24 hours of art, music, and films is one insane idea. Art All Night is Trenton, NJ's annual community arts festival. This year a reported 18,000+ people passed through the cavernous Roebling Wire Works - filled to the gills with art. To make this event happen there is a dedicated crew of volunteers and sponsors - who are all great.
GOOD HAIR DAY
posted by WILKO
Lucky me (again) I was asked to photograph lots of models and gals from hair salons for an event called Care Couture, which is a fundraiser for cancer survivors. All the funds raised are given to directly to the folks that may need to purchase a...
Poets
posted by WILKO
How best to photograph a poet? The dexterity to play with language always intrigues me and impresses me to no end, since I'm rather challenged at decoding poems. They can be puzzling - but I'll keep trying.
THE VALLEY
posted by WILKO
I spent the weekend with a bunch of strangers that had one thing in common - a passion for photography. Peter's Valley in Layton, NJ has a weekend retreat for all levels of photographer. The never ending debate about about film vs. digital rearing its ugly face around every dinner table continues. It's great to see view cameras employed, hear about technical prowess- and participate in conversations about our favorite photographers and learn of ones we didn't know of.
Graffiti Writers, Tr...
posted by WILKO
Trenton New Jersey graffiti writers, Leon Rainbow and Will Kasso invited me to check out their studio space. These guys paint and paint and paint and keep painting. The two work independently and as part of a crew called, Vicious Styles for larger scale commissions. Leon’s site:...
STAR WARS AT HOME
posted by WILKO
I saw the film Star Wars when it first came out. My mum dropped me at the cinema in Bedford, I was seven years old. As a kid that film was the best thing that happened. I collected the action figures one by one.
POPI DISTORTO
posted by WILKO
After exploring a rather pedestrian documentation of poppies I decided to take the route of distortion. These images have not been digitally altered. This is most certainly a 'stumble upon' discovery
The Architects
posted by WILKO
I've been collecting nests for a few years. I've had several bird houses that been designed to remove the nest, since some birds won't use another bird's nest. Often I find them the in park after a windy day.
Luxury Item
posted by WILKO
Lux is my Bull Terrier. What a great and loyal pet she is. Early in the mid-19th century the breed was developed to satisfy the needs for vermin control and animal-based blood sports. Since that was idea was swiftly outlawed, the breed fell out of fashion. Only to be reintroduced later as a men's fashion accessory.
Table Manners
posted by WILKO
I work with a lot of restaurants in the area - and as you'd expect, they like to show everything as perfect and possible - neat and tidy. Well that's not how it is - many restaurants are chaos, a revolving door of transient staff, professional servers between jobs or about to back to school. I was a waiter once - and a bad one at that.
MegaFlora
posted by WILKO
Kaleidoscope idea with mirroring the image. Nobody does this better than the sculptor and photographer, Rory Mahon. I’ve seen a broad edit of his images many years ago – each image as good as the next. When you get up close to these images, you mind manages to find faces, animal heads – just for starters. There’s definitely a baboon in this one between the yellow center of the white flowers.