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Photography by Vladimir Tikay
Thursday, 09 May 2013 /// Written by Trippe

I'm originally from nicaragua. I grew up and operated in San Jose, CA. Last August I moved up 2 sf to study photography and film at SFAI. One day it'll all make sense (2008-2012) - expired color film - thespacetraveler.com

"The Jangs" at Stephen Wirtz Thursday
Monday, 29 April 2013 /// Written by Trippe

San Francisco based photographer, Michael Jang, who's been shooting for decades and who has captured some great shots over the years (Reagan and Frank Sinatra is a good one) turned his camera on his family while growing up in the suburbs in the 70s. An intimate portrait of a Chinese-American family inside their Pacifica home living their lives. Sounds benign, which it is, but what also makes the images fascinating.

The Jangs - Opening reception, Thursday, May 2, (5:30-7:30pm) Stephen Wirtz

"The Jangs" photography by Michael Jang opening Thursday

"Ayre (of Distances)" by Nathan Cyprys +Toronto
Wednesday, 24 April 2013 /// Written by Trippe

Toronto based photographer Nathan Cyprys emailed to let us know about his newest series "Neighbour State", and we were about to post it when we spotted this series on his site entitled "Ayre (of Distances)" and had to post this one instead. After you view this one, view "Neighbour State" on his site. Both are visually enjoyable.

Darth Across America
Wednesday, 10 April 2013 /// Written by Trippe

I live in SF. I drove across the US last summer in a 30 ft. RV from SF to Brooklyn and did portrait series called Darth Across America, every day people in every day situations, wearing a Darth Vader mask. I raised $2600 through Kickstarter along the way, that paid for gas and beer. I was travelling with 2 other photographers who also did a series of portraits. Mine drew the most attention. It was an experiment in a way, to see if I could use a pop culture icon to unite people that had nothing in common. I was right. I created a community of people across the United States that continue to follow my project, which is soon to be a book. -Julie Schuchard

Hamburger Eyes releases MANKIND ISSUE No. 2
Saturday, 06 April 2013 /// Written by Trippe

San Francisco based photo magazine Hamburger Eyes releases MANKIND ISSUE No. 2 ($17), the second issue of our documentary series containing photographs of, about, and by earth humans from all over the planet featuring PHOTOGRAPHY BY: PIOTR PIETRUS, PAULO ARELLANO, AARON WYNIA, KINGSLEY IFILL, PETER McCOLLOUGH, JONNEK JONNEKSSON, GRANT HATFIELD, ELMO TIDE, ZEBULON ZANG, JOHN OLIVER HODGES, DAVID POTES, RAY POTES, RICKY ADAM, BRANDON GETTY, DAN THOMPSON, NINA MOURITZEN, NATE IGOR SMITH, GUY VINCIGUERRA, AND DAVID DUNNICO.

Hamburger Eyes releases MANKIND ISSUE No. 2

Michael Garlington @111 Minna
Thursday, 04 April 2013 /// Written by Van Edwards

CONSTRUCTED REALITIES by photographer Michael Garlington opens Friday, April 5th @111 Minna ~Work examples & show details

Michael Garlington is an internationally renowned photographer, artist and sculptor who resides and works in his hometown of Petaluma, California. For inspiration and his love of discovery, exploration and the simple treasures of the unknown, Garlington has spent many of his creative years on the road.

Photographer Michael Garlington @111 Minna

Daniel Cronin Book Signing Friday
Thursday, 28 March 2013 /// Written by Trippe

Photographer Daniel Cronin is set to release his new book, The Gathering of The Juggalos, with a book signing and artist talk this Friday, the 29th here in San Francisco at Carte Blanche, 973 Valencia Street - (6-9pm) Artist Talk 6:30, Book Signing 7:30 ~details

Daniel Cronin's book "The Gathering of The Juggalos" due out through Prestel/ Random House

Daniel Cronin's The Gathering of The Juggalos
Friday, 22 February 2013 /// Written by Trippe

Back in 2010, Portland based photographer Daniel Cronin emailed us some photos from a recent trip he took to The Gathering of The Juggalos, and we, with pleasure, featured the wonderful images.

