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I am thrilled to have been commissioned to create

I am thrilled to have been commissioned to create some photos by my friends/colleagues artists Adam Scott & Julie Whaley of the Richard Neutra - Constance Perkins house that they had been renting. This historic landmark was built in 1955 in Pasadena for the “Professor of Poppy Peak” who was a friend of Neutra and taught Art History at Occidental. This house has been photographed a few times in its history and I’m proud to carry on that tradition as it is a truly amazing little wonder. The reflected light off the glass in the fading daylight is spectacular to say the least.
The coffee table (original) has the book “The Dream Come True” open to the image of the house and I shot the same angle with a wider lens. I also shot another image from that book at its angle as well.... so I did not own that book (owner of the house does) but this is very trippy: 4 days after I shot these images... a friend of mine was donating boxes of books to me and my campus... and that book (plus a 2nd copy) was in the collection of over 75 books... ummmm what are the odds?!?
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#neutra #richardneutra #contanceperkinshouse #architecture #architecturephotography

New Work - "Now I Know Where I Once Saw You” Sh

New Work - "Now I Know Where I Once Saw You” Shot with Fuji GFX Processed with Provia 160 Focus Stacked Long Beach, CA ●●●●●●
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New Work - "Some Things Must Go”| Shot with Fuji

New Work - "Some Things Must Go”| Shot with Fuji GFX | Processed with Provia 160 | Focus Stacked | Buena Park, CA ●●●●●●
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New Work - "There’s a (Friars) Club if You Would

New Work - "There’s a (Friars) Club if You Would Like to Go”| Shot with Fuji GFX | Processed with Provia 160 | Focus Stacked | Friars Club, Hawaiian Gardens, CA ●●●●●●
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Tune in to Instagram Live this Saturday at 5:30 wh

Tune in to Instagram Live this Saturday at 5:30 where I will be a guest on “Staying in With Wayne” @wayneorshine ••••••••••••••••••••••••
Wayne Everett has an amazing new LP called Two Ghosts and I directed the video for his song “Prisoners”. We have been friends for 20 years so there will be plenty of Music and Art and Sportzzz talk! Post questions or topics you may want us to bullshit about!!!

New video work: This Night Has Opened My Eyes” a

New video work: This Night Has Opened My Eyes” a 6 minute video suite created for @durdenandray ambitious city-wide exhibition
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Sound Design and FUZZ by @insta_graemeee
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Note: this work will be viewable only on Saturday evenings from 7 to 9 for the show’s duration... •••••••••••••••••••••
Durden and Ray presents We Are Here / Here We Are, a Los Angeles County-wide exhibition of nearly 100 artists that explores our innate desire for connectivity through sensation. Due to the constraints of the COVID-19 lockdown, the artists in this exhibition have chosen public spaces to display their work — from Santa Monica to the East Side and from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach

We are here

While the world turns inward more than any other point in our lifetimes, we are paradoxically more connected with each other than ever through the use of social media, digital technology, video conferencing, and telecommunication. But as the streets remain empty, the restaurants and coffee shops remain closed, and the houses of social engagement remain shuttered, we are rediscovering “real life” through our homes, our neighborhoods and ourselves. As the digital world feeds our need to connect through sight and sound, we are experiencing a severe disconnect from the other sensory functions of touch, taste, and smell, yearning for experiences that happen through tactility, sensation, randomness, and place, which are currently only possible in real life

Here we are

The artists in the exhibition have chosen unorthodox alternatives to a traditional gallery setting, using a wide variety of media interventions in neighborhood alleyways, yards, trees, bushes, on rocks, fences, telephone poles, and other publicly accessible areas, while honoring social distancing mandates

To experience the exhibition: Go to the website and find Durden and Ray’s personalized Google Map

Opening May 16, 2020 in various locations througho

Opening May 16, 2020 in various locations throughout Los Angeles County:
Durden and Ray presents We Are Here / Here We Are, a Los Angeles County-wide exhibition of nearly 100 artists that explores our innate desire for connectivity through sensation. Due to the constraints of the COVID-19 lockdown, the artists in this exhibition have chosen public spaces to display their work — from Santa Monica to the East Side and from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach

