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STACY RECOMMENDS: LARRY SCHORR 70’s CONCERT PHOTOS

stacy — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:12:04 +0000

Larry Schorr is sincere, down-to-earth and a kick-ass photographer! I had the privilege of hosting Larry at CAD for his show: The Wild, The Beautiful, The Damned.

"My first rock concert was April 27, 1969 at the Baltimore Civic Center with Frank Zappa and the Mothers, Country Joe and the Fish, Ten Years After, and the Buddy Miles Express. I tried taking some photos, but was much too far away and they came out badly. However, it made me realize what a thrilling, peak experience a live show provided to me, and I continued going to more and more gigs.

I kept going to shows and bringing my camera, and eventually came to the realization that if I got close enough to the stage, I could come up with some splendid images if I shot enough film. Through trial and error and intuition, I learned what to avoid and what to look for and how to work composition into what was going on on stage. I also learned how to hold a Nikon F with a 200mm lens as steady as possible while being in the midst of a heaving mass of humanity."

-Larry Schorr

Check out his photos at http://www.mypixrock.com. His pix do rock!

SETH RECOMMENDS: DESIGN BONER

seth gershberg — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:36:15 +0000

www.designboner.com

Design Boner is a humble design blog. Co-creators Porcelain and Cardboard (IRL: Katie Brown and Jessica Bartlett, respectively) enjoy the anonymous editorial freedom to lean poetic against fabric samples or type a little smack about dining tables. This selectively chatty duo fancies themselves artists, writers, style scouts (and/or rebels), and now – maybe most consistently – a couple of damn fine photographers.

6 & 7 by Design Boner | July 18 6-10pm

seth gershberg — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:25:17 +0000

www.designboner.com

6 & 7, a project in progress since February 2007, was initiated as a challenge to find visual interest in the everyday. The “rules” are simple: both Porcelain and Cardboard must take one photo every Saturday (6) and Sunday (7). This exhibition showcases the best of each blogger’s individual images, as well as a sampling of successful four-panel mosaics, each of which have been published on designboner.com, post-weekend.

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Join us as we shutthehellupwithourwords for one night and allow our imagery to speak for itself.

Capturing Motion | July 10th, 6-10PM

seth gershberg — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:00:17 +0000

New CAD resident artist and co-founder of mfchicago, a music, video and street art collective, will exhibit a collection of his video work and still photographic captures derived from his VJ experience from 2004-2009. The show titled "Capturing Motion" will be held from 6-10 PM on Friday, July 10th at the Chicago Art Department.

A VJ is a performance artist that manipulates video as an art form. Typically, VJ's mix video live and in conjunction with electronic music at clubs, festivals and "illegal" underground parties called "raves". Seth's VJ work combines video found in the public domain, samples of uncommon film footage and video he shoots of objects and subjects of interest.

Musical Performance by Trenchdigger and 0+1=Everything and Afters Cool Society