Well, some publishers saw it, liked it, and now Daniel's new book The Gathering of the Juggalos, published through Prestel/ Random House, is set to release April.

Daniel Cronin swung in FFDG today and showed us the book. Wonderfully printed, The Gathering of the Juggalos will retail for around $40. View our 2010 feature here.

Daniel Cronin stopped by FFDG to show off his new book due out April

I Encourage Everyone to Barge.
Thursday, 21 February 2013 /// Written by Tanner B

What do I mean by "barge"? I mean "to do something without entirely thinking about or caring about the consequences, asking for permission, or being prepared." Which is exactly what Conner Morton and I did in Southeast Asia.

Over three months on the road (about six months for Conner) with nothing but a road in front of me, a motorbike under me, a backpack behind me, and a set of rules to live and die by. These are what made the "Harsh Barge" the grim and dirty adventure that it was. Rule #1: Never pay to sleep. That meant no hotels, hostels, motels, guesthouses, bungalows, etc. Rule #2: Only travel by motorbike (aside from necessary flights).

Those were the rules that defined the trip. The other rules—never wash white t-shirts or jeans, no shaving, no meat, no wasting beer, etc.—only made it more interesting. Sure, we got plenty of strange looks and into lots of odd situations, like when I woke up on the ground outside a hospital in Siliguri surrounded by a police officer and fifteen confused Indians; but it made the experience more real, more raw. Call us disgusting, call us over-privileged Americans, call us anything. (Just don't call us hippies.)

Illegal camping and getting drunk on beaches with prawn farmers in Vietnam, avoiding landmines and border patrol hassles in Cambodia, sexual assaults by a monk at a Buddhist temple in Thailand, sleeping in an abandoned building and waking up to AK-47's in our face in Nepal, and Conner getting hit by a car and run over by a truck in India is just a small taste of the fun that we endured on the Harsh Barge.

I'm not saying do exactly what we did—I wouldn't encourage anyone to do that. It's not for everyone, but it was for us. I'm just saying that you should go do what you want before it's too late. Before you have that career/marriage/child. Take some time off school. Quit your day job. Buy that plane ticket. Barge.

Words & Photos: Tanner

Haley Morris-Cafiero's "Wait Watchers" Series
Wednesday, 20 February 2013 /// Written by Trippe

While creating an image for my Something to Weigh series, I decided to photograph myself sitting alone on the Times Square stairs to capture my solitude in a busy crowd.

After developing the film, I noticed that a man was standing behind me being photographed by an attractive blonde woman. Rather than pose for her camera, he was sneering at me behind my back. Five minutes later and at another location, another man turns his back to gawk at me while I am photographing myself sitting at a cafe table.

I have always been aware of people making faces, commenting and laughing at me about my size. I now reverse the gaze and record their reactions to me while I perform mundane tasks in public spaces. I seek out spaces that are visually interesting and geographically diverse. I try to place myself in compositions that contain feminine icons or advertisements.

Otherwise, I position myself and the camera in a pool of people... and wait. -Haley Morris-Cafiero

For more of Haley Morris-Cafiero's photography, please visit: http://haleymorriscafiero.com

Bubi Canal Wed in NYC
Tuesday, 12 February 2013 /// Written by Trippe

We were introduced to the photography of Spanish born NYC based Bubi Canal when he emailed us his great video Trust in Me a couple years ago. His solo show Special Moment opens Wednesday, Feb 13th, in NYC at Munch Gallery.

WHEN DID THE LIGHT DIE
Monday, 28 January 2013 /// Written by Bryan Derballa

It was long overdue, but I finally made the trip to Ireland to visit Erin. We've known each other since middle school. Over 17 years. I feel like I've lived so many lives since then -- new cities, new scenes, new sets of friends. There's something very comforting about being around your oldest friends, even in a foreign country.

