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West


1-2. Somewhere in southern New Mexico
3-7. Encinitas, California

LP and I left last week on a road trip out to the West Coast. We went straight west to San Diego and then northbound to Portland, Oregon.
We’ll be here for a couple months so please be in touch if there are any photo opportunities or collaborations afoot. Also, I’d love any/all suggestions for good things to see/do/eat/etc in and around the Pacific Northwest.

Synonym (Issue 2)


So thrilled at the release of the second issue of the amazing Synonym Journal.
Synonym is the project of Amelia Giller and Leigh Patterson, who have raised the bar even higher with this new issue.
Issue 2 centers around the theme of ‘duplicity’ and yields an impressive arsenal of contributors from around the world.

Copies will soon available in select shops as well as online.
Highly Recommended!

More info and ordering here.

Pyrakantha


Balmorhea – Pyrakantha by Colin Kennedy
Shot over the course of 42 days in the blue hour, Danny Garcia is our guide through Los Angeles.
From the director:
I’m going to start by stating that this is a music video with skateboarding in it and not the other way around. The concept of including skateboarding in a music video isn’t exactly ground breaking but when Balmorhea asked me to make a video for one of their tracks, I saw it as an opportunity to create my own version of what skating could look like in a music video. The band let me choose which track I’d like to make a video for and when I decided on Pyrakantha, the imagery that immediately came to mind was city lights at twilight. I asked one of my favorite skateboarders and closest friends, Danny Garcia to star in the video and take the viewer on a journey through some of my favorite parts of the city as the final moments of daylight gave way to the night. My goal was to capture that feeling of skating home at the end of a long day, a time of day when it’s not so much about the tricks you’re doing as it is about the journey itself. Hopefully as skateboarders, you can relate to this feeling. – Colin Kennedy

 

L A N D



(A collage of illustrations by LAND and some b-reel images from 2012).

I had the pleasure of photographing the L A N D dudes last year for Refueled Magazine but wanted to follow up after seeing some of their recent works on display at Farewell Books in Austin. Caleb Everitt and Ryan Rhodes are deeply carving in their patented niche of expert design that possess a largely hand-hewn feel whilst maintaining a clean and composed aesthetic. Their client list is sky-rocketing and it’s quite obvious why.

View more from L A N D here.

Spring Music, 2013


Some choice selections for the Spring air coming in.
Enjoy!

(Click here to download)

Cover Image
Track #
Artist
Song
Album
Link


01
Beach Fossils
Generational Synthetic
Clash The Truth
Link


02
Kurt Vile
Pure Pain
Wakin On A Pretty Daze
Link


03
Glenn Jones
Bergen County Farewell
My Garden State
Link


04
Phosphorescent
Song For Zula
Muchacho
Link


05
Sera Cahoone
Deer Creek Canyon
Deer Creek Canyon
Link


06
Mattson 2
Black Rain
Feeling Hands
Link


07
Benoît Pioulard
Margin
Hymnal
Link


08
Efterklang
Told To Be Fine
Piramida
Link


09
Julianna Barwick
Pacing
Pacing
Link


10
Mountains
Identical Ship
Centralia
Link


11
Grouper
Living Room
The Man Who Died In His Boat
Link


12
James Blackshaw & Lubomyr Melnyk
Haftorang
The Watchers
Link


13
Dirty Beaches
Danseur De Ballet
Hotel EP
Link

Ursula Jernberg


I came across the Ursula Jernberg’s work in a roundabout way a few months ago while visiting Claire Cottrell in LA and her Book Stand shop. Claire carried a zine called Sunday Mornings at the River, which I picked up. I visited their website when I got home and found an intriguing book they were selling in limited pressing called “Characters of Jante” by Ursula Jernberg. The prints are segmented into once-folded sheets of photos stacked together and arranged inside the sleeve of the outer cover. It’s a hauntingly beautiful collection of photography that truly captures the calm in these scenes. Jernberg lives and works in Amsterdam and I was lucky enough to rendezvous with her on my recent trip abroad. Really excited to see what she does next!
View more from Jernberg here.

European Spring, Pt. 7


The final post from this trip. I write this from a hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia about to catch a few winks before a 4am lobby call for our journey homeward. Thanks for following along and for all your support. I’m looking forward to a fruitful spring with new adventures and photos forthcoming!

1-3. Kiev, Ukraine
4-8. St. Petersburg, Russia