Quote Of the Day -Lisette Model

"I have often been asked what I wanted to prove by my photographs. The answer is, I don’t want to prove anything. They prove to me, and I am the one who gets the lesson."

Pun Fun

Picture of Franks

Picture by Robert Frank

Piucture of Airbuses

Picture by Arbus

Picture of the shore

Picture by Stephen Shore

Picture of an egg shaped stone

Picture by Eggleston of a drink on the rocks.

Mashed MoMA Images

In an effort to attract more visitors MoMA recently installed a large advertising display in the Atlantic/Pacific subway station in Brooklyn. It took a good week for some creative folks to create their own "Mash Ups" of the images on display. My favorite ones are below.


Andreas Gursky "Ratingen Swimming Pool"


Nan Golden "Nan and Brian In Bed"

Running With Schwitters

Kurt Schwitters

Kurt Schwitters

Hannah Hoch

Hannah Hoch

Raoul Hausmann

Raoul Hausmann

John Heartfield 'Self Portrait With Politician'

John Heartfield

John Heartfield

A few choice picks from the great photomontagists of postwar Berlin. You can see how these images built the foundation for the future of pop art. This work is so much smarter, more playful and more tactile than any of the computer/photoshop produced silliness that we've all seen. I know there are a few artists employing these techniques who have been getting serious consideration recently. Unfortunately the computer has enabled anything to be possible. Thereby making everything it produces considerably of less value.

Remains of A Day

Seeing The World Through Rose Colored Glasses

It helps. It really helps.

Can You Name This Photographer?

The six pictures below of traffic arrows represent just the tip of the iceberg of this project. The photographer made dozens more just like them. A print of your choice, if you so desire, to the person who first correctly identifies the photographer.

Three Trees

Getting Buzzed In Kensington

I recently visited Buzz-a-Rama, a slot car race track in Kensington, Brooklyn. I'm guessing that not much has changed inside since it opened in 1965. Driving the small, brightly colored electric cars around a track was fun but the real star here is the tracks themselves. They are curvy, groovy and striped with primary colors.

Stick Figures

I took some inspiration from a recent NY times piece in which Christoph Niemann used legos to construct icons of the city. I thought I'd even simplify it a bit and so I limited myself to a few washers and a small medal rod.