Usaphotocomp
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Another self portrait. Ya…I’m desperate for models. / Took a little work to mount the camera in the dash and eliminate any shake for the multiple exposure. A freshly paved road also helped! / If you can’t laugh at yourself…who can you laugh at? I meant to add this and forgot. This was my inspiration… My pappy said “Son your gonna drive me to drinkin’ / If you don’t stop driving that hot rod Lincoln” Have you heard the story of the hot rod race / Where the Fords and the Lincolns were setting the pace? / Well that story is true cause I’m here to say / I was driving that model A. It’s got a Lincoln motor and its really souped up / And that model A body makes it look like a pup / It’s got eight cylinders, uses them all / It’s got overdrive, just won’t stall It’s got a four barrel carb, and dual exhaust / With foureleven gears you can really get lost. / It’s got safety tubes, but I ain’t scared / Breaks are good, tires fair Pullin out of San Pedro late one night / With the moon and the stars just shinin bright / We was headed up grapevine Hill / Passing cars like they was standing still All of a sudden, in the wink of an eye / A Cadillac sedan passed us by / I said “Boys this ones marked for me” / But by then the tail lights was all you could see Now the fellas rid me for being behind / So I thought I’d let that Lincoln unwind / Took my foot of the gas and man alive / I shoved it on down into over drive Wound it up to 110 / My speedometer said I hit top end / My foot was glued like lead to the floor / That’s all there is, and there ain’t no more Now the boys all thought that I’d lost my sense / Those telephone poles looked like a picket fence / They said “Slow down, I see spots!” / The lines on the road just looked like dots Took a corner, side swiped a truck / Crossed my fingers just for luck / My fenders was clicking the guard rail post / The guy beside me was white as a ghost We had smoke coming from out of the back / When I started gainin on that Cadillac / I knew I could catch him, I thought I could pass / But don’t you know by then we’d be low on gas I had flames coming from out of the side / Feel the tension, man what a ride / I said “Look out boys, I’ve got a license to fly” / And that Caddy pulled over and let us by All of the sudden she started knocking / Down in the dips she started rocking / I looked in the mirror. Red lights were blinking / The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln – Damn The arrested me and they put me in jail / Called my pappy to throw my bail / And he said “Son, you’re going to drive me to drinkin’ / If you don’t stop driving that Hot Rod Lincoln” *lyrics by All
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My son, Davin. Just turned 2 in September.
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Background to the Work I shot this piece on June 25th, long before I knew about the competition. I entered it because a couple of people on Red Bubble suggested I do so. I didn’t think or know it would win, I just entered on a whim, thinking I had nothing to lose and everything to gain if I did happen to win. I didn’t expect to because I know the quality of much of the work around here is so high. Charlie, one of the models I regularly work with was coming up for a shoot and we’d never done anything especially edgy despite the fact that she has a very striking and distinct look. I knew visually that her red lips and red nails with the spiky black hair would create a great visual impact against the strong design of the American flag. My initial idea when I bought the 3 US naval shirts and forage caps was to get three girls, similarly dressed with the rosaries and red lips and make an image I intended on entitling, “God’s Army”. I haven’t gotten around to it, because it is not only difficult to find three girls who look similar enough to carry it off, but even when I do find them, aligning everyones schedules aways seems to be a massive headache. What Inspired it I have to be honest, I’m not a fan of the current American government. I think the war in Iraq was pointless and a mistake, the lives taken on both sides (of the Iraqi people and the US military) is heartbreaking. Despite having a Christian upbringing, I cannot abide the way America’s right wing often equates being in power with political and religious absolutism, not unlike the Divine Right of Kings which is existed in the middle ages. I don’t believe there is any place for religion in politics, the Bible seems to back this up when it says, “Render Caesars things to Caesar and God’s things to God”. I take that to mean these things should be kept separate from each other. The Bible also says, Thou Shalt not Murder and yet right back to the Crusades through to the present, people have always found justification to kill in God’s name. So essentially, the work is a comment on the right wing governments who believe that God directs their decision making, specifically the decision to go to another country and destroy the lives of the people living there, who have different religious beliefs and ideals and plenty of the magical black gold that keeps America (and the rest of the world) running….and thereby steamrolling anyone who stands in their path/giving anyone who disagrees a loud and clear F—K YOU!. How anyone figured I meant she was giving God the bird I will never figure out. What I like about the work I really like the way the colours are reminiscent of 16mm film from the 60’s, a time of great upheaval in American political history. It has a feeling of Zapruder about it. With relation to the concept, I like the way Charlie (the model) is somewhat tarted up with lipstick and the glossy reflection of the sunglasses (which also make her appear cold and anonymous) yet, the flag is dirty and faded looking which is to my mind what has happened to America’s image over the last 8 years or so. One last note I am a huge fan of America, love lots of things about America and am more tolerant about America than most people I know. I’ve never visited but everyone else in my family has. The only reason I haven’t is because of my inability to save enough to get over there…it’s top of the list on places I’d like to visit. My brother-in-law who I get on very well with was born and raised in America and we have many conversations about where he can find American food products so he feels more at home here in Australia (although he has developed a taste for vegemite, so perhaps he really has crossed over to the dark side!). I am disgusted by the un-Christian way some of the apparent Christians on RedBubble have treated me regarding this image. There has been no Christ-like tolerance or compassion shown, rather a knee-jerk reaction which has made me feel depressed, miserable and certainly embarassed by all the attention.
