Not Crooked, Creative

Links

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If you are still looking, find me here instead.

www.DoubleCuddle.com

www.SundayandWednesday.com

Welcome to Pismo Beach, California

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Where the "Bakos" are taking over or so my cousins say

in N Out LAX

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Cats prohibiting productivity

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Sars vs swine flu

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Chicago Airport

Artschool

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Flannel or Plaid

Moma

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MOCA

Vencie sk8

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New skate park

LOUSY says

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Jennifer Anderson

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Sleeping RAT

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Ashley

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BART in transit. We entertain ourselves

sub par

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film i have shot in the past 4 days. step up my game

Lost...

2009-11-24T23:59:00.001-05:00

Browsing Grandma's desk, I find this. Circa 8 years old?

So...

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I fell off. The internet and I have broken up. We are slowly mending our relationship. I am also blogging elsewhere (SundayAndWednesday.com) with others to come. Does it matter? I am also changing the subtitle of blog. See you soon.

Night Vision Exhibition

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http://nightvisionexhibition.tumblr.com/

Lovvya

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This is dedicated to you...

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Nate eating that america's fav babe

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i have been blowing it latley on the internet. but Mike hasnt

On my travels

2009-06-09T23:05:00.001-04:00

i cant really figure out why blogger is cropping them...

The valle

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Oh wooorrrd

Home is where the heart is?

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Signage

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Dads hooked

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like father like son

A walk in the park

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Lunchtime

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Still lives

Gma bday cake

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handmade strawberry shortcake

Matching

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Crewnecks

Meeting

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Girls who bruise easily

Meeting

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Girls with matching shoes

Resonance

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???

Home

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Welcome to LA

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Igor Omulecki

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Igor Omulecki is doing some really interesting and differnt things. I am liking them a whole lot. The second project didnt really do it for me but you must check out projects 1, 3, 5 and 9.

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The Passage of Time

Random

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Experimental Self Portrait

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Dedication

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This one is for Matt Kelley.

mas

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More friends, more weirdness

cell

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Whenever I dont have a camera and I see something I like, out comes the celly. I like looking and using the cell phone camera as a recording device.

No way

2009-05-11T00:29:00.001-04:00

Columbian Narcosubs. VBS has some mind blowing content.

Feelings

2009-05-10T20:44:00.003-04:00

Our hearts and minds dont work together. We think logically about feelings and ways to proceed. We come to conclusions that make complete sense for the brain. After that, I listen to my heart. "Hey there little guy. What do you think about this descision?" He dosnt complain, has no objections and actually seems to encourage the choice.
Why do our hearts deceive us? Im led to believe one thing, I jump in heart first, completely exposed. "I dont care, I know what I am doing, and even if I dont, things will be okay." But as things play out, i get hurt, and in these moments, its the worst thing in the world. Again, I can hear my brain saying, "Everything will be alright, just give it time." Fuck you, I scream to my brain and heart working together, not in my best interest.
I feel betrayed. At first by you, then myself. "I thought about this in a logical way." Im fooled. I trusted my heart as well. Im fooled twice. How can I make any choices in the future?
In essence, choices are what life is made of. If we cant trust ourselves to choose, do we leave it up to a flip of a coin? Rock-paper-scissors?

I want to pull out my heart, grab my soul, and use my tears to create the bloodiest, heartbroken collage people have ever seen.

Buffalo, NY

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Distorter

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My friends putting various objects on their faces

PandaCam

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Homemade decorations

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S+W and LOC

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I just did a post on Sunday and Wednesday about the Library of Congress' flickr. Check it out.

Love

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Elevating

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Ladders are a must

Sundays and Wednesdays

2009-04-27T14:55:00.003-04:00

I am taking part in a new blog called Sundays and Wednesday. It is being compiled by my friend Matt Kelley. It is all things art. Check it out.

Trains

2009-04-27T14:45:00.003-04:00

I am in the infant stages of a project about trains and the landscape. I wish I could make photographs as good as George Inness' The Lackawanna Valley. This painting, as it turns out, is only three hours from me in Scranton, PA. Plans to find this site and rephotograph soon.

feelings

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Great portraits of my friends

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Comfort Food

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In one month from today I am going home to Los Angeles to visit my friends and family and celebrate my birthday. The closer it gets, the more I miss it. I woke up this morning, cleaned up my room, put away laundry, and cut my hair. While I was in the shower, washing it all off, I was struck by the desire for food of my favorite places on the West Coast.

Bay Cities Italian Deli, in Santa Monica, on Lincoln blvd at Colorado street.
Turkey sangwich on their amazing bread and avocado spread.

Tacos Por Favor, in Santa Monica on Olympic between 14th and 11th.
Chicken Burrito and spicy salsa.

