23.2.09
Returning
So I'm really excited because I am heading back to Italy, specifically Florence, tomorrow for 11 days!!! I will be taking a ton of pictures and posting them on my blog again like when I was there last summer. I still need to pack, clean the apartment, and host a reunion dinner party, ironically, for the study abroad students in Florence last summer. I appreciate any and all feedback on past and future posts and photos. Ciao.
24.8.08
finally settled for now
So sorry once again for the delay in posting, life has been crazy the last couples of weeks. I still really miss Italy and have been trying to force a reality check to get my life sorted out in LA. I got a job this past week at a boutique in Pacific Palisades working at their new men's store. I am really excited about the opportunity, designers, and co-workers; everyone seemed so nice and open there. Life is definitely a little more sweet, but hard at the same time, when you have to fully support yourself and routines. I am going to my friend Taylor's going away party tonight in the Silverlake/Korea Town area with a bunch of friends. He is moving to Singapore to work with MTV Asia for a couple months as a tryout period. The past 2 weeks have been so busy and packed full of things to do that I haven't figured out what to do with myself the past few days because I have had no schedule. I did end up eating at Ago's in Beverly Hills the other day for lunch, which was amazing! The ambiance and food was second to none in Los Angeles. Finally, it's really weird that school is starting again on Monday at LMU because it's the final straw in my realization that I am not in school anymore. It's one of the most bitter sweet experiences because I loved LMU and most of the people there, but I have also been ready to move on for about a year now. I am really anxious, in a good way, of the coming weeks and months.
A presto.
A presto.
27.7.08
22.7.08
Back
So I haven't posted since I came home from Italy at the end of June. I moved into my friend Erik's apartment in Westchester the day after I got back, and I've been loving it. The weather has been absolutely amazing and I've been going to the beach or just exploring a lot. I have a bunch of interviews set up this week for potential jobs, especially in Culver City. I am really looking forward to moving into the next phase of my life, whatever kind of job I find myself in. I waited in line on July 11th, at 6am, with Erik and JP to get iPhone 3G phones. It is everything the original iPhone was, but thinner, black, faster, and more amazing with the Applications that are available for the phones. We also saw Dark Knight on Friday afternoon in IMAX and it was freakin' amazing! Christian Bale and Heath ledger rock the shit in the film. It is really great, both as an action movie and a drama. I will try to keep everyone updated on what's going on with me at least once or twice a week with a couple photos.
26.6.08
Progressive obliviousness
So some of these pictures have been posted already, but I wanted to show the 6 photos I decided on for my final project. I really like all of these pictures and I am trying to speak to the pursuit of the "perfect" photograph through posing and positioning of both the photographer and the photographie.
17.6.08
Schedule
This week is pretty crazy, schedule wise, because we had 2 Art History classes yesterday and an extra long Photography class today (9-2 instead of 9-12). We have Art History again tomorrow and then we're leaving for Pietrasanta and Cinque Terre on Thursday at 8:30am. It is kind of a double edged sword for me because the Pitti Uomo fashion show starts tomorrow in Florence and runs through Sunday. We get back from our excursion on Sunday night so I won't be able to go to the show, but I'll take some console in lying on the beach and eating pesto anything by the beach. Last night, the program director and four of us went to this little enoteca (wine bar) that is just west of the Ponte Vecchio on the river. You pay €5 for a glass of wine and then the owner brings out these huge platters of pecorino cheeses, prosciutto, olives, and bread. It was awesome and we all had a really great conversation for about an hour. I love little private restaurants like this where you can just sit and soak up the goodness of life and the culture. Speaking of the program, for my final project for Photography, I am doing a series of photos of tourists taking pictures at famous sites. I have 5 that I am extremely pleased with at the moment, but I want a little more geographical diversity so I am going to try to take the final 1 or 2 photos during the upcoming excursion. I am exploring this idea because I have found it extremely comical to watch people look at a statue or bridge and immediately lift their camera to their eye to capture a memory of it. Unfortunately, most of the people don't bother digesting or experiencing what they're photographing once they have their memory stored safely away on their memory cards. I am trying to portray this idea of memory making as opposed to memory through visceral experience in my final pieces. I also have to finish my accordion book project by next Thursday. Basically, it is a little accordion fold out book we had to make from scratch with 6 sleeves that will contain a photo and a "captured" or "found" object that relates to the photo. I am doing half of the photos about stereotypes that Americans have for Italians that are fallacies, and the other 4 about more contemporary stereotypes that one experiences in Italy, that are positive and usually applicable. The weather here was beautiful in the late afternoon yesterday and this morning. I hope it holds up for the beach on Sunday. A presto.
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