Artist Blog

Every week an artist whose single image was published by Der Greif is given a platform in which to blog about contemporary photography.

These are a few things that I think about a lot. 

1. A YouTube video of an electrocuted squirrel. It’s narrated by an older man and a young boy, who just describe what's happening - repeatedly. Someone (possibly the original uploader, but seems unlikely) decided on 'Dead Things' by Philip Glass as the backing track of the video. This sonic accompaniment immediately elevates the clip beyond being a cell phone video of a dying rodent, and somehow brings it into an eerily reflective, self-aware meditation on death, spectacle, and the whole youtube user experience.

2. I appreciate Twin Peaks on so many different levels, but especially admire how effectively Lynch and Frost created a mini-world, using a relatively small group of repeated motifs and cinematic tools. This particular scene is one of my favorites: two brothers glorifying a childhood memory, with a beautiful dramatic reenactment style flashback akin to unsolved mysteries.

3. Five  years ago. a deer ran through Laguna Beach, and swam out into the ocean to die.

All of these pieces are everything all at once: absurdity, humor, and sadness. I'd like to think that all elements are an intrinsic part of my own work.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/deer-262734-through-beach.html