feb 24, 2011 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Annenberg Space for Photography
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Hiroshi Watanabe "Love Point" (2/19)




Much of Watanabe’s work in the past has focused on an intersection of the real with artifice, as explored through such photo subjects as Noh masks, Bunraku puppets, and traditional Japanese performing monkeys. Even Watanabe’s book Ideology in Paradise, shot in North Korea, can be seen in a similar way.

Here Watanabe turns his attention to the silicone “love dolls” that seem to have enjoyed a “boom” in popularity over the last few years — or is that boom more of Westerners fascination with yet another entry into the “weird Japan” sweepstakes?

Be that as it may, Love Point is not meant to be about the phenomenona itself but rather is a measured, considered book of portraits of models and dolls (created by the Japanese company 4woods) where it becomes very difficult to tell who is who — or what is who, perhaps I should say. The pictures become an authentic look at the lack of authenticity.
(via)


Opening Reception Saturday February 19, 2011 from 6 - 9 pm
February 19th - April 2nd

Kopeikin Gallery
2766 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Culver City, CA. 90034

Monday, February 14, 2011

Sunday, February 13, 2011

"Success is a funny concept. I think everyone has a different definition of it. It comes slowly for some and all at once for others. There is no road map and a lot of conventions are being challenged as we speak. Only you can define what success is for yourself. I cannot say that I fully understand all that has occurred that has gotten me to where I am now. What I am sure of is the passion I have for the work. The sense of certainty I have. I read a lot about business and marketing. I am obsessive about my work and so I spend a lot of time thinking about it, researching different opportunities and finding ways around existing conventions. I don't take no for an answer and I simply try try and try again. Sometimes I think success can be as simple as having the sheer human stubbornness to keep on showing up." - Charlie Grosso

Friday, February 11, 2011

Angle of Incidence: Works by Larry Fink, Alex Prager and J Patrick Walsh III (2/12)


The opening reception for an exhibition of work by Larry Fink, Alex Prager, and J Patrick Walsh III. Fink's photographs of the Obama family on the campaign trail capture transitory gestures and unexpected moments. Prager's dramatic, brightly colored tableaus of posed subjects have a staged, cinematic quality, with pregnant moments suggesting deep emotion. J Patrick Walsh III employs reclaimed wax from candles found in thrift stores in order to construct corporeal geometric sculptures.


February 12th - March 6th
Opening: February 12th 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Actual Size Los Angeles
741 New High St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Photo Do's and Don'ts



(Click to enlarge)

Ninja'd from A Photo Teacher

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Build a Better Online Portfolio with Stella Kramer



PhotoShelter recently posted a hour long audio interview (w/ slide show) with photo editor Stella Kramer . definitely helpful if you're getting into the industry or re-doing your site.

Maya Goded "Las Olvidadas : The Forgotten Women"


The Witches of the North


The Disappeared Women of Juarez


The Prostitutes of La Merced

This exhibition brings together three major bodies of work by Maya Goded work that is both reportage and profoundly personal. While critiquing the invisibility of women in contemporary Mexican society, the work also empathizes with its subjects, and even celebrates them, in these stark non-judgmental portraits. These are women who live their lives beneath the radar, unacknowledged and unprotected by the dominant culture. They are invisible women who exist in the shadows in Mexico, but emerge into the light through Goded's images. The prostitutes of La Merced, whom Goded identifies as being "On the Other Side," the disappeared women of Juarez ("Nobody Heard them Scream") and the curanderas and healers who are the witches of the north in "The Land of the Witches" comprise three bodies of work that, taken together, form a chronicle from a journey Goded took over a period of a decade.

Currently at UCR/California Museum of Photography until April 16, 2011.

UCR/California Museum of Art
3824 Main St
Riverside, CA 92501

This Los Angeles - One Last Plea

Last weekend was the one year anniversary of This Los Angeles, a collective of 6 individuals including photographer Aaron Farley, Dan Monick, Day 19 (Jeremy & Claire Weiss). To celebrate, they hosted "Our Friends 2", a group show and during that night, one of the work, an 8x10 polaroid of Dennis Hopper photographed by Jason Lee was taken. Jason himself is putting up a $25,000 reward since the work is one of a kind, personal work. The photograph was lent to the gallery and not for sale. It's been close to a week now and no sign. CNN themselves even posted about this.

This Los Angeles has made one last plea on their blog.

To the person who stole the image of Dennis Hopper from THIS:los angeles on Friday night,

We have a feeling you have no idea what you’ve taken.

You’ve taken the one single physical document of the photographer’s time with his subject.
This is not a print, as there is no negative. There is only this single image.
You’ve taken our trust.
You’ve taken others faith in us.
You’ve impacted the way our business, that we have worked so hard to build,
will be able to work with people we respect and love in the future.
A business we do not make a profit from.

There is no way that this Polaroid will ever have the same worth to you that it holds for Jason, everyone at THIS, and to our community in general. As long as you have it all you hold is the sadness and anger that has been created by your taking it.

