Shit that makes me chuckle.

sometimes i walk down the street and say to myself “what the fuck?” Then i take a picture of whatever it is I’m WTFing about. It can literally be anything from three legged dogs to funny messages made by people with pens or spray paint. Here are some scenes that exhibit some humor or irony followed by some that don’ t. I’m not hungry tonight so no banter about radioactive food and ovens.

in case you didn’t know…

Mattress…

woman with the dog = what the fuck?

This one goes out to all you insomniacs out there….

I just thought this was cool…

-J

I am the one who will dance on the floor in the round

the kid is not my son….Its good to be back. I was out with some friends earlier and i said to myself ” you gotta keep the blog up, go home and post something”. Then i got up, ate one of Dana’s fries wiped my greased hand on the back of my leg gave em a shout g’bye, hopped in the porsche and rolled back to my crib.

So many things have happened since september, I moved back to los angeles back to my old room and now things are feeling stagnant. I am looking for projects to shoot, slowly ideas are simmering on my mental stove which is good because its something to keep my mind busy while i work away the days in the gallery. Besides everybody knows the good shit takes a while to cook. (now im thinking about cooking, im gonna roll with it) If life were a tenderizing method, i’d like to think of myself as a marinator but my mind zaps up ideas like a microwave. I usually toss those radioactive thoughts aside. or take em out a minute early, realize they are cold and figure out what to do with the shit thats warm around the edges. Alot of the shit i think up has no meat, it aint hot in the middle. no core, i think its ready to chow on but i stick my fork in it like a hungry lumberjack only to find out inside is frozen as penguin’s dick. I dunno. Maybe thats what im doing in LA now, marinating. Although i am having a good time here i’m looking to get out of california and waiting for some things to rise up in my head like a loaf of  7 grain bread. Apparently you can’t microwave dough. Do ideas fall from the sky like manna from trees? i’ll check the weather for it.

B/W is Tri-X 400 Color is Fuji Provia 100 or Fuji Astia 100. All processed as normal.

Darts in the backyard with my brother, “Kid Precision” and my grandfather “Papa No Score”.

My grandfather teaching me how to box.

This is a color image.

Thomas, works at THE HUNDREDS and skates for Diamond Supply, or vice versa.

Fuji Astia at the very end of golden hour.

Los Angeles, provia 100 on bulb setting for about 4 seconds. i set the camera down on a ledge that i thought was straight. im thinking i set the camera down on its own strap OR it was straight until i depressed the shutter which made it tilt to the right. im going to try this shot again next time im at that vantage point.

this dress was made from a window curtain.

How would you feel if the gun you were shot with was pink? i’d probably feel like a fuckin idiot

-J

I have been missing.

sorry for my 5 month absence, i was told that i had used my free space online and kind of refused to purchase more…until now. I got bored of not sharing my work and look forward to hearing from you all. Things have been going well for me…I am working at a photo gallery for the time being and am in the midst of planning and saving for a early summer move to New York. Although i haven’t been posting that doesn’t mean that i havent been shooting. I am looking forward to reestablishing conversations with those i left hanging in late September and seeing more work from you all. if you wrote me or asked me a question and i did not respond please dont take it personally i have just had other things on my mind…sharing work and getting feedback (unfortunately) was not part of it. I am back now and ready to post. Hit me up, you are all angels, except for the assholes… assholes can go to church.

as usual all photographs are made on film.

-J

Sometimes you just gotta shoot and see what developes…

Im a big fan of pools  and “hellacoptas”

Excluded from the very popular Pink Flower Club, the yellow blossom stands alone waiting for his siblings to sprout up .

She dropped her smoke

He picked it up. (neopan 1600 rated at 1600). this film picks up an astounding amount of detail.

My brother has gained quite a reputation, he’s a dope lil cat.

Ilford 50.

This is “Chicklet” . Shot on provia 100 and was taken at a 1/4 sec @ eff two. i love making photos in situations where most people would be afraid to shoot because of a lack of light. This turned out perfect, the color in this place was great.

Also, I got a motor drive for the leica. Its great. i never have to take my eye from the viewfinder. The slides for these three are great but for some reason when i upload them they lose their green saturation, nick was shot next to this really green neon light, now it looks like a weird stomach bile color. but you get the point, motor drives open up a whole new realm of shooting with the rangefinder. im waiting for your “doesnt that defeat…” no, it doesnt. it allows you to make more moments in quicker succession its not a “cheat” at least not in the books i’ve written.

see you next time.

-J