Life in LA (Purple)
A few recent photographs from around Los Angeles. Follow me on Instagram for more of my photography.
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The Hotline
I’ve really been enjoying photographer Noah Kalina’s YouTube videos, where he talks about his work, his life, and the world. In particular, I like his hotline show, where people call in and ask questions. I’ve called in twice, including for the most recent hotline episode, “The Hotline Show XII.” One reason I like Noah’s rhetoric around art is that he doesn’t try to tie everything up into a neat bow. Art is messy and chaotic and unpredictable. In any case, I usually learn something about my own practice from his thoughts, so check out his work.
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Scenes From an American Bukkake
The above image is a panel from “My, My American Bukkake Too,” a comic that I made in 2003 or 2004. I made the comic using photos I shot on a bukkake movie set, running the images through Microsoft Paint, and editing the results. This comic was a sequel to “My, My American Bukkake,” a comic that I made using the same process in 2002. There was some controversy around MMABT, which you can read about here. I believe MMAB was first published in Headpress 23. Later that same year, MMAB was published again, in Dirty Stories Volume 3, which was edited by Eric Reynolds and published by Fantagraphics, alongside comics by Joe Sacco, Bob Fingerman, and Carol Swain, among others. MMAB was republished again or MMABT was published (I can’t remember which one) in Best Erotic Comics 2008, which was edited by Greta Christina and published by Last Gasp, alongside comics by Daniel Clowes, Phoebe Gloeckner, and Toshio Saeki, among others. In a review of Dirty Stories Volume 3, “A Fresh Look at Porn Comix,” TIME called MMAB a “non-fiction standout.” In 2004, MMABT was published on Artbomb (a comics website created by Warren Ellis that no longer exists), where it was described as “a deeply moving account of personal loss set amidst the tapestry of sexual taboo.”
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Pam's Coffy
A movie poster on the wall at the very cool Pam’s Coffy. Follow me on Instagram for more of my photographs.
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The Woman on the Wall
A parking lot mural at Circus Liquor in North Hollywood. Follow me on Instagram for more of my photographs.
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Hope
Utility box art with a simple message: HOPE. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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Breaker Beauties (1977)
A poster for “Breaker Beauties” at a sidewalk sale. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Be a Clown
A clown mask at Blast From the Past. Follow me on Instagram for more photographs from my life in L.A.
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Man's Ruin
A tattooed mannequin in a Hollywood storefront. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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Repressia
A detail from REPRESSIA (decline) at LACMA. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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Palm Trees
A mural and trees at a Burbank gas station. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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The Girl in the Sky
A couple billboards on Sunset Boulevard. Follow me on Instagram for more photographs from my life in L.A.
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Sexy Art Books
An art book haul from an art gallery crawl. Follow me on Instagram for more photographs from my life in L.A.
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IWMF Instagram Stories Data Baby Takeover
Recently, the International Women’s Media Foundation allowed me to takeover their Instagram Stories to post about my new memoir, DATA BABY: My Life in a Psychological Experiment. The IWMF’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists provided grant support for my book. I really enjoyed doing this, as Stories is one of my favorite mediums. You can’t see it here, but the layering enables you to combine images and text and music and little cartoons of people doing things. In other words, the stories come alive.
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Sunset Boulevard at Night
Walking down Sunset Boulevard at night. Follow me on Instagram for more photos from my life in L.A.
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Hey Girl
I took this photo recently at the “John Waters: Pope of Trash” exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (see: “A Dirty Shame.”) Follow me on Instagram for more scenes from my life in Los Angeles.
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