After finding a team of horses on a hill, we grabbed Aoife, a folk musician and Erin's roommate. We drove a rented Ford Fiesta through the night and across the country, singing The Cranberries and Sinead O'Connor (Ireland's finest), finally arriving at Martin's house in County Clare. Martin is Aoife's dad and traditional Irish flutemaker. I fell asleep that night to their fiddling and fluting in the kitchen. The next day we hopped the fence so the back entrance of the Cliffs of Moher. The sea hid behind the fog. The grass was lush and green and exactly what I pictured of Ireland in my cliched imagination. The day was another one of those dreamlike experiences that I hope for on every trip.

Words & photos: Bryan Derballa

Teenage Teeth by Ben Pier
Friday, 18 January 2013 /// Written by Trippe

NYC based photographer Ben Pier mailed his book Teenage Teeth ($24) to us awhile back featuring 68 pages of beautiful images which, according to Pier, are a documentation of American youth as seen through his lens.

Born in 1980 and raised in Missouri until the age of 19 when he went on to study documentary photography at Columbia College Chicago. After finishing school he left the heartland for New York City where he now lives and works.

Bryan Derballa's Best of 2012
Wednesday, 09 January 2013 /// Written by Trippe

NYC based photographer and Fecal Face contributor, Bryan Derballa, releases his best of 2012 photo slide show.

Soda streaming, Rhianna ripping off Sandy, live Björk, doggy district, date with Dana and done, Neutral Milk Hotel is still alive, mild winter, Fashion Week for T, feeling too old at Die Antwoord, Incendies, Vice cover, first SXSW, Bonfire Session, Whole Foods raw bar, FADER Fortitude, half-million clicks and Mark II dies, ATX -> SF, Creators at Fort Mason, reconnecting with Micah, Guernville, Ying and Thalia, Goonies beach, 5D Mark III, X100, Olivia's first birthday, The Idler Wheel, K-Swiss in Hollywood Hills, Palm Springs compound, fuck it dude life's a risk, staying at Coachella for one song, Flore, green juice, red juice, home juice, Vic in Syria, Jacob on speed dial, Jill Lepore's New Yorker articles, portfolio book for no one to see, Jansport support, Benny Gold collaboration, Indian Summer the lookbook, Moonrise Kindgom, LOOK3 No. 4, Econolodge crew, Champs, Toronto under the weather, summer camped, Annelise's tent, Koston's party on the roof, cousins in Philly, Mojo bails, Pop Etc, two-mile runs, House of Vans regular, A+J split, Ariel's Wired, Christian Marclay's Clock, Elias and Nikki are fairweather neighbors, night beaching at Tilden, Allen Ying always willing to drive, successfully avoid my 30th, Bnels to the rescue, Holiday Road, Hell Hole holy grail, one more wisdom tooth gone, two to go, Dark Knight Rises along at 10am, celebrity portraits, Mom visits, brings roman candles, Paulie Gee's, Ghost the Musical, Live Through This, vogue knight, Latex Ball, crying a little at Beasts of the Southern Wild, LES park, Retina come-up, Biba's Bachelor adventure, Twisted Falls, Cameron makes the move, Risk podcasting, The Master in 70mm, smoothie perfection, Tool, Skenoto, backflips on the ropeswing, Jacob + Zoe, "In The Air Tonight", photo booth in the woods, S/S 2013, David Blaine at Autumn Bowl, Electrified, working alongside Belleme, fuck ATT, iPhone 5 with no line, Josh + Amy, capture the flag, no-mile runs, haunted house, Fiona live, the endless cough, Callbox Halloween, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Cloud Atlas is everything and more, Superstorm Sandy, exploring, underestimating, understanding, sympathizing, WSJ front page, Teenage Angst, crowdsurfing, conversing with The RZA, Miss Mary Eveyln, Obama the sequel, Juxtapozing, FTW fashion, Palladium lookbook, Domino Sugar factory, stepbrothers with Cameron, Humboldt Hollow dissolves, Jacoby bails, Flatbush Zombies in Flatbush, Thanksgiving for 50, singing ballads, J. Crew, homies with Jenna, London, finally meeting Erin in Ireland, Cliffs of Moher, traditional Irish music, Jansport x Benny Gold round 2, California Coast, Smashing Pumpkins at Barclays, gun control, Perks of Being a Wallflower was better than expected, Coney Island on Christmas Eve, polar plunge, memorable holidays, hard driving me crazy, New Years at the lake in the snow, New Years at the motel.

