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(i would not look cute with a bald head - Alexa)



















(Alexa's new obsession)

Alec Soth

I have been slacking lately but thats okay because I'm going to say its because I was waiting for the moment that lately all I have heard about and that being random text messages and iChat messages about Alec Soths new project being released on his site. I was so excited to see his project because right now I am trying to figure out what my first real project will be. However, Alec Soths project "The Last Days of W" is visually so powerful through his portraits and documention of our country as we progress towards something that was only invisioned my many. Soths work embodies everything life these days from broken houses, televisions plaster to the news, young men experiencing a war that no one can prevent, a ruthless and mind altering duty that is rather uncalled for these days. You can see the once distress in peoples faces changing as we end the term of the dreaded "W."

Peter Halupka

I know Peter as Pete and have really become great friends with him over the years of skating and now college. Pete has always been the one I looked up to in photography as I grew up around skating and watching him woo the crowds of kids with his black and whites over the skate forums. Pete is the person that everyone loves to be around no matter who you are, there is just something about the kid that makes everyone want to get to know him. He is an amazing photographer and is trying to move to Chicago to follow his dream and needs everyone's help! Here is a flyer that he made about the selling of his prints, so help him by helping yourselves to this great deal and sure to be investment.
Pete's blog : pete.halupka@gmail.com : Pete's flickr

Dorthea Lange

I've been falling in love with old photography lately. I used to only really know about Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Sally Mann, etc. But now I've been researching and discovering so much more. I have so much respect for older photograhpers as well because it was probably so much harder for people to develop things during those times. I learned about "Weegee" a couple weeks ago in photography class and instantly fell in love with his work. He had a dark room in the trunk of his car, which is incredible. We watched a short video on him and I loved it. Anyways, I really like these photos by Lange:

"J.R. Butler,President of the Southern Tenant Farmer's Union

Memphis, Tennessee 1938"

"Plantation Overseer and His Field Hands,

near Clarksdale. Mississippi 1936"

"Ditched, Stalled, and Stranded San Joaquin Valley, California 1935"

The Times of our Lives

About a year ago, I think is when I can tell you my life began. At least that is how I feel. I finally realized how real things are. How amazing music is. How beautiful nature is. That's also when I started doing photography more often. I wanted to capture everything. I always remember taking pictures as a child, but it did not mean as much as it does to me now. I love this time of the year. I love all the familiar smells that bring you back to certain points in your life. Even music can do that. I tend to relate albums to times of my life. Lately I've been listening to Radiohead's In Rainbows because it brings back that nice feeling from the summer time.

Anyways, we're working on a website to showcase our work and collab series. So be on the look out for that.



P.S. (thanks Pete.)

Kohlton's exclusive interview.

