Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Maciej Dakowicz

Recently I discovered Maciej Dakowicz and while a lot of his photography isn't groundbreaking, he does have one project which I found to be really entertaining. Mainly this,



While generally I am not a huge fan of party pictures, this project is quirky, fun, and hilarious. Dakowicz is an outsider to these images of Welsh party life in the city of Cardiff. While his motives may be brought into questions one thing is for sure, Welsh women sure look like they should lay off the fast food along with the massive amounts of beer. This work has received a decent amount of press recently. The main article in the Daily Mail can be read here.

After looking at all of Dakowicz's work, my main question was, "Is he a good photographer, or did he simply find a fascinating subject?" Plainly, I just don't know. Many of the images on his site are boring beyond their beauty. They are travel photography with nothing to think about after looking at the image. This image, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (down the street from my house) is a great example of what I am describing.



Others from the travel series contradict my previous statements.



Dakowicz's problem is his editing. Many of the images on his site need to be scaled back. He is a talented man but perhaps the reason his images of binge drinking in Cardiff hit a home run is because of his familiarity with the subject. Dakowicz lives in Cardiff and even though he says that he started photographing these drinkers because of their alien appeal, the time he put into this study clearly shows.



While other image catagories look like a week long holiday trip, binge drinking in Cardiff proves what can happen when time is put into a great project.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Back with Five Boro Sports

So I'm back to shooting for Five Boro Sports. Yesterday I shot a baseball game for them. I enjoyed spending time talking with the reporter Marc. It has been awhile since I've done journalistic work. I miss it but there is no way it could ever really pay the bills.



Anyway, check out these photos of yesterday's game. It was a good one. George Washington defeated Wagner. The score was 4-1. Click to read the article or see the photo gallery that Five Boro Sports produced.

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Aperture Gallary: The Edge of Vision




Tonight I attended this new show at Aperture Gallery. There was some SVA professors present and I even saw SVA grad Seth Lambert with work in show.

Overall I had a great time and the show is totally worth checking out. I won't say much about the review of it. One can simply check the release in the above aperture link. I just want to say that it was a good time and I hope to see more of fellow SVA alumni in future shows.
Check the show out! It runs until Thursday, July 9th.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Bruar Falls, Brooklyn NY




Over the weekend I had the opportunity to shoot a new club that opened up on Grand Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The name of the venue is Bruar Falls, and personally I think it's a great place to hang out, drink a beer and listen to some music.

The bar has a great atmosphere. Laid back but fun, hip but not pretentious, great music but not at a ridiculous loud volume. For someone like me, in their late twenties, I thought the crowd was great. No young, fresh from the Heartlands New Yorkers here. Everyone seemed to be 25+.

I shot the club for NYC&Co. I assume they will write about it on their website, nycgo.com. Bruar Falls will probably be placed on the nightlife section of the website. NYC&Co is the company in charge of tourism for the City of New York.

Click on the Photo above to check out shots of the club.