tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49985549255796924862024-03-08T12:33:14.777-05:00Jason Parker is a photographer and digital media expert based in Atlanta, Georgia. This is my photography and art-related journal.jasonauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079831892936086217noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998554925579692486.post-62655961494053392012009-05-15T07:32:00.003-05:002009-05-15T07:34:06.649-05:00

Steve Aishman and I have a piece in the Atlanta Journal Constitution today about the Mattress Factory Open Studios and it references a recent video for Art Relish.

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The other day I interviewed artists David Huff, Esteban Patiño, and Allison Shockley for a preview of the Mattress Factory's Spring Open Studio. Steve Aishman and I now have an arrangement with the Atlanta Journal Constitution to do some freelance reporting on the art scene here in Atlanta. Very exciting! This is the first time I've been on camera since before AJ arrived. I look forward to

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Wow. So last year Art Relish collaborated with Atlanta Celebrates Photography on some artist interviews. Since then, they've been linking to many of my photographer interviews. Today I posted my chat last week with Richard Renaldi at Jackson Fine Art. ACP linked to it, and by way of ACP Jorg Colberg's Conscientious linked to it too! This is a big deal to me. I have been working very hard on AR

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I interviewed Joel-Peter Witkin for Art Relish at UGA last week. He was giving a lecture as part of the Lamar Dodd School of Art's (where I did my undergrad) Visiting Artist and Scholar Lectures. It's an understatement to say Witkin is an interesting guy. He was in a hurry to prepare for his lecture, but did give me a couple of minutes of his time. I scrambled to pick three of the page full of

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My first all rights reserved non-attributed photo use from Flickr! I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later. At least it is for a good cause. Do I sound like I'm griping? Damn. I don't expect to make any money off these things, and am not even particularly concerned about the non-attribution. I would have appreciated if someone, whoever used my picture, could have found it in themselves to

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A photo I took for Art Relish at Le Flash is in the Jan. 14-20, 2009 Creative Loafing. Artist in the box is Eric Mercer.

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Local art criticism blog Burn Away asked me to pick my favorite show of 2008 for their "Our Favorite Things" installment. I chose Jason Kofke's "Everything Will Be OK." I interviewed Kofke for Art Relish at his opening. And I was flattered to be asked for my opinion!

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I'm a big fan of Phillip Toledano, and Jörg Colberg of the great Conscientious has an interview with him.

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I had four pieces in this group show at Studioplex in Atlanta, Dec. 2008, including the first exhibition of my cinder block lamp.

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This one looks a little like Angelina Jolie...A before and after is here.

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Last week I participated in the ACP Portfolio Review. It was a rewarding experience, if not monetarily or getting-a-show-wise, I learned a lot (more on that when I get to writing it down). One of my reviewers was Jorg Colberg, who writes the Conscientious blog. He gave good advice, I enjoyed my time with him, though I'm not positive he was real keen on what I showed him. As part of my packet, I

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ACP 10 Opening Reception @ the ContemporaryOriginally uploaded by (ACP 10) Atlanta Celebrates PhotographyI'm interviewing Amy Miller, Executive Director of Atlanta Celebrates Photography, for Art Relish. Sometimes I look smart! It was a good interview.

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I've wrapped up my internship at Jackson Fine Art. It was a positive experience, though mostly doing data entry, creating/managing/cleaning up their address book, press and contact lists is pretty tedious. I prefer the mystery of how art gets sold to the nuts and bolts of actually selling it (please disregard if I'm applying for a job at your gallery!). There's so much money involved. It can come

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Neato! I hadn't looked at the Blogger settings menu in a long while, and had never set up the email to blog ability. So now that all I have to do is send a message to get immediately published, maybe I'll keep this thing more up to date.

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Today I am updating addresses, deleting bad ones, sorting returned mail, and making phone calls soliciting the email addresses of curators. I'm also told that Elton John might come in.

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I'm still working on the address books. Data entry isn't all that exciting. The gallery owner did say that she didn't want me just sitting by myself in the office typing in addresses, that she wanted this experience to be rewarding, so that's good news. Last Saturday the gallery server was down so I helped with the artist talk. I fetched some lemonade and ice from the store, and poured it back at

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Last Saturday I continued on my data entry project at Jackson. When I got there, they had all of Angela West's and Vee Speers' work out. A young couple was there looking to buy. I like the Speers pictures... well, I like em both but I'm familiar with West's work. Speers' "The Birthday Party" is a series of spare portraits of children in ambiguous costumes, and I have a thing for costumes. After

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I interviewed Carl Martin at the opening of his show "1986-2007" for Art Relish. He taught me a class back at UGA and I got a lot out of his instruction. I'm a fan of his portraiture. Carl Martin: 1986-2007 from Art Relish on Vimeo.

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I started my internship at Jackson Fine Art yesterday. Data entry, it's what an intern does! I'm gathering contact information for museums around the country and will eventually enter it into a 10-year-old "Gallery Manager" program built in Filemaker. Just like the "Siteweaver" days back at the Savannah Morning News. Good times. While that wasn't very exciting, everyone is really nice and

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Hooray! The Atlanta Celebrates Photography jury has accepted me for the portfolio review! Now I know what I'll be doing all summer (printing). Yay!

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I can't help myself. I see these poor women in their unflattering mug shots, with bad lighting, meth face, whatever and I wonder... *Note: I know nothing about why these people were arrested. There could be tragic or just sad circumstances and I am not making any judgment of them or their troubles.

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I entered the ACP Portfolio Review just now. This year participation is juried based on images and an artist's statement. I think what I sent em is good (Mask Man) and the statement works. I like the jurying setup, since it attempts to enforce a kind of quality standard. The drawback is that I'll be biting my nails until I know. Send your positive vibes my way! I'll know by June 14. In other

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I made a video preview of the Photo Awesome show over at the Blue Tower Gallery through May 24.

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To amuse myself, I've lately been retouching mug shots found on the Web. They usually are the least flattering photo someone could take. I'm trying to glam em up a bit. I'm not giving names or details, but The Smoking Gun does a great mug shot roundup every week.Here are a couple:

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Finally, a use for little kids. Also, this is brilliant.Professional Photos Based on Children's Drawings

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