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Thursday Pix: Austin Shear

by Chexy on May 17, 2012

Austin Shear is the Walker Evans of our time.

Check out his tumblr here.

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Bewitching Photos!

by Chexy on April 27, 2012

No, darlings, Sharon Needles hasn’t become a redhead… that’s Agnes Moorehead as the adorable Endora on “Bewitched.” Sponsored by Kodak!

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Thursday Pix: Miss O

by Chexy on April 26, 2012

These lovely images of Chinatown in Los Angeles are from extreme crochet artist and Hello Kitty fanatic, Janice Ogata.

Some of the bulbs are out.

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Thursday Pix: Outer Space

by Chexy on April 19, 2012

My cousin sent me this cool video made from sequenced images from NASA’s Cassini and Voyager missions.

Remember, you’re a speck in the universe. Especially you.

Outer Space from Sander van den Berg on Vimeo.

ty Steve d.

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Thursday Pix: Morgan James

by Chexy on February 9, 2012

My friend Morgan is currently lost in Las Vegas, where he shot this wonderful pic of a neon cowboy in a checkerboard shirt. He calls this “Old Las Vegas.”

Here’s another Las Vegas sight…

Thanks, Porgy!

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Thursday Pix: Austin Shear

by Chexy on February 2, 2012

A desolate Burbank, Calif. parking lot, as seen through the determined lens of Austin Shear.

Absolutely haunting.

Here’s another in his series of Burbank places…

(Double click the images for full effect.)

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Thursday Pix: JSM in Montecito Heights

by Chexy on January 26, 2012

JSM of NoHo sent these really great pix… telling me about taking pictures of downtown L.A. from Montecito Heights, when he encountered two taggers, who were surprisingly friendly.

Jeremy had them do their tags in mid-air using their cell phones, while he used a long exposure to capture it.

In the not-too-distant future, the sky will also be tagged.

For more JSM pix, go here.

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Reconstructed Memories: Liz Steketee

by Chexy on January 24, 2012

Your Chexy attended the L.A. Photo Show held earlier this month, where this photo absolutely floored me — from the wonderful mind of photographer Liz Steketee (pronounced “Steketee”).

Liz uses images from her own family’s history, digitally manipulated with other images, to rewrite her own history as it suits her. The idea fascinates me. The above photo is one of her relatives (an aunt, if I recall correctly), with her son’s face superimposed on the image. It is so stunning and arresting, I had to stop to talk with her. Here is the description of her “Reconstructed Memories” series in her words, from her website:

“Reconstructed Memories is a unique print series that uses my personal family photographs to rewrite history from my vantage point. By choosing unrelated images and digitally manipulating them into unlikely combinations, I build new memories. I forge new relationships, address old confrontations, imagine difference experiences, and face old demons. I disrupt linear narratives and recompose events, establishing my family history as a construct. Once these new snapshots have been finalized digitally, they are printed, aged and weathered according to their appropriate time period. This rebuilding of memory has allowed me to establish my own version of reality, as I prefer it. Reconstructed Memories takes the form of a unique print series as well as a series of reconstructed “false” family photo albums that adhere to my revisionist history.”

The above image is another breathtaking shot from the Reconstructed Memories series. The idea of manipulating one’s own visual history is so compelling! What would you do with yours?!

See the rest of this captivating series by Liz Steketee here. Be sure to check out her “American Snapshots” as well.

By kind permission of Liz Steketee

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Chex Pix

by Chexy on January 20, 2012

Gabriel R. sent this cool pic of the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto. These are Canadian checkerboards.

Jon T. sent this pic of a Louis Vuitton trunk. I’m packing! (I hate to brag.)

Becky D. sent this wonderful snack bar she spotted in the Bahamas. I’d get a checkup after I ate there!

Thanks, all! Send me your chex pix on Facebook.

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What If?

by Chexy on January 20, 2012

What if Greta Garbo had played the Bride of Frankenstein, instead of Elsa Lanchester?

via whywonder

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