Good friend and fellow photographer Claudia Hehr has recently started a campaign on Indiegogo (like Kickstarter, but without the red tape and geographic restrictions) to help fund a social awareness trip to Tanzania. Claudia is hoping to raise enough money to travel to Tanzania and document the work of the non-profit group Artists For World …
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SIGNS OF LIFE #11
Fresh fish.
¡BIENVENIDO A CASA, JOSÉ!
José was born beside a tortilla factory in Brooklyn, plays fetch like a dog with a wadded up paper ball, sleeps like a rock, and has a good home now. ¡Bienvenido a casa, José!
THE 100TH POST
Today we mark a milestone here at SGB Pho(blog)raphy- this is our 100th post! And that which is cause for celebration also proves to be cause for reflection… 99 posts in 22 months. Some thoughtful, some witty, some irreverent, and all a means to this end- to prevent our idle hands from becoming the devil’s …
LIVE FROM THE PILGRIM SANDS
Jake Hill will be hosting an evening of intimacy intimate evening on Saturday, April 16th, playing an acoustic set in the lounge at the Pilgrim Sands motel in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to support the release of his new solo EP, Motel By The Side Of The Road. Yes, the very same Pilgrim Sands motel that graces …
VERSION 3.0
Welcome to version 3.0 of SGB Pho(Blog)graphy! We’re featuring a new Jan Tschichold typography-inspired aesthetic with a side bar on the right that includes a search function, Twitter feed, topic list, and more ways to connect with yours truly via the interwebs. And don’t forget to hit that new Facebook Like button at the bottom …
NEW BUSINESS CARD FONT & DESIGN
Out with the News Gothic MT, in with the Helvetica Neue Condensed Bold. Just might be a hint at bigger things to come…
BUILD A ROCKET BOYS!
Tuesday March 8th saw the release of Elbow‘s highly anticipated 5th album, build a rocket boys!, following the successes of their Mercury Prize winning The Seldom Seen Kid and the recognition long overdue to them. Buy this album. See them live. Support Elbow.
THE KING OF LIMBS
Radiohead‘s 8th full length, The King Of Limbs, was released today. Give it a listen. Give it multiple listens.
BORN AND RAISED IN STEELER NATION
With the Pittsburgh Steelers on the cusp of possibly winning their unprecedented seventh Super Bowl, it’s safe to say that the black and gold has been running through my veins, and my big sister’s, for quite some time. Here we go Steelers!
AS THE MUSIC DIES
Friend, graphic designer, and fellow Bushwicker Jason Tam has just unleashed his premiere line of T’s and tanks upon the masses, replete with catch phrases for the disenfranchised and references to the 1976 coming-of-age-classic The Omen, under the moniker As The Music Dies. To celebrate the launch, Jason is offering free shipping in the States …
RETOUCHING THE FAMILY TREE
Every time that I ride the rails homeward for a small town respite from the concrete jungle, I make time for a visit with my grandpap. He’s got a lot of great stories to tell, and he always likes to hear about what I’m up to in the big city. And it usually seems that, …
IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY, AND QUITE POSSIBLY THE QUICKEST PATH TO A COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LAWSUIT
It’s been a slow week here on Pho(Blog)Graphy Island, and the natives are enjoying some much deserved R & R after last month’s beachfront property overhaul, which proved to be a massive undertaking (but now my hut has wi-fi, and a mini bar!). On days like these when the sun is high and the tide is …
PHO(BLOG)GRAPHY ISLAND FACELIFT
The natives have been toiling away here on Pho(Blog)graphy Island, replacing the thatched roof of my seaside hut and making a throne for me out of palm fronds, beer cans, and coconut shells. Oh, and I began field testing a new blog design today. It’s a customized version of Minimalist 1 by Joey Robinson over …
MY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION
To update my blog more frequently. In the meantime, welcome to the future…
WELCOME! (including a number of nautical allusions)
Welcome to the maiden voyage of the good ship Scott Gordon Bleicher Pho(blog)graphy! After much prodding from fellow photographer friends (I’m looking at YOU, Mr. Furman) and some initial hesitation by myself, I finally dip my toes into the warm, lapping waters off the coast of the blogosphere. (The recent purchase of a Canon G10 …