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See I was born a little pie-eyed motherfucker / Mamma she left me and my pappa was a hard trucker / Out on the highway we loved to roll / He never made me go to school / I never begged to go / I was a low class livin raised out in the sticks / I was born to be a hick / See I love to spend my days just a squirrel huntin / Go see my cousin Ellie May and get some good lovin / Kissin and huggin on some distant lands / People always tell me I’m a twisted man / Jim Beam in my hand boones kegged in shit And I was born to be a hick / Ohhh I was born to be a hick See I love to spend my days just a squirrel hunter / Go see my cousin Ellie May and get some good lovin / Kissin and huggin on some distant lands / People always tell me I’m a twisted man / Jim Beam in my hand boones kegged in shit And I was born to be a hick / See I was born to be a hick man / Yeah I was born to be a hick man / Yeah, yeah, yeah / I’m a shotgun tokin / I’m a John Deere drivin / I’m a hick / Ah har… *Lyrics by Kid Rock
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Grand Finale from a fireworks display celebrating America’s Independence Day in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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New Yorks Chrysler Building, Art Deco’s archetype.
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42nd st New York. New York cops seem to have a knack for posing.
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Real Photography Competition
by RedBubbleThis is really big! We’ve tracked down some of the coolest photography prizes we could find, passed the hat round the office for some b…
This is really big! We’ve tracked down some of the coolest photography prizes we could find, passed the hat round the office for some bubblecash, stuck the megaphone out the window, and now we’re ready to launch the RedBubble Real Photography Competition. Prizes include: / – Leica M4-P plus 50mm F2 Summicron (or a Canon 400D + 17-85mm IS USM) / – Elinchrom D-Lite 4 – Studio Lighting Kit / – Gitzo Carbon Fiber Tripod with a Really Right Stuff BH-40LR Head / – 15 x great photography books / – $2500 bubblecash There are five categories, and you can only enter once per category. Simply upload your entry and tag it as follows: 1) Landscape, Travel and Nature Tag your entry with landscapephotocomp 2) Portrait, Fashion and Commercial Tag your entry with fashionphotocomp 3) Black and White, Street, and Reportage Tag your entry with bwphotocomp 4) America Tag your entry with usaphotocomp 5) Europe Tag your entry with europephotocomp See www.redbubble.com/promo/photocomp for full details
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American Diner / © Loredana Crupi 2007 See more works BLACK & WHITE CHINA SERIES NATURE ABSTRACT
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Family Portrait… / This is my wife, Sicily and our 2 year old son, Davin. / So simple, but hard to get. Shot with the 85mm @ f1.8
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Hello, The night in the Grand Canyon. Take with a Olympus SP 550
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I was in Snow Mass near Aspen, Colorado, for Balloon Glow. At dusk the balloons were inflated. The crowd counted down and all the balloons were lit up at the same time. It was a spectacular scene with the storm clouds moving in. The clouds lit up with the glow. This was the culmination of a wonderful evening which included some of the best barbeque I’ve ever had.
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This is one of my favorite fotos, taken in mexico after a soccer game at the Estadio de Jalisco, Guadalajara. / This guy was standing there, looking at the crowd evolving around him, like if his time had ended.
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Thanks to Anthony Hedger’s help, I now have a high resolution photo here which is available for purchase.
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Mingus Mill on a foggy,fall morning.Built in 1886 it is powered by a water turbine inside.It is an operating grain mill,March thru November.You can talk to the millers and buy the grain.It is located on the NC side of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.Our forefaters didn’t go to the store for bread the 1st had to grow the grain,it then must be ground.Only then could they make it.
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Tommy’s Joynt is a traditional diner in San Francisco. I thought it was a great place to get a hamburger and a beer in surroundings with far more colour and atmosphere than any fast food chain could ever manage.
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sunset plaza, Hollywood reflected in Ferarri window / STREET / THE SEA/WATER / BIRDS/ANIMALS / UK / ITALY / ARCHITECTURE / CARDS / OTHER BITS
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I post this photo on behalf of my Dad who was quite the photographer apparently but never got the chance to show his work. He gave this photo to me.
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Binoculars looking across the Manhattan skyline
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Highland Light on Cape Cod-September 2006. The original shot was taken on a cold and windy September morning…but I didn’t feel either the cold or the wind when the sun came up and painted those clouds as well as the sky.
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A winter afternoon in Nevada
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Painting by Jenny Davis / www.outlook8studio.com
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