I don't really know if anyone knew that. So there you go. Anyway, I've been building a portfolio for some time now, but I don't have enough to feel comfortable sending them my work yet. I shoot for it probably 1 out of 5 shows I go to, so I'm trying to flip that ratio around. I still have problems with my flash, and that is another thing I'm working on. For the uncontrollable project, I'd like to kill two birds with one stone and shoot Gonerfest shows, since I'm going anyway, and since shows are pretty uncontrollable in their nature. Here's a sampling. I'm still trying to find my groove to set me apart.
The Warble at Tad Lauritzen Wright's "PERMAGRIN" show:
Dan Auerbach at Minglewood Hall:
Jessica Lea Mayfield at Minglewood Hall:
The Dead Weather at the War Memorial in Nashville:
Marcella Simien performing at Otherlands Coffee Bar:
(This one has been published twice)
On an unrelated note to that, I also thought about all the times I've scanned in negatives and the measurements have been off, creating these beautiful unplanned juxtapositions. Surprise diptychs, as it were:
I also thought of setting up a booth of sorts, cutting a hole in the sheet "wall", and taking portraits of people, but without being able to see their faces. I've thought of a few things to press the "uncontrollable" aspect of it, like: A. Popping a flash as soon as they sit down, then taking their portrait while they're thrown off; B. Writing emotions and/or certain scenarios on paper and putting those in a hat, having the subject pull out one piece, and responding accordingly, without my knowledge of the emotion/scenario. I would shoot color 120 on Jonathan's Mamiya he lent me.
I'm not sure what to do yet.
So, do you want to do the confessional or the the gonerfest for the uncontrollable? You should shoot gonerfest. You should try to get backstage (bus or picnic table where bands are hanging out). you could ask them all the same question and photograph their response to your question. That is killing 2 birds with one stone.
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