We personally believe you made a very snap and not very wise decision. It happens to all of us and all we can do is try to make it right. Many of us have done this. Please make this right. We are not interested in prosecution, we are not interested in the monetary worth as ultimately in the case of this image there actually really isn’t one.

We just want it back.

The show is called These Friends. It is our hand reaching out to our community, our friends and their friends and inviting them into the space we have created and we assume you were one of those people. There is a very good chance that you are a friend of someone who is a friend of the people who were involved in this show. Please do not steal from your friends. Even if you aren’t friends with any of the people in the show or at the gallery, our door was open, no questions asked, to meet and enjoy some really amazing works of art, by some really exciting and talented artists.

THIS is open for all of us to make new friends and come together as a community. We feel like we have succeeded in that 10 fold, especially with this last show. Everyone who we talk to says about how amazing of a night it was. It’s impossible for us to remember it that way because of this theft.

We opened our doors in hopes to meet new friends and new people in a new neighborhood and we have, we’ve met so many amazing people and had so many amazing times. It might not be possible for us to continue the way we have because of this theft.

All we ask is that you please give it back. Please please return the photo.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

LADIG "Improve your web presence with photo galleries and social media" (2/14)

LADIG's Feb meeting is on Feb 14, 2011 where they'll have two speakers - one discussing website galleries and another on social media for photographers. You can purchase tickets here.

Daniel Sofer: Website Galleries for Photographers
Daniel knows photographers don't want to learn html, so this presentation is about how to setup your photo galleries so you don't have to. He'll cover a few different techniques and show examples.

Lee Varis: Social Media for Photographers
Lee will show you how to use social media to increase your business and visability in a crowded marketplace. Some simple ideas and examples of how social media tools like Twitter, Facebook and Linked-In will help you stand out from the crowd.



Feb 14, 2011 6-9 pm

West Hollywood Park Auditorium
647 N San Vicente Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069
"... I think the hardest part about attaining and maintaining success is staying relevant. This means two things. One, you have to constantly shoot, allowing your work to mature and evolve naturally and at a healthy, steady pace to keep up. And then second, and even more importantly, you have to get all that work out into circulation and in front of art buyers, art directors and photo editors. The minute you let some of your goals slide - you put off a print mail promo, or wait too long for a follow-up call, or you stop shooting because you don't have a job, or you don't build a new iPhone-compatible site, you become irrelevant. So the hardest part is that you can never let up."

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

"Holga Inspire" Workshop (3/5)



In conjunction with the Holga Inspire exhibition, a 3 week workshop at the Icon will take place. Sponsored by the Icon and Holga Inspire, a Holga camera will be available for the participants as well as many services at the Icon Photographic Lab. This workshop is intended to expand your photographic knowledge and includes a shooting assignment and a group critique of final prints. The workshop will be co-taught by Heather Rasmussen, (MFA Calarts, 2007) and Nina T. Becker (MFA UCIrvine, 2010). The class is limited to 15 people so please sign up early! To register or for more information visit: iconholga.eventbrite.com


Workshop starts on March 5, 2011.

The Icon
5450 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

"Abstract Vision Female Perspective" Group Photo Show (2/11)


“Abstract” the show’s theme, is an attempt to free the photographer of current working day assignments without the restrictions or pressure of creating images for profit. On display will be works from artists Bekka Melino, Carrie Camacho, Grace Oh, Janine Lim, Kerry Sawyers, Kyla Wright and Rosalinda Kooyman. Each of the featured photographers brings something unique to the table. Directly influenced by their diverse backgrounds and multi-career choices, their common denominators include a camera and their love for Los Angeles.


Opening Reception: Friday, February 11, 2011 7 pm - 12 am

Soundscapes: DJ Shiva

Organic and Biodynamic wine provided by Frey Vineyards, America's first organic winery

Sound system provided by: 3 Wheel


Urban Sanctuary Gallery
2026 E. 1st Street
Boyle Heights, CA 90033

MOPLA Accepting Photographer's Submissions


I noticed the MOPLA website is in the process of being relaunch for 2011. MOPLA is Month of Photography Los Angeles, a monthly celebration of photography here in Los Angeles. This year it'll be held in April 2011 and they'll accepting photography submissions currently.

1. Submit a thematic body of work for exhibition consideration in one of our "host spaces". This submission process DOES NOT guarantee that you're work will be selected to exhibit during MOPLA. Eligible submissions will adhere to the following guidelines:

A. Artwork submitted must be framed and ready to exhibit.
B. Artwork submitted can belong to one photographer or a group of photographers
C. Artwork must be submitted no later than February 21, 2011.


or

2. Submit a thematic body of work for projection consideration. This submission process DOES NOT guarantee that you're work will be selected for projection during MOPLA. Eligible submissions will adhere to the following guidelines:

A. Artwork must have a consistent or relevant theme throughout the imagery, such as Portraits, Nightscapes, Landscapes, Nudes, Photojournalism, Music, Sports, etc.,
B. There must be a minimum of 40 images for consideration.
C. Artwork must be submitted no later than February 21, 2011.


or

Submit up to ten photographs to be considered for the 2011 MOPLA+SMASHBOX GROUP SHOW.
Simply complete the form below (required), upload one to ten images according to the provided specifications, pay the $10.00 submission fee and voila! Please submit only up to 10 images.