Hunt Fanelli: hey fag
Hunt Fanelli: hu
Hunt Fanelli: from alexa
Kohlton : hello.??
Hunt Fanelli: this is hunt well hunt's other aim
Hunt Fanelli: haha the internet wont work on my desktop
Hunt Fanelli: kjnuybhgtvcfrdxs
Hunt Fanelli: haha
Hunt Fanelli: im gay
Hunt Fanelli: its true
Kohlton : hahahah
Kohlton : awesome
Hunt Fanelli: eah
Kohlton : what's up mangg?
Hunt Fanelli: mugs
Hunt Fanelli: wigs
Hunt Fanelli: nigs
Hunt Fanelli: stoned
Hunt Fanelli: pigs
Hunt Fanelli: glazed
Hunt Fanelli: dazed
Hunt Fanelli: hazed
Kohlton : hahah
Hunt Fanelli: blazed
Kohlton : t000tally
Kohlton : nice
Hunt Fanelli: faded
Hunt Fanelli: raided
Hunt Fanelli: over
Kohlton : damn
Hunt Fanelli: rated
Kohlton : i got stabbed with a nail last night!
Hunt Fanelli: hated
Hunt Fanelli: what!!!!!!!??????!!!?
Hunt Fanelli: how?
5:30 PM
Hunt Fanelli: was it rusty?
Hunt Fanelli: was it big?
Kohlton : haha, nawnawnaw
Hunt Fanelli: was it in you dick
Kohlton : it wasnt bad
Hunt Fanelli: was it red
Kohlton : yes, in my dick
Kohlton : yep
Kohlton : red and in the dick
Kohlton : haha
Hunt Fanelli: was it dead?
Kohlton : naw, it was in the foot
Kohlton : not too rusty
Hunt Fanelli: was it stoned?
Hunt Fanelli: was it gold?
Hunt Fanelli: was it holy?
Hunt Fanelli: was it nice?
Kohlton : and luckily i got a tetnis shot not too long ao
Kohlton : not nice
Kohlton : no
Hunt Fanelli: was it pleasing?
Kohlton : tootally
Kohlton : i was skating this mini
Kohlton : board shot into this dirt abyss
Kohlton : i went to retrive it
Kohlton : and bang!
Hunt Fanelli: was it deep??
Kohlton : maybe like half an inch!
Hunt Fanelli: were you able to fly
Hunt Fanelli: ?
Hunt Fanelli: i can cry
Kohlton : yep
Kohlton : instand flying powerzzzzz
Hunt Fanelli: die
Hunt Fanelli: my
Hunt Fanelli: hair
Hunt Fanelli: dye
Hunt Fanelli: cry
Hunt Fanelli: colors
Hunt Fanelli: dry
Hunt Fanelli: dog
Hunt Fanelli: peeeeeeee
Hunt Fanelli: accents
Hunt Fanelli: life
Kohlton : you are a goon
Hunt Fanelli: i
Hunt Fanelli: am
Hunt Fanelli: going
Hunt Fanelli: to
Hunt Fanelli: say
Hunt Fanelli: your
Hunt Fanelli: a
Hunt Fanelli: toon
Hunt Fanelli: boon
Hunt Fanelli: coon
Hunt Fanelli: yoon
Hunt Fanelli: hoon
Hunt Fanelli: goon
Hunt Fanelli: foon
Hunt Fanelli: doon
Hunt Fanelli: and this is alexa
Hunt Fanelli: and hunt
Hunt Fanelli: taking turns saying stuff
Hunt Fanelli: thats why its so weird
Hunt Fanelli: and we're posting this on the blog
Hunt Fanelli: BRUH
Hunt Fanelli: SHUH
Kohlton : oooo
Kohlton : link me
Hunt Fanelli: CRUH
Hunt Fanelli: IGHHTTTT
Hunt Fanelli: HERE WE GO
Hunt Fanelli: TO
Hunt Fanelli: SPACE
Hunt Fanelli: ⋯

Seeing Spots

I haven't really been keeping up with this, I just keep forgetting to get on here and post something. I don't have much to say today because nothing has really been going on. I really want to talk about my new photos but I'm going to wait until I get them processed and surprise you guys, if they're even good.

(I'm seeing spots because Hunt is playing with his flash next to me..)

Today while Hunt and I were driving back to the dorms to watch a movie, we passed this car with 3 young boys in the back seat. They looked right at Hunt and smiled. I looked over and waved to them, then for the rest of the way down the road we stayed right next to their car and made faces at them or waved, for about a mile. It was really cute.

I don't know what else to say, sorry for a boring post. I'll be more entertaining next time.

Oh, and I made a myspace. (lame) Add me if you wannaaaa.
www.myspace.com/azsullivant

Dreams and Travels

What if you could make beautiful dreams come true, just think of the potential that the world could reach.

I say this because I recently have been thinking how I could get some money together to travel and still be able to go to Chicago in the fall. I was talking with Alexa about this situation as I presented the question of "If she could do anything in life right now that she wanted to, what would you do?" Her answer was however not directed to this but mine was and after I stated that I would probably just throw a few pairs of pants and shirts and hit the road and just travel both the air and the road until I found a place I loved. This is a dream of mine and I intended to do it one summer soon.

However, the major point of this is to point out that Alexa and I feel that it is rather ridiculous that it is to expensive for a person to see the world that they live in then. How can that person really live their life if they haven't seen it with their own eyes. I feel that when we as a country set out to free ourselves from debt we need to free ourselves and make it so everyone can travel at least once in their lives. There is a photographer that really makes me dream harder and want this dream of mine to happen. Brian Schutmaat's photographs from his travels across Texas and the West are completely compelling and striking. I first saw his photographs on Flickr where I would constantly check it to see if he had posted more images. I have probably favored sixty percent of his photos on Flickr.