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Monthly Archive September, 2006

WHO THE HELL IS TONY FOUHSE?

Yesterday I had an opening at La Petite Mort Gallery. I used the occasion to make
a movie that asks the question: Who the hell is Tony Fouhse?
(Click to view the movie): Who the HELL is TONY FOUHSE.mp4
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(A COUPLE OF) STUDIO BACKGROUNDS

I keep some flat junk in my small upstairs studio, rough stuff. I use it for backgrounds.
I’ve found that if you have the right background (which consists of standing in the right spot
and aiming the camera in the right direction from the right distance) you’re half way there.
Just insert the subject, make sure the [...]

OPEN CAR DOORS

I’ve often thought that photographs and poems have a lot in common.
Poems and photographs…..think about it.
But what, you ask, does this have to do with open car doors?
Open car doors, if you ask me, are pretty poetic in and of and by themselves.
They’re a framing device, a trick and a metaphor all rolled into one. [...]

ONE ROOM ONE NIGHT

My friend Guy Bérubé throws some interesting parties. I know this. That’s why I asked him
if I could set up a photo studio at one of his bashes.
I was given a room that measured 10 x 18 feet where I set up a seamless backdrop and a light.
Around about 9:00 p.m. folks started [...]