We are here

While the world turns inward more than any other point in our lifetimes, we are paradoxically more connected with each other than ever through the use of social media, digital technology, video conferencing, and telecommunication. But as the streets remain empty, the restaurants and coffee shops remain closed, and the houses of social engagement remain shuttered, we are rediscovering “real life” through our homes, our neighborhoods and ourselves. As the digital world feeds our need to connect through sight and sound, we are experiencing a severe disconnect from the other sensory functions of touch, taste, and smell, yearning for experiences that happen through tactility, sensation, randomness, and place, which are currently only possible in real life

Here we are

The artists in the exhibition have chosen unorthodox alternatives to a traditional gallery setting, using a wide variety of media interventions in neighborhood alleyways, yards, trees, bushes, on rocks, fences, telephone poles, and other publicly accessible areas, while honoring social distancing mandates
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To experience the exhibition: Click on the link to Durden and Ray’s personalized Google Map, (LINK IN BIO) which displays the coordinates of each work, a photograph of the piece in-situ, as well as a brief description that provides some context. A small placard is available at each site and provides some information about each piece, as well as a QR code that links to the map with more information about the show and other works in the neighborhood .

#artistrunspace #outdoorart #artinthetimeofcovid #alternativeartexhibit #losangelesartists #artinla #artcollector #contemporaryart #installationart

New Work - "Notes on Color”| Shot with Fuji GFX

New Work - "Notes on Color”| Shot with Fuji GFX | Processed with Provia 160| Cypress, CA ●●●●●●
#minimalmood #minimalzine #archivecollectivemag #justifiedmagazine #noicemag #urbandecay #urbanlandscape #urbanla #la #DTLA #losangeles #subjectivelyobjective #ifyouleave #minimal #yetmagazine #paperjournalmag #oftheafternoon #contemporaryphotography #minimalist #newtopographics #neotopographics #brettmagazine #minimal_shots #lekkerzine #silvermag #ourmag #selektormagazine #fujifilm #fujifilmgfx50s @durdenandray #durdenandray

New Work - "One Side Will Have to Go” | Shot wit

New Work - "One Side Will Have to Go” | Shot with Fuji GFX | Processed with Provia 160| Cypress, CA ●●●●●●
#minimalmood #minimalzine #archivecollectivemag #justifiedmagazine #noicemag #urbandecay #urbanlandscape #urbanla #la #DTLA #losangeles #subjectivelyobjective #ifyouleave #minimal #yetmagazine #paperjournalmag #oftheafternoon #contemporaryphotography #minimalist #newtopographics #neotopographics #brettmagazine #phroommagazine #minimal_shots #lekkerzine #silvermag #ourmag #selektormagazine @durdenandray #durdenandray

New Work - "Overall” | Shot with Fuji GFX | Proc

New Work - "Overall” | Shot with Fuji GFX | Processed with Provia 160| Cerritos, CA ●●●●●●
#minimalmood #minimalzine #archivecollectivemag #justifiedmagazine #noicemag #urbandecay #urbanlandscape #urbanla #la #DTLA #losangeles #subjectivelyobjective #ifyouleave #minimal #yetmagazine #paperjournalmag #oftheafternoon #contemporaryphotography #minimalist #newtopographics #neotopographics #brettmagazine #phroommagazine #minimal_shots #lekkerzine #silvermag #ourmag #selektormagazine @durdenandray #durdenandray

New Work - "Past” | Shot with Fuji GFX | Process

New Work - "Past” | Shot with Fuji GFX | Processed with Provia 160| Los Angeles, CA ●●●●●●
#minimalmood #minimalzine #archivecollectivemag #justifiedmagazine #noicemag #urbandecay #urbanlandscape #urbanla #la #DTLA #losangeles #subjectivelyobjective #ifyouleave #minimal #yetmagazine #paperjournalmag #oftheafternoon #contemporaryphotography #minimalist #newtopographics #neotopographics #brettmagazine #phroommagazine #minimal_shots #lekkerzine #silvermag #ourmag #selektormagazine @durdenandray #durdenandray

