Bring on the Night
I’m pleased to announce that the above photo that I shot (at Club Deluxe last December) has been selected as a top ten finalist in 7x7 Magazine’s Bring on the Night Photography contest!
Prints of the top 25 photos are being auctioned off to benefit SF Camerawork, a “non-profit organization encouraging emerging and mid-career artists to explore new directions in photography and related media by fostering creative forms of expression that push existing boundaries”.
Congrats also go to Derek, who I noticed was also on the list of top ten photos for this contest as well!
I’m excited that my photography is slowly making its way into the public eye. I’m even more proud that I’ve been forgiving enough to myself and to my artwork that I feel comfortable in submitting my photography to these kinds of things. Self-criticism is a hard to thing to overcome.
How to Feel Miserable as an Artist
I forgot how I found this, but it’s been posted in my line of sight on my cubicle wall:
How to Feel Miserable as an Artist
- Constantly compare yourself to other artists.
- Talk to your family about what you do and expect them to cheer you on.
- Base the success of your entire career on one project
- Stick with what you know.
- Undervalue your expertise.
- Let money dictate what you do.
- Bow to societal pressures.
- Only do work that your family would love.
- Do whatever the client/customer/gallery owner/patron/investor asks.
- Set unachievable/overwhelming goals. To be accomplished by tomorrow.
I do a lot of these things frequently, but remember this list to snap me back into proper form within reasonable time. It’s all quite good advice.
Wikipedia Meme
I debated succumbing to another meme, but this one is informative! (found via Cygnoir)
- Go to Wikipedia.
- In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
- List three events that happened on your birthday.
- List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
- Post it.
My birthday is 27 September.
Three events:
- 1821 - Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
- 1822 - Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone.
- 1998 - Google is first established
Two important births:
- 1840 - Thomas Nast, German-born political cartoonist (d. 1902)
- 1934 - Wilford Brimley, American actor (heh)
One interesting death:
- 1917 - Edgar Degas, French painter (b. 1834)
I ain’t taggin' anyone, so tag yourself. :P