A quite literal in-the-field portrait of family friend and farmer Billy Hite from a trip home to Pennsylvania earlier this summer. Billy still thinks he’s going to be on the cover of a magazine in the big city. Well, at least he made it onto the internet.
Travel
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 …
TOKYO JUXTAPOSED FOR JAPAN DISASTER RELIEF
One year ago, I self-published a photo magazine chronicling some of my travels through Tokyo and had a small exhibit at Supercore in Brooklyn. One year later, much of northeastern Japan has been ravaged by one of the largest earthquakes on record, and by the ensuing tsunami. I’d like to donate all proceeds from any …
FROM JAKE HILL MUSIC DOT COM: A LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE AT AN HISTORIC VENUE
(A few words that I’m proud of writing about my good friend Jake’s headlining performance at the historic Club Passim last Thursday evening in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The link to the original post on Jake Hill Music Dot Com can be found here.) … Bob Dylan. Joan Baez. Tom Rush. Joni Mitchell… Now you can add …
SIGNS OF LIFE #8
Welcome. San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
HOW TO WRITE A BLOG POST FROM SUSQUEHANNOCK STATE FOREST
Susquehannock State Forest is in central Pennsylvania, along the northern border, just south of New York state. Susquehannock State Forest is located in Potter County God’s Country, with a few tracts of forest stretching into nearby McKean and Clinton counties. Susquehannock State Forest contains 262,000 acres of woodlands and 89 miles of hiking trails. Susquehannock …
LUNCH QUEST! TOM & JOE’S, ALTOONA, PA
Tom & Joe’s has the best Breakfast Mess. Ever. There, I said it. Now if you happen to be the skeptical type that has to see eat to believe, then you can hop on The Pennsylvanian (with an empty stomach) from the Amtrak concourse at Penn Station, get off fourteen stops later in Altoona, walk three …
LUNCH QUEST! NEW ENGLAND EDITION: WOOD’S SEAFOOD
Just a stone’s throw from the Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts is Wood’s Seafood, an end-of-the-pier seafood shack and fish market that you’d expect from any harbor town, but especially from this harbor town, because this harbor town is America’s Hometown. After passing on a refreshing dip in the Governor Bradford Inn‘s fish-shaped pool, then feeling …
A PORTRAIT OF A LANDSCAPE
The recent purchase of a two thousand gigabyte external hard drive for photo archiving purposes has lead me down the tedious road of making back ups of my back ups. A small pleasure I’ve found in this process has been the rediscovery of old images, some of which I shot while on a cross country …
さよなら。
(Sayonara.) Tokyo Juxtaposed came down today after an extended exhibition at Supercore in Brooklyn. Thanks once again to Hiko, Yoko, Hideki, and the rest of the Supercore staff for having us, to Loud Objects and Nori for their tag team performance, and to everyone that came out on opening night and showed their support. If …
CLOSED OPENING: A TOKYO JUXTAPOSED + LOUD OBJECTS ÷ DJ NORI VS. THE SUSHI LOOP @ SUPERCORE RECAP
Tokyo Juxtaposed- my series of photographs pairing cultural and aesthetic imagery from modern-day Japan, went on display last Thursday at Supercore in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A small opening event marked the occasion. Old friends came out to show their support, new friends were made, and a good time was had by all in attendance. The evening …
THE SUSHI LOOP: TOKYO WEEK! SATURDAY BONUS
As seen on the ceiling, Thursday evening, at Supercore.
TOKYO WEEK! FRIDAY
So we’ve made it to the bleary-eyed Friday conclusion of Tokyo Week! here on Pho(Blog)graphy Island, and the survivors are fed up with pressing the button every 108 minutes. (If you don’t know, you’ll have to start with Season One. Trust me.) Thanks to everyone who attended the opening last evening, and an extra special …
TOKYO WEEK! THURSDAY + TONIGHT @ SUPERCORE
After countless restless nights and days of breathless anticipation, the moment has finally come. Tokyo Juxtaposed + Loud Objects, 7pm, Supercore, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, TONIGHT. Hope to see you there, although, the weather should prove an adequate and believable excuse if you are unable to attend. Heck, I don’t even know if I’m gonna go, still …
TOKYO WEEK! WEDNESDAY
Hump day diptych: Progress.
TOKYO WEEK! TUESDAY
Diptych of the day: Asakusa Attractions.
TOKYO WEEK! MONDAY
In recognition of The Tokyo Juxtaposed Photography Exhibit Opening Party Gala Celebration Event and Potluck Dinner Sleepover emceed by Mr. Kunal Gupta coming up later this week at Supercore, I’ve declared this week to be: Tokyo Week! here on Pho(Blog)graphy Island. (The natives are doing sake bombs as we speak.) Each business day of the work …
WITH A SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY…
Loud Objects! Unfortunately it looks like Tristan (aka ‘The Cute One‘) will not be in attendance as he is currently ‘out of town.’ Allegedly. Did you just hear that? That was the sound of the collective heart of a throng of prepubescent Jersey City middle school girls breaking. Sad, sad day indeed. But hey, we’ve …
TOKYO JUXTAPOSED @ SUPERCORE
Next month I’ll be showing a select number of photographs from my Tokyo Juxtaposed series at Supercore in Brooklyn. The opening event is set for Thursday, February 11th at 7pm and the show will run through the middle of March. There will be drinks (of the caffeinated and the alcoholic variety), there will be live …
‘TOKYO JUXTAPOSED’ FOR THE HOLIDAYS (AND THE WIN!)
Q. What could possibly make for a better Christmas gift than a copy of Tokyo Juxtaposed? A. Fruitcake. Oh. Right. … Tokyo Juxtaposed, my self-published ‘zine chock full of aesthetic and cultural photographic juxtapositions from my early summer jaunt to the land of the rising sun, is still available for purchase over at MagCloud. And …
PITTSBURGH: CITY OF CHAMPIONS, CITY OF SANDWICHES
I was in Pittsburgh last week I was in the City of Champions last week, working on a shoot with good friend and outstanding photographer Matthew Furman. It was a quick flight out of LaGuardia, only spending about 45 minutes in the air. We would only have twenty-four hours in the Steel City, and most …
‘TOKYO JUXTAPOSED’ NOW AVAILABLE
I’ve recently self-published a magazine through MagCloud entitled Tokyo Juxtaposed. The issue contains juxtapositions of photographs that I took while aimlessly wandering around Tokyo (dérive, anyone?), many of which can be seen in the Travel portfolio on my website. I’ve included a few extra diptychs in the magazine in order to ensure its limited edition …
CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY
During my recent trip to Japan, I spent some time browsing the photography aisles of a few fine art book stores in Shibuya. My knowledge of contemporary Japanese photography was quite limited prior to my trip although I was fortunate enough to see an excellent retrospective last year at the International Center of Photography on …
こんにちは。
Spending two weeks in Japan, traveling between Tokyo, Kyoto, and Yokohama. As much as I love New York, I must say that Tokyo may truly be the city that never sleeps. One minute your senses are being bombarded by the sounds and lights of an intersection that makes Times Square look tame- the chiming Pachinko …
