(This is Brandise Danesewich @antimodel for Burn Diary this week traveling to Oaxaca, Mexico. Day 11/711:11 CST 11/5Coyoacán. Just out wandering aimlessly in the streets. My inner city intuition compass is pretty in tune now despite having not really slept much in the past week. But the lack of sleep and addition of techno cafe …
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Helmet
Day 8 – visual diary by Theo Stanley / nyc @theo_stanley Good night from nyc, this is my final post as part of this project. I appreciate the forum and a focus on photography with an audience that is serious about photography. My career is in moving image, and although photography is at the basis …
Self portrait
Day 8 – visual diary by Theo Stanley / nyc @theo_stanley This image is another self portrait for my continued series #theostanleyself I will often note a location or opportunity for an image, but if the conditions aren’t right, will return to the location when I am back in that area to try and get …
Pattern
Day 8 – visual diary by Theo Stanley / nyc @theo_stanley Good morning from my final day posting for this diary. To start the day I found this tangle satisfying.
Objects
Day 7 – visual diary by Theo Stanley / nyc @theo_stanley An arrangement of some various objects of interest. I love sculptural objects, and seem to accumulate stuff more than I should. Each item has a way of justifying itself as it holds an idea or memory, or becomes a prop or element in a …
Cigarettes
Day 7 – visual diary by Theo Stanley / nyc @theo_stanley#nycnarrative It’s hard for me to really settle within this image, the blocks of color acting as pixels and pulling together to resolve into another image trying to chaotically push through.
Bird
Day 7 – visual diary by Theo Stanley / nyc @theo_stanley The contrast of the country and the city is always defining, and helps to reset your eyes and keep fresh perspective. I think it’s good to upend pattern behavior, or at least to be aware of it. I will often change the route that …
Fire
Day 6 – visual diary by Theo Stanley / nyc @theo_stanley.comGood night from a final evening in the Catskills mountains, north of NYC. Tonight was spent with family, enjoying a meal and viewing the Perseid meteor shower which peaked this weekend. Back to the city tomorrow. The remains of this photograph act more like a …
Water drops
Day 6 – visual diary by Theo Stanley / nyc @theo_stanley The mornings dew serve as tiny lenses to intricate leaf patterns. I enjoy paying attention to images at a macro scale as well, (although no macro lens was used) studying the phenomenon of light and design, purely for the joy of seeing in this …
Cheap glass
Day 6 – visual diary by Theo Stanley / nyc @theo_stanley Photography is rooted in craftsmanship, however that isn’t always the road to being effective. Perfect modern lenses, while being a pinnacle of engineering often lack the character, soul and emotion of vintage lenses, which may have more imperfections or less precise coatings for contrast …