Artist of the week - Enrique Metinides

Copyright Enrique Metinides

Stunning! The Mexican photographer, now in his 70's and retired, has been photographing grotesque circumstances since the 1940's (he was only twelve when he first photographed a corpse). Enrique tends to focus more on the mood, the distant scene and the subtle details in a not so subtle moment. He is often referred to as Mexico's Weegee, who is amazing in his own right but has nothing on Enrique's poetic insight.


Copyright Enrique Metinides

Copyright Enrique Metinides

His work is now on display at Anton Kern through January 13th. His book is available here.

Read Thursday's New York Times article here.

Happy Merry Chrismukah!!!

Yesterday morning Laura and I celebrated our third Chrismukah. Laura is Jewish, I was raised Christian, so we decided to mix the holidays. In 2004 my big gift to Laura for Chrismukah was Dixie, an inflatable reindeer (Dixie was later featured in my photo series "The Adventures of Dixie"). Dixie is now our "Santa" and usually makes an appearance for a few weeks before and after the holidays.

This year we got a tree, my first live one since I was a child living in Indiana. My mother was kind enough to send me many of our old ornaments that I made way back in Christian school and some that my grandmother crocheted. We also added a few Star's of David and Menorah Candles to keep it real.

We had a blast! I felt like a kid again. Laura's face, after she saw that "Dixie" brought out a bunch of presents after she went to bed, was priceless. Totally corny but 'tis the season.

I got me some iPod Shuffle! See more photos here, here and here.

Turners Falls, MA

Untitled (VW), Turners Falls, MA, 2006

Just before I had my second knee surgery (October) I spent 3 days in Turners Falls, MA. I've just recently submitted some of these images along with some studies I did in Broad Channel, Queens and Boonville, NY to the Santa Fe Review.

Again, I've been thinking a lot about the Boonville project and how I will end up shooting it and presenting it. I will inevitably over analyze this project until the day I set out to leave -- which will be June or July of 2007, do or die. More updates coming soon...


Untitled (CatLady), Turners Falls, MA, 2006


Untitled, Turners Falls, MA, 2006

Boonville and Kevin Sisemore

Copyright Kevin Sisemore

Last week I received an email from Kevin Sisemore about my Boonville project. Turns out Kevin used to hang out in Boonville, MO as a child. This is the second random Boonville, MO connection I have made in the last month. Also, a few months back I received an email from a German reporter living near Boonville, CA (you can write from anywhere these days).


Kevin Sisemore is a photographer living in NY. The above image is from his Zoo project. From reading his blog he seems to be quite an ambitious photographer.

- A few years ago I started a project entitled “Parks and Recreation.” The idea came to me after reading an article about New York Cities 1700 parks. Every week I set out for a new park. -

Copyright Kevin Sisemore, Randall's Island

See his great hunting series here and be sure to check out the rest of his blog: Site Under Construction.