Dominic Macias presents Mr. Toledano

Mr. Toledano is a documentary photographer. The picture above is from his bankrupt series. He went into office spaces that had recently closed down and documented what they left behind. I enjoyed this series as well as his "Phonesex series" and his very personal "Days with my Father" when he documented his father's grief process (and combined with his short term memory loss.)

Dominic Macias presents Sarah Suddhoff

Sarah Sudhoff is a former instructor of mine at UTSA. Her recent photos (5 months pregnant ones) seem to be going a different direction than he previous projects (Repository and Hour of our Death.) I checked her site and I found no statement from her about this photo or this series.

Dominic Macias presents Rion Sabean

Rion's Sabean's Pin-up series is rather humorous. A friend sent me a link on Facebook thinking I would like it. When view more of this work, I found myself laughing out loud. I think he is showing how ridiculous people look when they do these poses. He site says his work revolves around social commentary that focus on gender and sexuality issues and brings them into the light. (paraphrased from his Artist Statement found here.)

Dominic Macias presents Ejen Chuang's Cosplay in America

Cosplay is a simply costume play. People dress up in these costumes based on anime, video game and even comic book characters they seem to fancy. Eien's project, "Cosplay in America" is a documentation of people who partake of this hobby at anime conventions across the nation.

This collection is a great start to getting past the feeling of seeing a grown person, dressing in costume outside of halloween but it fails to answer why people dress in costume to these events. Perhaps an interview with the person could really give this project some depth.

Brianna Cristiano Submits Mark Osterman

Mark Osterman is known for his knowledge of historical photographic processes concentrating in Ambrotypes. Osterman is a very eccentric guy I was watching a video about his processes and he was talking about how dangerous it is and how he likes Ambrotypes because you can tell it is hand made. I find that interesting because people now days want things that are easy and fast and I felt a connection with this guy because he wants to kind of preserve the past and the past processes. He was saying how film is in its last years and that made me really sad. Everything has become digital and accessible to the public it doesn't have the same charm as old photographs have. I really enjoy his work.

Brianna Cristiano submits Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier was a street photographer in the 1950's. Nobody knew about her work until after she had passed away a young man bought a box of her negatives and was amazed by what he saw. She had over 100,000 negatives and a box of undeveloped negatives. This story is really what made me take a look at her work. Maier's work is stunning there is very much thought that has gone into each photograph. Her work captures the true essence of the city life. there is something

very captivating about her work. She seems to make the most public moment intimate. It is a glimpse into the subjects world. If you are interested in street art and traveling photography you should definitely check her out! http://www.vivianmaier.com/

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Ray Perez presents Chip Simons

http://www.chipsimons.com/
Sometimes photography allows us the liberty to alter reality through the use of our technical photographic devices. Chip Simons offers a whimsical and distorted view of the world through the use of colored light and wide angle perspective. I imagine it would be hard to have a bad day capturing these fun images. I think it's very important that we dally with the ideas and techniques that offer the most satisfaction in our involvement in photography. Take a photo that makes you smile or laugh!