The little problem I had with this site a while back prompted me to make some MATLAB tools to parse Apache web server log files. They were very useful then, but I never got back to them.
This morning, I took another look at the logs, specifically the 700-or-so queries from the last nine months. […]

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Maps: religion by county (sort of via) and by language. (via)
Culture blogs: Space and Culture blog: “a cross-disciplinary journal of cultural studies that fosters the publication of reflections on a wide range of socio-spatial arenas.” And TheBoxTank blog: “A collaborative focused on retail and urbanism.” And BLDGBLOG: “architectural conjecture :: urban speculation :: landscape futures” […]

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I probably should wait until after the presentation tomorrow to post the contact sheets for the presentation, but there’s no time like the present, really. I hope to see you there tomorrow!

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This was the hardest section to organize and the farthest ranging (in terms of subject matter).
Tokihiro Sato
Christopher Bucklow
Adam Fuss
Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison
Michal Macku
Wang Qingsong
Yasumasa Morimura
Cindy Sherman
Loretta Lux
Atta Kim
Sandy Skoglund
Arno Rafael Minkkinen
Miwa Yanagi
Vik Muniz
David Hockney
Hiroshi Sugimoto

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Artists in my presentation making images of the world around us without much reference to social interactions (i.e., landscape):
Joel Sternfeld
Stephen Shore
William Eggleston
Catherine Opie
Joe Deal
Robert Adams
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Jeff Bruows
Thomas Struth
Jem Southam
Richard Misrach
Clifford Ross
Youngsuk Suh
Robert Glenn Ketchum
Thomas Mangelson
Jim Brandenburg
John Shaw
Lynn Geesaman
Ernestine Ruben
Sally Mann
Ray Carofano
Michael Kenna
Joel Meyerowitz
Jan Staller
Alex MacLean
David Maisel
James Balog
John Paul Caponigro
Rolfe Horn

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A quick update on the contemporary photography presentation before going to bed. I finished prepping the first of the three parts on the social landscape. (I folded fashion into this section.) And I got a good idea of how I want to approach the “natural” landscape.
The first part goes something like this:
Parental […]

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It’s not easy to sum up the entire contemporary photography scene. I’m positive I’m going to leave something really important out. I know for certain I will — Cindy Sherman isn’t in my presentation, after all. (But seriously, her newest pieces are really hard to look at. Sheesh.)
But I’ve proclaimed a […]

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I will be presenting the lecture An Overview of Contemporary Art Photography this coming Monday, the 24th to the Newton Camera Club. The hour-long overview should start a little after 7:30 PM. All are welcome. (Directions to the Nonantum Branch of the Newton Public Library)
Please come.

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Americans love conspiracy theories, frequently involving the government and/or aliens.
Susan Clancy has a new book: Abducted : How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens. Apparently, it’s just as inflamatory as her prior book about false memories in sexual abuse victims. (She says these alien memories are just as false as […]

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Lately I’ve been thinking I need a secretary. Having somebody create digests of my e-mail, book planes/hotels/cars, call the oil burner repairman, drop off film at the lab, etc. — something like the remote assistant I wrote about a while ago. (In fact, paying other people to do all sorts of things for […]

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Lisa and I have seen some films over the past month or so — V for Vendetta, Inside Man, Lucky Number Slevin, and Thank You for Smoking. They’re all good, and I recommend them all, especially the Spike Lee joint and the last one.
Before most of these, we saw the same interview with the […]

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Man, what a day!
First the racoon. Jess also saw the capture from her office, which also overlooks the parking garage. Lately townie people have started making out there before heading home from work. “Stray racoons and stray couples,” she commented. Circle of life, really.
Then a few hours of honest-to-goodness work before […]

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The Natick police were in front of my building this morning when I arrived. No cops in the back where I usually park. So I walked through the building to the front, where a small group of construction workers and cafe staff watched along as the animal control officer cornered and lassoed a […]

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I picked up a copy of ARTFORUM earlier today. Notable photographic items:

Nan Goldin has new works at Matthew Marks Gallery (images).
Some of Martin Parr’s fascinating fashion-inspired photography at Danziger Projects.
The Fraenkel Gallery is one of the finest in San Francisco. They have given over their entire space to host Richard Misrach’s “Chronologies.” […]

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I love my commonwealth. The economy is robust. Taxes are low (5% sales tax, 5.35% flat income tax, 12% capital gains tax). Anyone who wishes can marry without running into out-of-date legal impediments. And now we have universal health coverage.

BOSTON, April 12 — In a ceremony full of pomp and political […]

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