New Work - "Shadow” | Shot with Fuji GFX | Proce

New Work - "Shadow” | Shot with Fuji GFX | Processed with TRI-X | Los Angeles, CA ●●●●●●
#minimalmood #minimalzine #archivecollectivemag #justifiedmagazine #noicemag #urbandecay #urbanlandscape #urbanla #la #DTLA #losangeles #subjectivelyobjective #ifyouleave #minimal #yetmagazine #paperjournalmag #oftheafternoon #contemporaryphotography #minimalist #newtopographics #neotopographics #brettmagazine #phroommagazine #minimal_shots #lekkerzine #silvermag #ourmag #selektormagazine @durdenandray #durdenandray #blackandwhite

New Work - "Is the Problem That We Can’t See?”

New Work - "Is the Problem That We Can’t See?” | Shot with Fuji GFX | Processed with TRI-X | Los Angeles, CA ●●●●●●
#minimalmood #minimalzine #archivecollectivemag #justifiedmagazine #noicemag #urbandecay #urbanlandscape #urbanla #la #DTLA #losangeles #subjectivelyobjective #ifyouleave #minimal #yetmagazine #paperjournalmag #oftheafternoon #contemporaryphotography #minimalist #newtopographics #neotopographics #brettmagazine #phroommagazine #minimal_shots #lekkerzine #silvermag #ourmag #selektormagazine @durdenandray #durdenandray #blackandwhite @silver.mag @subjectivelyobjective

New Work - "That Clears it Up” | Shot with Fuji

New Work - "That Clears it Up” | Shot with Fuji GFX | Processed with TRI-X | Los Angeles, CA ●●●●●●
#minimalmood #minimalzine #archivecollectivemag #justifiedmagazine #noicemag #urbandecay #urbanlandscape #urbanla #la #DTLA #losangeles #subjectivelyobjective #ifyouleave #minimal #yetmagazine #paperjournalmag #oftheafternoon #contemporaryphotography #minimalist #newtopographics #neotopographics #brettmagazine #phroommagazine #minimal_shots #lekkerzine #silvermag #ourmag #selektormagazine @durdenandray #durdenandray #blackandwhite @silver.mag @subjectivelyobjective

The BTS are most likely more entertaining than the

The BTS are most likely more entertaining than the video lectures we’re endlessly producing... just kidding those are gonna be awesome!!!!

The fair may be over...but they made it super easy

The fair may be over...but they made it super easy to purchase an edition of the 2 works I had in the exhibition! Go to springbreakartfair.com •••••••••••••••
#durdenandray #springbreakartshow #contemporary_art #urbanphotography #dtla #minimalphotography #artcollector

I will have 2 photographs in our Durden and Ray b

I will have 2 photographs in our
Durden and Ray booth at Spring Break Art Show!
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Feb 14 to 16 at Skylight ROW DTLA 757 South Alameda St.
VIP opening night party is on the 14th bring your Valentine! Regular show days are Saturday and Sunday ••••••••••••••••••••••••••
@springbreakartshow @durdenandray #laartshow2020 #laart #dtla #contemporaryart #urbandecay #urbanlandscape #urbanla #la #DTLA #losangeles #subjectivelyobjective #ifyouleave #minimal #yetmagazine #paperjournalmag #oftheafternoon #contemporaryphotography #minimalist #newtopographics #neotopographics #brettmagazine #phroommagazine #minimal_shots #lekkerzine #silvermag @artillery_mag

I’m pretty pumped about this show I’m putting

I’m pretty pumped about this show I’m putting together at our Los Angeles Mission College Art Gallery! Come check it out!
Come join us for the opening reception of “Surroundings” on Wednesday February 26 from 5pm to 9pm to see the fantastic work of Megan Geckler, Roberta Gentry, Katy Ann Gilmore, and Aili Schmeltz. Organized by Curtis Stage.
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@roberbobgen @megangecklerstudio @katyanngilmore @ailischmeltz
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#contemporaryart #laart #geometricabstraction #pattern #installationart @lamissioncollege

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