Errol Morris / Believing is Seeing

So I managed to finishing reading this. Which isn't to say that it was a task of any kind to get through. I'm a big fan of Morris'. The book is divided into a few chapters that are all separate mysteries that involve photographs at the centre of their respective puzzles. The great thing about Morris and his perspective, is he takes nothing for granted. He questions everything. And when it comes to photography and what we see, we usually assume alot. The book takes Morris from investigating the order of photographs from the Crimean war to investigating the authenticity of a smile in Abu Ghraib. The thing that keeps me coming back to Morris, as a favourite author/filmmaker of mine is that he is one of those individuals that challenges you to observe things in a different way. I always come away from any of his work with new ideas and new questions. Highly recommend checking this out.

 

Heather Morton / Fundraiser

Heather Morton is a Toronto based freelance art buyer and has run a blog regarding photography and its commerce for years. She's been an asset to the Toronto photography community and beyond. Unfortunately, she has had to undergo treatment for Fibromatosis, a non-malignant sarcoma that grows aggressively and is hard to resolve. The standard course of treatment is 2 years of Chemotherapy. Heather has been a big help to myself and other young and young (ish) photographers with her industry wisdom. Even if you can't make it to the fundraiser and bid on a print, I highly reccomend you check out her blog.

New Year / New Maylee Todd

Happy new year and 2012.

Haven't posted in a while and wanted to get something up. Been developing some long term projects that probably wont see the light of day for some time. In the meantime Maylee Todd released and new single and asked me to collaborate on the cover. Think it turned out pretty good. 

You can order the 7 inch and listen to the track here.

Book Launch / Book Launch

Some of my work has been included in 2 photography books and their respective launches are back to back. 
So, on Thurs Nov 9. I'm going to be at the Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward exhibition and launch. In Toronto? Come. It's free.

The next day I'll be in New York for the American Photography launch. It's free for me, except for the whole flying and staying in a hotel thing. So if you're in New York it's 50 bucks, which is basaically free if you're in New York.

Will be nice to interact and see people and photography in real life.

Behind the Scenes/ Chloe & Parris/ FASHION