In Memoriam

I Like The Germans

I found out that my photography is on a German design site right now. I had no idea what they said about it, but luckily my good friend Scuba Steve's girlfriend is German so i had her translate. Thanks Anneke! They probably made the most insightful compliment i've heard about my photography:

Dawson also has another side - mystic pictures that look like still lifes that raise more questions than answers.

I'm moving to Germany. They get it.

Here's the site: http://createordie.de/

Name This Horse

In Print: Motorcycle Roadtrip For Outside's Go Magazine

A little on-road/off-road exploration of the Owens Valley in California. You can read the article online here, or check it out next time you're at Borders and Noble.

Fashion Show

My friend Christina ("Tina") is an amazing fashion designer and rare gem of a friend here in Hollywood. She recently had a piece in a benefit fashion show* where the theme was "Beautiful Fighter." So we decided what the hell, lets get a model and make a picture. We made a huge print of it and hung it in the gallery spot with her design. So there you go.

*aka "we need an excuse to be totally vain but not feel too guilty about it."

CAUTION: The following is a total tangent that fashion benefit shows got me thinking about. It is completely random and i had no idea this subject was going to get me going:

I'm not really sure how to explain this phenomenon that i'm noticing, but maybe some other people are noticing it too? It's a trend among twenty-somthings to make sure that every sort of social, and especially art-oriented event, has to be for something (other than just enjoying art). Does anyone else know where i'm coming from on this one? There's something that bothers me about this. I need help explaining this one because I don't want to come off as being too cynical.

I guess its similar to what i'm noticing about restaurants here in LA. I can go to Tere's mexican joint and get a really good chicken burrito for seven bucks, and they give it to me with a huge smile and know i'll be back again and they know my name. Then i can go to a really trendy restaurant (they always have one-word verb names like "crave" or "grub"), and get horribly rude service from condescending people, not to mention an over-priced bad meal, but dang it I should praise them for it because the cow that my steak came from was fed organically grown grain, and its poop was used to fertilize crops that are given to kids in Africa and it was given cow back massages.

Does anyone get what i mean? Can someone throw me a bone and put it into better words?

t-shirts i wish i thought of

And Yes, I did like The Notebook:

Animal Vs. Buddy Rich

In Print: Charlotte's Album Cover

This is the cover of Charlotte Martin's new album Reproductions. Music video coming soon!

Future of Forestry Music Video

Here you go. sorry for the somewhat poor youtube quality.