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Other useful Information: The Condensed Portfolio starts here [r] 2010 Western States 100: Neil Blake is a happy man. |
New Stuff: NEW! 2010 Western States 100 New stuff on Contact Larry Gassan for further info regarding image availability |
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| >> Godzillas and the Macaroni Cheez-Pop. Photography based on a narrative fine-art and documentary aesthetic. |
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NEW! 2009 Western States 100 Finish Line Portraits The Finish Line Photo Project has been documenting 100-Mile runners immediately after they finish a 100-mile endurance run since 2004. Shot primarily at the Angeles Crest 100 Mile Endurance Run, and the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, this is a continuing project documenting a unique subcultre. The 2009 Western States 100 photos are visible here Want to order prints from past races? 2004 Angeles Crest 100 left: Anita Ortiz, first-place woman, |
| 100-Mile runners at the finish line. Fine-art and documentary aesthetics combined. | |
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Large cameras glowering in crowded offices, shaggy wranglers on a parquet valley floor, Mao Zedong as the CMYK Incarnations. All in a days work here. |
| >> Illustration based on combinations of objects in environments | |
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LA1980 is a look at a now-vanished Los Angeles; skaters, punks, rock-climbers, drummers, gay-pride, Hare Krishnas, muscle-cars, and Moderne landmarks. In 1979 there were still vacant lots on Wilshire Blvd in the Miracle Mile, Beverly Hills had the Wonder-Bread Bakery on Little Santa Monica Blvd, and a noticeable number of buildings still had 1920’s signage intact. If Melrose Ave was coming into a hip incarnation, Beverly Blvd was still where upholsterers worked in blank-front buildings. The Farmer’s Market on 3rd St. was somnolent, and the dinosaurs at the George Page Museum were surrounded only by seeping tar. I shot the original color negatives between 1979 and 1982. They haven't seen daylight since then. LA1980 was chosen as a Staff Favorite by the Blurb Bookstore on Friday, Feb 6 '09. |
| >> Design based on telling the story. | |
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Detail from the RHI Entertainment Catalog. CD: Alex Swart Assisted designers and creative director translating a designer's layout to a working book. This consisted of ormatting and most importantly, indexing the 931 titles in the 96pp book. |
| >> The art and science of print production. Designing it is one thing—making it produceable is a whole other story. | |
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| >> Writing that will make you think, and then wonder why you're laughing. | ||