LISA LEONE - HERE I AM

LISA LEONE WAS BORN IN THE BRONX AND PHOTOGRAPHED SOME OF HIP-HOP'S GREATEST ARTISTS AND PIVOTAL POINTS IN THEIR CAREER. A VERY "SHE WAS THERE" PHOTOGRAPHER. LATER, SHE WORKED WITH STANLEY KUBRICK ON "EYES WIDE SHUT" SHE IMMERSED HERSELF IN ALL FACETS OF THE PROJECT, AND KUBRICK BECAME A MENTOR TO HER. 

LISA LEONE

NAS AND Q-TIP DURING ILLMATIC

NAS AND Q-TIP DURING ILLMATIC

EASY-E

EASY-E

SNOOP DOGG ON "WHAT'S MY NAME" VIDEO SET

SNOOP DOGG ON "WHAT'S MY NAME" VIDEO SET

NAS, Q-TIP

NAS, Q-TIP

THE PHARCYDE

THE PHARCYDE

THE FUGEES

THE FUGEES

GEORGIA O'KEEFE RESIDENCE + STUDIO - ABIQUIU, NEW MEXICO

Abiquiu - is a Spanish combination of the Tewa words pay sha boo-oo,“timber-end town,” and abechin, “hoot of an owl.”

Tony Vaccaro, 1960 

Tony Vaccaro, 1960

 

Herb Lotz, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

Herb Lotz, Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

Todd Webb (1905 - 2000)

Todd Webb (1905 - 2000)

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, © Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

MATERIALS

SOME OF THE FINISH MATERIALS ARE BEING FABRICATED AT 1515 EAST FEDERAL POINTE. IT IS EXCITING TO SEE DECISIONS MADE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS MANIFEST THEMSELVES. 

ZAHA HADID (1950 - 2016)

I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF 'STARCHITECTS' - OR THAT TERM FOR THAT MATTER. IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHETHER OR NOT THE WORK SPOKE TO YOU, INFLUENCED OTHERS AND MADE THE WORLD A BETTER BUILT PLACE. SHE DID ALL OF THOSE. SHE WAS BORN IN BAGHDAD IN 1950, RECEIVED A MATHEMATICS DEGREE FROM AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN BEIRUT, AND AN ARCHITECTURAL DEGREE FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION IN LONDON. SHE WON THE PRITZKER PRIZE LAUREATE IN 2004. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF HER DESIGNS.   

HEYDAR ALIYEV CENTER, AZERBAIJAN (2007 - 2012)

HEYDAR ALIYEV CENTER, AZERBAIJAN (2007 - 2012)

VITRA FIRE STATION, GERMANY (1993)

VITRA FIRE STATION, GERMANY (1993)

MIDDLE EAST CENTER - OXFORD, ENGLAND (2014)

MIDDLE EAST CENTER - OXFORD, ENGLAND (2014)

MIDDLE EAST CENTER - OXFORD, ENGLAND (2014)

MIDDLE EAST CENTER - OXFORD, ENGLAND (2014)

MESSNER MOUNTAIN MUSEUM - MT KRONPLATZ, ITALY (2015)

MESSNER MOUNTAIN MUSEUM - MT KRONPLATZ, ITALY (2015)

MESSNER MOUNTAIN MUSEUM - MT KRONPLATZ, ITALY (2015)

MESSNER MOUNTAIN MUSEUM - MT KRONPLATZ, ITALY (2015)

BERNIE SANDERS RALLY - SALT LAKE CITY.

YESTERDAY LEIGH AND I WENT TO THE BERNIE SANDERS RALLY AT THIS IS THE PLACE PARK IN SALT LAKE. MORE THAN 14,000 R.S.V.P'D TO THE EVENT. BY THE LOOKS OF THE LINE TO GET (WHICH MOST PEOPLE STOOD IN FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS) THE NUMBER WAS BIGGER. THE CROWD WAS RESPECTFUL, LISTENED INTENTLY AND CHEERED FOR THE LIST OF THINGS THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN STOOD FOR. WHILE SENATOR SANDERS MAY NOT WIN THIS RACE, HIS SUPPORTS STAND AS ONE WITH HIS PRINCIPALS. HIS CONVICTION IS AUTHENTIC. THE RESULTS OF EACH PRIMARY AND CAUCUS CLEARLY DEFINE THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. WHILE IT ISN'T THE SHEER HOPE OF BARACK OBAMA'S 2004 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION SPEECH, THE AMERICAN PROGRESSIVES ARE ALIVE AND WELL. THAT GOES FOR UTAH AS WELL. PEACE. 

MORE PHOTOS OVER ON MY DIGITAL PAGE HERE

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AS ONE - MARINA ABRAMOVIC - ATHENS, 2016

ABRAMOVIC LAUNCHED A NEW PIECE DEDICATED TO HER PROCESS OF COMMITMENT KNOWN AS THE METHOD. 

*ALL PHOTOS BY NATALIA TSOUKALA

ABRAMOVIC IN THE METHOD SPACE FOR 'AS ONE'

ABRAMOVIC IN THE METHOD SPACE FOR 'AS ONE'

GREEK ARTISTS SPEND A TWO WEEK RESIDENCY IN THE METHOD

GREEK ARTISTS SPEND A TWO WEEK RESIDENCY IN THE METHOD

AN ARTIST PARTICIPATING

AN ARTIST PARTICIPATING

A PARTICIPANT ATTEMPTING TO CURE VERTIGO BY STANDING ON THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING. M.A. IS INTERESTED IN THE EFFECTS OF FEAR. 

A PARTICIPANT ATTEMPTING TO CURE VERTIGO BY STANDING ON THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING. M.A. IS INTERESTED IN THE EFFECTS OF FEAR. 

ED STEED, CARTOONIST

BECAUSE THIS THING IS A BONAFIDE SHIT SHOW, HERE ARE SOME CAMPAIGN POSTERS BY NEW YORKER CARTOONIST, ED STEED. 

NAIL-ON-HEAD-HIT. 

 

RECLAIMED WOOD

YESTERDAY WE FOUND A SOURCE FOR RECLAIMED BARN WOOD FOR THE BEAMS AT 1515 EAST FEDERAL POINTE DRIVE. EACH ONE HAS ITS OWN CHARACTER. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A STORY IN EACH PIECE OF WOOD. THEY ARE GOING TO BE ATTACHED TO WOOD TRUSSES IN THE CEILING OF THE HOUSE.