CONEY ISLAND CHRISTMAS EVE
Friday, 04 January 2013 /// Written by Bryan Derballa

Christmas Eve. Coney Island. 34 degrees. Perfect. -Bryan Derballa

Instagram to Sell Your Photos? (updated)
Tuesday, 18 December 2012 /// Written by Trippe

Update via Wired at 4pm Instagram won't be selling your food photos to Denny's after all. The popular photo-sharing site made an abrupt about-face on Tuesday and said it will remove a portion of its updated terms of service that would have allowed Instagram to use your photographs, likeness, photo metadata (location information) and screen name to generate revenue from third-party businesses and "other entities" without your permission, or even telling you about it. ~read on

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You probably already know the news, but if not, read up:

Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos <-- Instagram said today that it has the perpetual right to sell users' photographs without payment or notification, a dramatic policy shift that quickly sparked a public outcry.

That means that a hotel in Hawaii, for instance, could write a check to Facebook to license photos taken at its resort and use them on its Web site, in TV ads, in glossy brochures, and so on -- without paying any money to the Instagram user who took the photo. The language would include not only photos of picturesque sunsets on Waikiki, but also images of young children frolicking on the beach, a result that parents might not expect, and which could trigger state privacy laws.

Reginald Braithwaite, an author and software developer, posted a tongue-in-cheek "translation" of the new Instagram policy today: "You are not our customers, you are the cattle we drive to market and auction off to the highest bidder. Enjoy your feed and keep producing the milk."

~READ ON

WHEN YOU STEAL FROM FAMILY
Wednesday, 05 December 2012 /// Written by Tod Seelie

Back in August I attended The Gathering of the Juggalos in southern Illinois. During The Gathering I heard mention of an "incident," which resulted in the total destruction of a person's car. I went to check it out, and found a small group taking turns bashing the wreck with sticks and rocks or stripping parts off. While I was watching I asked around and about the story.

Apparently the car belonged to a guy who had been stealing from people camping in the surrounding area. He got busted, with a car full of people's laptops, cell phones, wallets, etc. He literally got beaten all the way to the exit, where security rescued him and sent him away in an ambulance (one version of the story had him getting life-flighted). People then turned their rage on his car and personal belongings, repeatedly shouting "This is what happens when you steal from Family!" The final twist in the story? The car itself was stolen... from the guy's now ex-girlfriend.

To finish off the saga, and prevent people from continuing to repeatedly try and burn the car (there was a burn ban in place), they dragged the heap past the front of the main stage before ICP's set, as a reminder of what happens when you steal from Family. -Tod Seelie

Get Well Soon
Friday, 30 November 2012 /// Written by Trippe

Mike Shine wrote us and included this brilliant photo.

He wrote, Maybe the funniest, weirdest, darkest thing I've seen in a long time. This guy was on the shoulder of the road on the way to our location near Santa Clarita outside LA. A road kill racoon balloon. Amazing.

At least he is wished well.

FILLING THE VOID
Thursday, 29 November 2012 /// Written by Trippe

Some of Tod Seelie's post Sandy coverage from a couple weeks ago. Did you happen to view his first post or Bryan Derballa's photo blog?

So sad also about the galleries in Chelsea that had extensive water damage. We asked a friend recently about the situation and commented how lucky that the galleries are insured and will cover their losses when he responded, "they don't have flood insurance. Insurance won't cover a thing." Ugh... Well, we hope they all get back on their feet quickly. Here's a somewhat recent news video story here.