Open Submission Dates - February 1 through March 15.
Notification date - March 31
Artwork Delivery dates - April 18 - April 22


Info on the first two are here and the MOPLA/Smashbox Group show here. Now go, submit !

Photo : PhotoInduced

Monday, February 7, 2011

APA/LA "Real World Estimating" (2/12)



Artist rep + consultant Rhoni Epstein will be along with photographers Christina Peters, Anthony Nex and David Zaitz to talk about real world estimating over at Brooks this Saturday at 10 am. Info over at APA/LA site.

RSVP -> director@apa-la.com

Feb 12, 2011 Saturday 10 am

Brooks Institute
27 E. Cota St
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Frank Oscar Larson "Reflections of New York" (2/10)





Although he was always the family shutterbug, it wasn't until the early 1950's that Frank's passion for photography blossomed. His weekend excursions around New York with his Rolleiflex camera produced thousands of images, which Frank developed and printed in his basement darkroom. Some he entered in local amateur photographic competitions where he won awards, but the majority of his work remained undiscovered until 2009 when his youngest son's widow found a box of negatives that had been packed away since Frank's death. Those negatives went on to become the images presented in "Reflections of New York" in honor of Frank's memory.


This Thursday Frank Oscar Larson's "Reflections of New York : Recently Discovered 1950s Street Photography" opening reception will be held at The Perfect Exposure Gallery from 6-9 pm. On Saturday Feb 12, Larson's grandson Soren Larson will give a talk about Frank's life, photography and artistic influences from noon to 3 pm.


The Perfect Exposure Gallery
3519 W. 6th St.
Los Angeles CA 90020

PIX "25% Off Rentals" Twitter Contest !



Yup, we figured we'll just run a little contest here on Twitter. It's simple. Just answer a question : what do you rent the most from photography rental houses ?

Now the prize will be a 25% discount off your next rental order . PIX is located in Los Angeles right on La Brea and 3rd. (MAP) Serving the photography community for over 20 years, we rent cameras, lighting equipment, grip, digital backs, generators, and so forth. Need to rent an extra lens for that wedding shoot ? We got it. Need 20 Profoto packs with heads, stands along with silk + frames ? Yup. You're thinking of buying a lens but you want to rent it for a weekend to give it a "real world" test run ? You got the idea.

So here how it goes, follow us on Twitter @PIXFeedLA and put in RT to us with this "RT @PIXFeedLA Win 25% off your next photo rental order http://ow.ly/3RtYA " and your answer to the question "What you rent the most ?"

This contest is open to the United States. You'll received 25% off your next rental order here at PIX. Feel free to enter even if you are from out of town. The coupon is good till end of 2011 so perhaps you may be flying in for a job. Current PIX customers can apply. This contest starts Feb 7 to Feb 13, 2011. There'll be three discounts given and the winner will be random drawn from the number of retweets we get and be announced on Feb 14th. I say y'all have a pretty good chance at getting something :)


Sunday, February 6, 2011

Custom-Tabs on Facebook Fan Pages


I still call them Fan Pages. Calling them a Like Page just doesn't sound right to me. *shrug* I recently discovered you can add custom tabs to your Fan Page. For PIX, I added a Catalog, Delivery and Ebay tab. I figured if you make it easy for people to find and access, the better it is.

So for photographers, I can definitely see a usage for adding your own (simple) gallery, news tab or whatever you like. You can even create your own "welcome" page on your Fan Page so incoming visitors will land on that tab. Here's an example of Tennessee photographer Jenn Cady.

You'll need to have some idea of HTML but if I can do it (I have no real coding skills), then it can't be that difficult. Most of the tabs are simple HTML and text. There are 3rd party apps you can get. For example, for YouTube you can use Involver's free apps. There is a facebook app listing on Facebook showing all the applications they have.

All this requires a bit of Googling and digging around but it'll take a few hours and you'll keep your fans occupied a bit longer on your page. I have yet found a decent photo gallery setup though PhotoShelter has a SlideShow tab on their Fan Page.

Rafael Cardenas / photoRAFA:365



Rafael Cardenas has done something I attempted to do but never got around to it - taking a photo a day every day for a year and posting it that day. I've been in love with the idea since I saw Sean Ellis's 365 book published in 2003.

You can see Cardenas' work over at his site and if you are in Boyle Heights, go over to Primerz Taza on 1850 E 1st St 90033 where he is an exhibition "Boldly Boyle Heights" currently.









Anyone out there doing their own 365 project here in Los Angeles ?