Infrared Hawaii

I mentioned that I set up a WordPress blog for my fine art photography back in July, but I haven't told you that I have posted to it.  And so, I'll share:

Aloha from (Infrared) Hawaii

Infrared photos from Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii, by A.E. Graves

Arc and shadows

I have started another photo blog

No, really.  Not a joke.

I'm trying to show a little more life on my fine art photography portfolio site, where my frivolous photo diary posts here don't quite fit.  Also, I want to share collections easily, without doing lots of coding to get a gallery set up properly.  We'll see if I keep it up! :)

Words About Images at aegraves.com

Posts about photography experiments (also known as play), with a fine art bent by A.E. Graves

So much growth...

When my parents come back to visit, they barely recognize entire neighborhoods, which are changing every week... 

All of this makes me so glad I used to take walks in the mid 00s to photograph warehouses and gravel yards that used to be in this (Mission Bay) area...

New piers

We are getting new piers at the Ferry Building...  it is interesting to watch how they are made.

Like glamorous lungs...

The piece in the SFMoMA Far Out show made me want to learn a bit more about Neri Oxman, who is... many things.  Here is a nice profile from Elle (not where I would expect to go to read about a sculptor/architect with a Ph.D. from MIT):

Neri Oxman Has All the Answers (Elle.com)

The designer and architect Neri Oxman carefully makes her way up the steps to the stage of MIT's Kresge Auditorium. It's late February, and Oxman, a tenured professor at the school who wears a black top, black velvet pants, and high black patent leather stiletto, is nearly seven months pregnant...

Night lights, construction-style

Blue!

SFMoMA Thursday night favorites

So yes: Snøhetta stairs; two scenes from Far Out: Suits, Habs, & Labs for Outer Space (another Apollo 11 tribute), one of various interpretations of spacesuits, the other (the one that looks like lungs) Neri Oxman's Qamar (Moon) Wearable; and lastly, the 7th floor women's restroom, because THOSE COLORS!  (A similar photo kicked off my revival of this blog.)  I find the highly saturated new restrooms irresistible.  Especially the violet one.

Aside: I was there with KP, and he knows several people who have work in the exhibit.  And he didn't know this.  So, Public Service Announcement: If I ever have work of any kind in SFMoMA, I WILL TELL YOU.  I WILL MAKE SUCH NEWS INESCAPABLE.  I WILL ANSWER THE PHONE WITH, "HELLO, HAVE YOU SEEN MY WORK AT SFMOMA - IT IS ON DISPLAY NOW!!"  I WOULD CALL BACK TELEMARKETERS TO YELL THIS TO THEM.  I WOULD EVEN LOG BACK INTO HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, AWFUL FB TO TELL PEOPLE, THAT'S HOW MUCH I WOULD SHARE IT.   And, you would come to see it, possibly more than once, of course.

Not shown here, but also much enjoyed: New Work by Erin Shirreff (sfmoma.org). 

Thursday leanings

I know, I know: I've taken too many photos of the stairwells in the new Snøhetta expansion of SFMoMA.  But... but...  Look at those lines!!  It is too tempting.  (Also, if I drew it, you'd think I was just making up the top center part, wouldn't you - admit it!)

Teleidoscopic salad

I've used a teleidoscope to generate a wide range of subtle geometric patterns... which was a great way to learn that my friends don't really like subtle geometric patterns.  (Haha!)  For my friends who like conventional postcard topics (sunsets, tropical flowers, famous landmarks), these images are a bit busy AND too abstract for them.  So I'll just post them here.

Teleidoscope 3

From the imaginary series, Images Made in My Living Room while Working From Home with Bronchitis.

Teleidoscope 2

The lace leaves show well in this image, with the sun shining through both layers of curtains...

Teleidoscope 1

This was produced opticially, rather than by software; it is a teleidoscopic image of light shining through a curtain, with the ball lens placed up against the weave of the fabric.

Kaleidoscopes are popular with children and artists, and contain colorful objects that create patterns inside the device; teleidoscopes are outward looking, and mirror a snippet of the real world within three mirrors.  The teleidoscope was patented in the 1970s, and isn't as common as much older and more established kaleidoscopes, but interest me from a pattern-making point of view.  Also, working with a ball lens is novel...

Studying the screw

Machined things need special machines to manage, of course.  (This machine is at the SF Museum of Craft and Design (sfmcd.org), though I'm not going to say much about the show, which isn't what I'd expected.)

Such a beautiful night

Just beyond the fog line, it was a stunningly beautiful evening...

I have an album of images from my walk here: 2019.07.26 Evening, Mission Bay to Embarcadero (photos.google.com).

Adorable house of the afternoon

The colors!  The details!  The highly selective application of gold!  This is so charming.  It is just off 24th Street in the Inner Mission, and little hearts came out of my eyes while staring at it.

Yes, it is narrow.  Our lots in SF are long and narrow.  But the houses make great use of the space inside!

The Mission is a visually rich neighborhood...  No wonder I wanted to take up photography.  How could I resist all of this?

Vivid neighbor

This is quite the storefront! (On 24th Street, in the Inner Mission.)

Grand Entrance

This is the fabulous entrance to Precita Eyes (precitaeyes.org).

(Sunny) Balmy Alley

I feel lucky to have grown up in the Mission District, where the cultural influences of Mexican Muralism (wikipedia.org) manifest in fantastic ways!

If you want to go on a mural tour or learn more about murals, Precita Eyes is the local center for fantastic knowledge about existing murals, and active community projects to create new ones.

Precita Eyes: New Projects

New Projects

Happiness is a refreshed mural

I'm always happy to see a bright, well-maintained mural!  This is La Rumba no para (honoring Chata Gutierrez) - A Walls of Respect Mural by Carlos Gonzalez.

Also: it looks so fantastic in the SUNSHINE!!  I was happy to get out of the fog and visit the Mission, where the sun shines more often.