Anime Boston and the lost cable

So this past weekend I went to anime boston in the Hynes convention center. I got tons of fantastic photos of people in so many cool costumes. The last night I went to upload them on my computer, but there was a complication... I seem to have lost the USB cable that I need to get the photos off my camera, so I am looking for that, all tonight.

Norton Museum 2

The other part of the museum that I want to comment on are the other exhibits. The first of which, is the Chihuly. When I first went to the museum when I was about 13 there was a huge glass sculpture hanging from the ceiling and resting on the floor in the center of the museum, however since then it has been taken down. The other Chihuly sculpture is still there, it is...well I can try to describe it, it is a ton of glass shells, fishes, sea creatures, and sea life all made out of glass. each one hand blown. the lighting for it comes from above it so the figures and such can be seen better, and in the room that this is in there are bench that one can lay on so they can look up and feel like they are underwater. also the way the room is setup is so that the shades dim the natural light, and there is a waterfall outside the windows to really give the sense that you are underwater.

The other exhibits that I saw were students photos from the high schools that were nearby, a contemporary art exhibit featuring Andy Warhol, the photos from the train when RFK died, and tapestries from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, in Vienna. The students photos were astounding and very involved. One of the photos was someones friend had her pet snake on her arms and shoulders. The contemporary art was less than impressive, only because I like more intricate things than CAMPBELLS SOUP! The tapestries were interesting, I am not a fan of that type of art, but there was a video showing how a tapestry is made, which gave me a great more appreciation for the art.

Norton Museum 1

While in Florida I went to the Norton museum with my mom and grandma. I saw the Avedon Fashion photography exhibit, which was not all that impressive. the Photos are nice, but they do nothing to really keep me interested. All of the shots were setup in chronological order, which didn't really help because the way the photos were taken didn't change until the very end when Richard Avedon started using color and computers. The photos seemed to be more about the body and its pose rather than the clothes that were on them. Since I am not legally allowed to take photos of his work, which I didn't realize until a security guard said so, i cannot put his photos on this post. However I can give a link, cause that is not plagiarizing or doing anything wrong, right?

http://www.norton.org/Exhibitions/Current/AvedonFashion19442000/tabid/414/Default.aspx

What I also saw when I was at the Norton museum was a bunch of truly inspirational quotes from artists. Here are some:

" Art is a habit forming drug" - Marcel Duchamp

" Art is one creative flow upward...." - Alexander Archipenko

" To be an artist is to believe in life." - Henry Moore

" Color is my daylong obsession and torment." - Claude Monet

" Do not finish your work too much." - Paul Gauguin

" If I think, everything is lost." - Paul Cezanne (my favourite artist....NOT! cause of the project I had to do on him in middle school).

" ...the highest style has the least of common nature." - Joshua Reynolds

" A man paints with his brains and not with his hands." - Michelangelo ( The exact opposite of what Cezanne said).

There are many more in the museum, but I won't list them all.

Centered mostly

Usually when I see a photo of anything, and by anything I mean a singular object with background stuff, the main focus is put slightly off to one side. To me that prevents the upfront, almost confrontational in your face, here it is, type of photo that Voit made. However, I do like he juxtaposes technology into nature, well the people who made the cell towers did that, but he shows us that. Personally I have seen a cell tower like this in Massachusetts, so I think it's humorous that someone would photograph these ugly things.
The way he photographed them makes the cell towers almost seem natural, almost. Not only there is the clash of technology and nature with the cell towers, but there is then the third element of Voit's camera trying to capture those elements in his third. That to me seems to make his color photos mixed media. One thing that is off-putting to me is that the skies in all of the photos have so much blue, that it takes away from the centered object. I seem to lose the "trees" in all the bluye of the sky, even though it is literally smack-dab in the middle.

currently

Right now I am working on photographing the unique styles of architecture specified in certain areas of Boston. For example, in Roslindale, my home borough, there are a slew of 1950's houses. These 1950's houses are the typical housing style of Roslindale. Recently I went to Beacon Hill and took some black and white photos of the homes there. The style there is flat red brick with black shutters. It is not very interesting, but the variations that have been put on the buildings by people make the place a lot more pleasing to the eye. There are some buildings that have the iron like protrusions jetting out from the mundane brick that truly contrast all the reds of the bricks. I am planning on getting to Dorchester to photograph the triple-decker style homes.

DIAZ!

Personally I am not a fan of collage because of how childish it usually seems. However, Diaz has made his collages so intricate, that they aren't messy like many collages. Showing the people flying through the air seems like he is showing how people are breaking free from the photos of machinery placed on top of the original pictures. Showing the machinery lets the people know that there is inner workings to all of the rides that are on Coney Island. I also like the element of very complex geometric shapes on he landscapes that are usually very curved.

I also like the way that Diaz wants people to look at his prints. That he wants people to come up with their own thoughts about his images, reminds me of the, " I don't know" comment that we all hear too often. This is because some people want others to infer what they can from what they see. Not have someone tell them exactly what it is about. When doing this, some may feel as though they are being inhibited from drawing their own conclusions, while others may need that concrete idea of, "this image...."

Overall I like this artist. His images give me a feeling of openness. Also his images really show dedication to his type of collage which is something that I like.

concentration

My concentration goes all over the place much like my mind. I have my ups and my downs, my goods and my bads. I do see myself continuing with exterior architecture, and am deciding to branch out of the Copley Plaza area. I will do some interior architecture photos, but not as many. One thing i really hope for is focus in my images, which is always attainable.