Posts Tagged ‘photography’

#10. a new series of images…found drawings

Monday, November 9th, 2009

found images are interesting. drawn. painted. scratched. spray painted. etched. rubbed. scribbled. doodled. burned. carved. sometimes they’re conscious. sometimes sub-conscious. sometimes unconscious. they can be thoughtful or thoughtless. sensible or senseless. on tables. paper. walls. trees. bathroom doors. skin. most always they’re simple doodles that are done to pass the time because the person was bored or perhaps it was a way to help them concentrate. sometimes they’re meant to inform. to offend. to annoy. to inspire. to educate. to assert existence. or to insert resistance. they can be for play during work. they can be art or vandalism. they can be intricate or simple. they can be racist. sexist. whatever-ist. in fact, most of the time, they are.

being a teacher, i see many around the school. being an image maker, i’m constantly aware.

if you see some somewhere, share them with me and i will post them here.

here’s a few that i found in a classroom where i teach…

tomlau_foundDoodles_003 there’s something about that little triangle that i found interesting. why would somebody draw a triangle? was it a conscious thought?

tomlau_foundDoodles_002ready 2 party.

tomlau_foundDoodles_001 that’s a beautiful eye. the detail and care given to the drawing during class says a lot. but what? i don’t know.

peace.

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#7. vegas, flagstaff, sedona, phoenix, and vegas again in 5 days…

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

despite some crappy weather, this vacation was a pretty good one. it was my second winter break during my second year of teaching. i do have to say that i wasn’t expecting the two feet of snow in flagstaff…nor the rain in the desert outside of phoenix in the superstition mountains…nor the cold temps in vegas…it was just nice to be out of chicago. here are some images from the trip below…and here’s the link to my flickr site

into the unknown

objects in mirror are closer than they appear

bushes!

it was a nice play to stay except that there was no heat and no water...

the little horse trail

walking around

leading us through the trail

i always like weird juxtapositions

enjoying the scenery

the scenery

one of the tops of the world

a red rock sunset

another red rock sunset

on the peralta trail in the superstition mountains

cactus tree

the horse saddle at the top of the peralta trail

weavers needle way off in the distance

big tall rocks

i love the colors and the textures

cactus plants along the way

weird holes in plants

more cacti

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