50ft » Jed http://50ft.com Highlighting the likes (art, design, et cetera) of a few San Diegans. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Here & There http://50ft.com/2009/05/01/here-there/ http://50ft.com/2009/05/01/here-there/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 19:10:35 +0000 Jed http://50ft.com/2009/05/01/here-there/ _images_uptown.jpg

Here & There is a project by S&W exploring speculative projections of dense cities. These maps of Manhattan look uptown from 3rd and 7th, and downtown from 3rd and 35th. They’re intended to be seen at those same places, putting the viewer simultaneously above the city and in it where she stands, both looking down and looking forward.

Go to Schulze & Webb for more info. If you’re as thick as I am, this will take you a little while to figure out, but stick with it because it’s kind of mindblowing. Plus you can buy prints of it.

Why?

Because the ability to be in a city and to see through it is a superpower, and it’s how maps should work.

via John Tantalo via our very own Chris who didn’t post it first for some reason.

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]]> http://50ft.com/2009/05/01/here-there/feed/ Land of Plenty’s Buenaventura Show http://50ft.com/2009/04/14/land-of-plentys-buenaventura-show/ http://50ft.com/2009/04/14/land-of-plentys-buenaventura-show/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:55:48 +0000 Jed http://50ft.com/2009/04/14/land-of-plentys-buenaventura-show/ wallcomp.jpg.jpeg

The boards along the top were all painted by students of Fillmore Middle School in Ventura. We are raising money to turn these into completes and send them to Board Pals in Haiti!

Looks like an awesome show, happened in Ventura last week.

More info on the show and the totally awesome Land of Plenty Foundation Skateboard Foundation.

Via Steph Walker

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Dustin just clued me into my new favorite blog (other than this one?): But Does It Float.

The above pic is from this entry.

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“032209: Drano” - by Kate Bingaman-Burt

The crüe at Inside the Frozen Mammoth are giving away something (I’m not sure what—probably not a free frozen mammoth) if you tell them what you bought today and how much it cost you—so go tell them what you bought. The whole thing is inspired by the consumption-inspired illustrations of Kate Bingaman-Burt. Good job, Kate.

Here’s what I got today. Hooray for Easter, right?

Awesome Pie Essentials

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Remember when I posted about Owl Foreigner’s Flickr stream? Now he has a tumblr too. Visit often for some of the best in found imagery.

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]]> http://50ft.com/2009/02/12/more-owl-foreigner/feed/ Yeller on Friday http://50ft.com/2009/02/11/yeller-on-friday/ http://50ft.com/2009/02/11/yeller-on-friday/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:27:41 +0000 Jed http://50ft.com/2009/02/11/yeller-on-friday/ yellerheaderinfo.png

The Yeller gallery/studio opening show is on Friday from 7 to 11pm at 830 25th St, San Diego.

50ft’s very own Steph Walker will be showing some prints there. Take a date.

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Dir: The Gentle Group
The song’s by Animal Collective

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Video for “La Femme D’Argent” by Air via MBV

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]]> http://50ft.com/2009/01/22/silhouettes/feed/ Red de Leon - Photographer, Art School Professor Guy http://50ft.com/2009/01/22/red-de-leon-photographer-art-school-professor-guy/ http://50ft.com/2009/01/22/red-de-leon-photographer-art-school-professor-guy/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:49:04 +0000 Jed http://50ft.com/2009/01/22/red-de-leon-photographer-art-school-professor-guy/ 20090122-m24in3ugegdqbnn7chj2bfe5yb.jpg

Dustin clued me into a very interesting discussion going on on Red de Leon’s Flickr stream. In essence (as far as I can grasp), he’s asking if we can judge photography upon things other than novelty or beauty—perhaps a photograph can simply express an opinion, or thought.I believe it’s a discussion worth having—particularly as the Internet is getting better at flooding us with novelty and beauty (especially since 50ft got started).

I gather that the rapid fire nature of the Internet encourages us to experience art out of context (ZOMG LOOK AT THIS SICK HDR PIC). Red’s discussion is about photography, but the same thing happens to music. I don’t think this is a bad thing per se; some songs stand on their own, others work better within albums, and it’s not a big deal. I’m glad, however, that talented people like Red are advocating for a more subtle (perhaps gentle) appreciation of photography.

Red’s discussion immediately made me think of the photograph by Hans Gissinger above, which was featured in last November’s New Yorker profile of food writers Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid. It’s a picture of a stir fry. A lot of thought obviously went into taking the picture, but the lighting and composition all take a back seat to the fact that it’s just a picture of a stir fry and I admire that. The photograph honors its subject by making the viewer (me, at least) think more about the stir fry than the photographer, his gear, or his process.

Red’s portfolio
Red’s Photoshop tutorials

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