Friday, July 31, 2009

07.31.09

Amber: 'minimize potential threats.'

Ben: He was there, scurrying only a bit and then freezing as I drew closer. I brought down a low hanging limb with leaves as green as he, set it to where he could grab hold, and so he'd feel less anxious by my presence. "Here. Take it," I said. He did, too. "There you go," I said. "Better, right?" I asked. He never replied, though--it was all the same, and I brought the branch slowly back to it's place and then watched as he blended with it and everything else that I knew he called, "home."

Morgan: Criticisms of Photography in the 20th Century.

Rachel: Touring VMI on the way to West Virginia.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

07.30.09

Amber: really?

Ben: "Mara? Yeah, so. What about her/him?"

Morgan: Photography During the Harlem Renaissance / Photographs of the WPA and FSA

Rachel: Slurpees.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

07.29.09

Amber: is it really?

Ben: They're everywhere--caught green-handed.

Morgan: Photography as Social Documentation: Muckraking and Child Labor.

Rachel: Arby's: Looking inside one of the toasters on backline.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

07.28.09

Amber: Shaffer food.

Ben: From trees with branches and leaves, to signs that rattle and shine, these prints like signatures, mark and stain all expenditures.

Morgan: The Birth of Modernism: Dada and Surrealism.

Rachel: Beach for the day again today. FRONT ROW at the Hinder/Papa Roach/Saving Abel/Nickelback concert tonight!!

Monday, July 27, 2009

07.27.09

Amber: 'got to find a reason'

Ben: I saw the fading of a heart scrawled upon the backside of a door, shaded by buildings above and thrown from most knowledge, hidden in an alley and facing a dilapidated structure of weathered bricks; and it was sad as hell to think, to know, to many it does not exist.

Morgan: Alfred Stieglitz.

Rachel: Becca creating 'Jenny.'

Sunday, July 26, 2009

07.26.09

Amber: sometimes I automatically type my pass words, not sometimes all the time.

Ben: While traversing aisle to aisle, pontification upon various subjects, ideas, and concepts I stopped, tied the shoe that had come untied and found him; and it was he who seemed the most alone.

Morgan: Continuing to pack our apartment even though it was a miserable 88 degrees inside our rooms.

Rachel: Spinning around in my desk chair waiting for my laundry to dry.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

07.25.09

Amber: I hate the friends you pay to be your friend.
number 18 is my favorite.
and
lacking all inspiration.

Ben: ...And I thought, "how clever".

Morgan: Attempting to pack, which actually made more of a mess.


Rachel: Virginia Beach. Can you say crowded?

Friday, July 24, 2009

07.24.09

Amber: Bike ride start to 40 miles.

Ben: Many times a day I think, "much of what is around is only strewn, stapled, glued, and pasted together in misshapen, asymmetrical, confused mosaics of oddity," and then further more, most things around reflect the same and I feel validated.

Morgan: Pictorialism.

Rachel: Arby's: Roastburger construction on backline.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

07.23.09

Amber: busy working for the VCU Summer Art Intensive.

Ben: The ideological normative language expected from a pole is: "...," and yet, "give to shelters not to panhandlers," seemed relevant, and oddly insightful, especially considering its location.

Morgan: The Emergence of Art Photography.

Rachel: Arby's; Half Napa Valley Salad for Drive-Thru.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

07.22.09

Amber: Cali. falling down.

Ben: It's interesting, truly, usually I am not exclusively verbose, and can expound upon most things, but, this, this left me speechless.

Morgan: Composite Photography in the 19th Century.

Rachel: Arbys; With Evan's help, I was able to sneak out of the restaraunt for a second to photograph the radio station setup in our parking lot. Today was "Relief from the heat" day with Mix 103.7 and Arby's.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

07.21.09

Amber: Done with that.

Ben: No matter day or time, there is always enough for creep visual engagement.

Morgan: Photographing the 19th Century Landscape.

Rachel: Arbys; This is another one of our regulars: Raymond. He's the nicest guy-comes in almost everyday for salad or a fish sandwich, and knows all the employees by name. And since he checks this website, I'll take this opportunity to say "Hey Raymond!"

Monday, July 20, 2009

07.20.09

Amber: so bright.

Ben: I wondered, "why'd the swine cross the road?" and then knew, obviously: he had the rite of way.

Morgan: Photography during the American Civil War.

Rachel:
Me: "Ma'am... I know this is a strange request... but would you mind if I took your picture?"
Employee: "Umm.. why?"
Me: "Well, I'm a photography student and take one photo every day at the same time to document my year."
Employee: "Oh wow!! Okay! Let me take my glasses off... okay I'm ready!! Sexy Marshall's employee on aisle fourrrrrr!!"
(She yelled that... and attracted attention... no joke.)

Sunday, July 19, 2009

07.19.09

Amber: no.

Ben: And in that case, when there is a fire and there are stairs, RUN, RUN FAST, (look at the legs).

Morgan: pancakes before frisbee? why not.

Rachel: David Thompson's photo of Amber's gum wrapper art.