In and Out. Double Double with Dr. Pepper. nuff said

and in San Francisco

Pancho Villia's in the Mission. 16th between Mission and Valencia.
Chicken Burrito and Tofu Tacos.
Then walk up to Dolores Park, get a beer, lay on the grass and people watch into the sunset.
(special place in my heart)

So if you live in either of my two favorite places, go have a fantastic lunch, and have a bite for your homie.

ouch

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Adam Jeppesen

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Adam Jeppesen's series Wake

Spring

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Finally its coming...

Whitney In Focus

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found at http://janetam.com/blog

Springtime

2009-04-07T09:05:00.001-04:00

April 7th. Rochester says hello springtime

Literal

2009-04-06T14:47:00.001-04:00

I realize I take almost exclusively literal photographs. I cant figure out why this is. Next step is to figure this out and avoid it when ever possible.

Bryan Graf

2009-04-06T14:42:00.002-04:00

Check out Bryan Graf's series Roadside Flowers.
Analog C print photograms. Whoa

Springing Forward

2009-03-26T21:43:00.004-04:00

Amy Elkins posted this great post about her lulls in work. I totally feeling the way she does. But I am in the flow. With ebbs sure to come.

On with the ramble. I've been falling in and out of pouring thoughts over photography and pulling away from photo all together. Being an active artist/photographer has such unpredictable ebbs and flows. In order to put 100% in, it seems you sometimes have to pull 100% back to stop and look at where you are. Perhaps this is all babble that others don't relate to, but lately I've just really felt the strain of wanting to produce new work beyond the capacity I'm able to. In shooting lulls I've found such importance in looking back at work and reconsidering it. I've been revisiting negatives in the darkroom, reworking my site, my commercial book, rewriting statements, rethinking projects, making brainstorm trees and sketches. I've been reading, writing, watching for inspiration. It becomes so easy to want to shoot, shoot, shoot. I think often all these steps before and after get neglected due to time restraints. Curious what others do when the lull hits. It's been a long winter after all. I find the light is just now shifting to what I desire. That long stretching warm light is so much nicer than the cyan cast of cold weather.

Her scrambled thoughts in her brain's pan are perfectly described. I have so much going on in my brain and it feels amazing. The project that has me going most is the new zine I am printing. My first zine, I cant do this anymore, was printed at the end of last quarter as an emotional cleansing. My heart was broken and I needed something to pour into. It turned out decently and did the job I needed it to - a breath of fresh air. The great feelings it gave me and the positive response I got encouraged me to spring into action. Sleeps For Dreamers was born. An all black and white street photo issue brought photographers from across the US together. Think of it as having a dream with shock and awe as the theme. I learned a lot from the first time around and made the improvements. The satisfaction is overflowing in my brain. Stayed tuned for the America issue. If you would like a copy of Sleeps For Dreamers. Send me an email, grahamwalzer@gmail.com

Elinor Carucci

2009-03-26T19:10:00.000-04:00

I was lurking my reader and I saw this post from Richard Rinaldi's blog.

I have seen her work browsing the RIT's library. Apparently she has a new series coming up. If you haven't seen her work yet, check it out.

Hoard

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I'm a hoarder

ZINES!

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A new black and white street zine being printed as we speak. Want in???

Niagara Falls

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Canada side is tourist central. America? Not so much

Dinner

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Dinner time still lives

Katy Grannan

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Dear Katy Grannan,

I like your photography a lot but why is no work shown on your website? It's nice to see who you are represented by and your biography but I want to see nice, large, high quality jpegs. Thanks a bunch.

Here and here.

no

2009-03-20T17:32:00.001-04:00

Even after the Glaucoma text, I dont need this.

New Eyes

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Eye exam and roll on shades

Mom

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Mom with $9.99 giant TV remote

rinding the rails

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I can't remember where I found this article but has me longing for the open road. Random adventures with good friends. Getting lost and found. Learning things about yourself you never knew existed. Being free. All I ask is that you take me with you...

Postcards

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I have been collecting postcards and encouraging snail mail as much as possible. I try to get one where ever I go somewhere. But the catch, I try to find either the most boring one, or the most ridiculous, obnoxious one. So when a couple friends showed me these books, I went wild. Martin Parr's is only $3.50 used!

Hint hint:

Walker Evans - The Picture Postcard

Martin Parr - Boring Postcards

Scanning the archives

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And I found my poppa. Our our travels.

New York City - Bowery Street. August, 2008

Central California - Off the 5 Freeway. November, 2008

?

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I found this via Ham and Heroin. Can someone tell me what book cover this is pllllease?

This little guy

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We like to party

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WEBSITE

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I updated my website! A new section of portraiture, some reorganizing, and a bunch of new images. Check me out.

Amazon Kindle

2009-03-11T14:35:00.007-04:00

Even if I had the money right now I wouldn't buy one. But, as technology advances, this little diddy is going to change everything.

But I am most definitely torn. I love turning pages and actually holding books. And what about photography? This will probably ruin the collecting of photography books, but I will still hold on.

