Hummingbirds
Did you know that a group of hummingbirds is called a Charm? This hummingbird was without flying solo and hanging in a nieghborhood called Hope Ranch in Santa Barbara.
Other rad ones:
A Murder of crows
A Caravan of camels
An Intrigue of Kittens
A Comfort of cats
A Quiver of cobras
A Train of coyotes
A Seething of eels
A Knot of frogs
A Tower of giraffes
A Confusion of guinea fowl
A Raft of hippopotami
A Loveliness of ladybugs
An Enchantment of nightingales
A Study of owls
A Prickle of porcupines
A Mischief of rats
A Rhumba of rattlesnakes
Creation
These Paris friends had their first child recently. Had lunch at their flat last week and stoked out on how social their baby, Violette, was... cooing and smiling. This portrait is before Violette. Bright colors with a calm faces soon to become parents.
Soon Sea
Can't wait to head down to Spain where we will get musical on the Barcelona coast and then Basque on the San Sebastian coast. As a California kid, living landlocked can mess up one's balance big time.
Upcoming Photo Show
I have a show opening in Marfa on Friday, April 23rd. It's at the Thunderbird Lounge!
click to enlarge announcement below:
click to enlarge announcement below:
Hand Made Eyes, Waters of Another Land, Light Creeps Slowly In
all Giclée Prints, all 20 x 20 inches
Works by Danielle Rubi
April 23rd – July 16th, 2010
Opening: Friday, April 23rd, 6-9pm
Thunderbird Lounge
601 San Antonio
Marfa, Texas
In Invisible Thread, Rubi confronts the variety of her cast of subjects head on through the imposition of technical and compositional parameters. The criteria are simple: all images in the group were shot on her favorite camera, a 1949, square format Rolleiflex and are all printed the same size; also, every image contains a strong horizontal line across the frame. Displayed, the images are justified according to their individual horizon line, rather than the top, bottom, or center of the frame. The effect of these parameters simplifies and connects a seemingly disparate group of images, in effort to show their common provenance: Rubi's eye.
Another notion that emerged from this specific undertaking is the significance of horizons in the way we process, regard, and experience the world: It is how we arrange our written language; it is how we show chronologies; it is what happens when two arms reach for each other. A horizontal line is the simplest respresentation of a stable platform, our one true defense against the downward pull of gravity: the only thing that can truly hold us up. The frames of the photographs are custom made by designer/craftsman, Adrian Dentzel, from wood salvaged from the house in California in which Rubi grew up. Both the wood and the images are fragments of Rubi's personal world. Together, they are a physical and visual connection to her.
Spring
Two things I'm excited about now that Spring has arrived.
1. Using the practically free public bike system in Paris. The city is completely different now that I'm seeing it overground during transit.
2. Editing my updated archive to finalize my new website material. This photograph is an excerpt of what's to come.
Buck and Camp, Marfa and the Year I Was Born
A new piece by Marfa artist Camp Bosworth and his studio floor. He and his lady, Buck, are two of the most special people in my world. I'm making a short documentary about Camp's work and Marfa and am bringing them some fresh squeezed orange juice in about 20 minutes. I have bags of oranges from my mother's trees back in Santa Barbara and need to share the love with this town. Is there anything better than fresh sweet orange juice ? I will be posting some more photos from the world of Buck and Camp shortly. Get ready.
Here is Tippi Hedren with her pet cheetah, Pharoah, taken in Los Angeles on the day I was born. She was in the Hitchock film, The Birds, which is a film that has haunted me for years. Isnt is incredible that we live with animals? Buck and Camp live with four dogs with very different crazy personalities. A sweet family.
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