SOME NATIONAL PAGES

This year’s Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Annual hit the
newsstands this week. As usual……lots of stupendous photos along
with the occasional head-scratcher.

Also…..I’m sure that there were tons of great submissions that didn’t
make the cut just because of the vagaries of the jury system. (Ask O.J.
Simpson about that, the vagaries of the jury system, the next time you
bump into him).

I suggest you pick it up, give it the good-old once-over and make up
your own mind. And, remember, what with this new interweb thingy,
there are lots of other places to mine for fotos. Just don’t get so hung
up looking that you forget to go out and take some pix for yourself.

So, without further ado….here’s my stuff in the annual:

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Next, here’s a page from HELLO! magazine. Member of Parliament
Ruby Dhalla. She’s on someone’s list of the 50 most beautiful people
in Canada.

Of course, she’s been in the news non-stop this week, but not for being
beautiful…..

Wide view of the setup:

Out take:

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A LOCAL PAGE

The Ottawa Citizen suggests you go out to see my exhibit at
La Petite Mort Gallery. I do too.

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TIERNEY GEARON

Any drool readers who live in Ontario are probably aware
that TVO is running a bunch of photography-related films
this month. In conjunction with CONTACT, the Toronto foto
fest.

A couple of days ago I watched a film about Tierney Gearon.
I’m pretty sure it was titled: The Mother Project.

I’ve been aware, and in awe, of Ms. Gearon’s photography
for a while now. But seeing the chaos and kind-of madness
she puts herself into (and thru) to produce the work was a
real eye-opener.

Her subject matter is her family, and she certainly doesn’t
use any rose-colored filters when she shoots them. It’s a
hard look. An exhibition of her work at the Saatchi Gallery,
in London, almost got her arrested.

I’m pretty sure most folks wouldn’t have the intensity,
obsessiveness and just plain craaaazy talent to do what
she does. But it’s a good thing people like her exist and
shoot. We can all look in and draw our own conclusions.

Her latest work, Explosure, is a series of multiple exposures
that totally blow my mind.

Go here and look. (Click on “Exhibitions”.)

Untitled. copyright Tierney Gearon

Untitled. copyright Tierney Gearon

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GEEKDOM

And, I guess the only way to follow Ms. Gearon’s work is to go
in the total opposite direction…….towards geekdom. After all,
the aim of drool is to be a weekly magazine-type thingy, as well
as, lets be honest, a promotional tool for yours truly. Besides,
I’m in camera-buying mode this week.

So, if you don’t want the pure art of Tierney Gearon polluted by
crass commercialism STOP READING HERE.

Still reading? Thought so……

I dropped my trusty Canon ELPH SD600. Bust!

I just can’t live without one. So I marched right down to the
camera store and picked up a new one. It’s gold colored.

While I was there I also ordered me a brand-spanking-new Nikon D3x.
24 MEGApixels of resolving power. Once I get it, you’ll be treated to
a geekfest of gloating about just how great it is. (I’ve tested the sucker
and, believe me, the files are amazing.) (But I still like film, too.)

Tools (for a tool.) What can I say?