What about the trees?!?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m3BETPLR0S7FKW

Some problems I can see with the Kindle:
- Lets get this puppy in color. Who doesn't want color images when reading the morning news?
- Backlight. I would like to read in the dark too guys.
- Can you enlarge the text? What if the writing is too small?
- Cost effectiveness of ordering the paper via kindle?

The cheesy Youtube Amazon tour

Andre

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Andre and Belvedere. Whaaaat!?

Nicolai Howalt

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Hey Nick Ludwig, this is that guy i was talking about.

Birthe Piontek

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Birthe Piontek is so good. Man ohhh man

Chelsee Ivan

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Loving Chelsee Ivan's series Things I Have Seen and People I Love

Back to the ROC

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So over two thousand miles, more than six tanks of gas, endless bathroom stops and group pictures, we made it back alive. We roughly estimated over thirty hours spent in the car. For the most of it we listened to music over three ipods. We definitely were getting to a point of reaching out on limbs to listen to music we had not already listened too. I introduced Meron and Nick to the powers of This American Life. I saw the derrrty south at it finest and darkest. Racism is alive and (not) well. But there is also something intruging about the people and lifestyle. At some point in my life I will spend more time in these areas. You wait and see.

My only regret? I didn't take enough photographs. But hey, thats what road trips are for.

PS. Cant wait until Spring Break 2010

Sonic's

2009-03-06T21:54:00.001-05:00

Meron and I couldn't figure out how you were supposed to order at Sonic Burgers in Conway, South Carolina. Apparently you are supposed to drive up really close to the curb and order at that box, and then they bring your food to you. Its like a drive through except, more like park through. We felt pretty dumb sitting on top of the car ordering while everyone else ordering from inside their cars watched us.

Myrtle, SC

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Heading to the beach makes us feel like this

Atlantic Beach

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
833 miles from Rochester. and it feels like every inch of it.
75 degrees and breezy. It is amazing to be back in this weather.
Being so far from it you forget how good it feels.

South Carolina

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Fire works superstore with a side of Southern Racism? Yes Please!
South of the Border, rest stop/camp ground/gas station/fireworks/leather store/amusement park pretty much has it all. If you ever pass it on I95 in Dillion, South Carolina you must stop. Blew our minds. I should have bought that hat for $6.99

Raleigh, NC

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Our friend Sully got us tickets to a North Carolina vs Boston College basketball game. I guess college basketball isn't so bad afterall. Someone tell me how the lakers are doing.

Multimedia message

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Rodent noise

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The Dueling Gauntlet - Immaturity level HIGH

Museums

2009-03-01T14:40:00.002-05:00

Great photo exhibit of Daido Moriyama at Philadelphia Art Museum. Sunday are donation days. Four of us for a mere donation of four dollars. Until June 30th, 2009.

Philadelphia, PA

2009-02-28T21:28:00.003-05:00

West Coasters - get on that Wawa tip

Basically a 7-11 but with great food and gas station. They have amazing ice cream shakes and refreshing ice tea lemonade. Cheep too! I swear, you gotta try it. Only locations in the North East. Sadly only in the Philly area

New Zine!

2009-02-27T12:24:00.007-05:00

Fresh off the presses a new zine I curated called i cant do this anymore and the theme is heartbreak. It's twenty pages 14 full color with illustrations, photographs and poetry from the following amazing artists:

Liz Browne
Matt Dunaj
Michael Hernandez
Eunice San Miguel
Laura Elizabeth Kim
Catherine Roef
Adam Ryan
and myself, Graham Walzer

These are for sale for a mere $4 including shipping. I put lots of work into this with the help from my friends all over the USA. Support the arts and email me if you are interested. gw@grahamwalzer.com

And those of you that submitted, I will be getting copies out to you end of next week. Cheers!

Spring break

2009-02-27T11:41:00.002-05:00

YIKES

Leaving today (hopefully)

Rochester to Philly
Philly to Raleigh
Raleigh to Greensville (?)
Greensville to Myrtle Beach.
and back again

Boy I'm excited

Group Picture

2009-02-27T11:19:00.003-05:00

I have been using Matt's point and shoot to the fullest extent. I force my friends to take group photos. "I'm not going to unlock the car until we take a picture. We can do this the easy way or...."

Trim

2009-02-27T11:17:00.004-05:00

RIT disabled Photobooth on the new Macs. So instead i take a picture via facebook, then screen capture, then upload here. A bit backwards. Here is my spring cleaning

She does it again

2009-02-26T22:32:00.004-05:00

Although I trimmed my beard, Eunice San Miguel captures it ohhh soo well.

Curtains

2009-02-24T17:20:00.001-05:00

Photo is for fun too.

Studio

2009-02-24T16:51:00.002-05:00

Ben Liddle photographed me in the studio. His lighting setup was siiick.