Next Year, Plaid

My wife's tomato plants. The tough part is getting them to grow with that pattern on the leaves.

Why So Serious, Skulls?

Dire Wolf skulls at the George C. Page Museum in Los Angeles, Sunday, August 14, 2011.

No, I don't know why they are called that.

I Am Number Four

The 4th Place medal winner walks off the stage during the Miss Fitness Hollywood Pageant 2011 in Los Angeles, Saturday, August 13, 2011.

The Moose Sleeps on a Lower Branch

Well, it's a squirrel. Just sitting there, staring in my window. Not suspicious at all. Still staring. Stop it, squirrel.

At least it's not this.

Hill Street

A man plays guitar on South Hill Street in Los Angeles, Sunday, July 3, 2011.

3rd and Fairfax in Los Angeles

A costumed person waves while walking along 3rd Street in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 22, 2011.

Found

Tatum O'Neal strides forward to join Mario Lopez for a television interview at The Grove in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 22, 2011.

Dogtown and TV-Boys

A Los Angeles television reporter learns to skateboard during the "Wild in the Streets" event at Lafayette Park in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 21, 2011.

CORRECTION:
Los Angeles television reporter Cary Berglund learns to skateboard during the "Wild in the Streets" event at Lafayette Park in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 21, 2011.

First Day of Summer

A skateboarder attempts a jump during the "Wild in the Streets" event at Lafayette Park in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 21, 2011.

A Face in the Crowd

I heard sirens, and went outside. I photographed this incident. I looked around at the crowd, and saw the expected mix of curiousity and shock that an accident had happened.

And then, there was the guy above.

Looks Like He Made It

Barry Manilow is escorted from a performance stage to a waiting limousine after a performance at The Grove in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2011.

The Circle of Life is Noisy

I don't mind that the backyard crows fight. I just wish they'd wait until I've had my coffee before they start.

Rocky, The Fleeing Squirrel

No moose sightings to report.

Exit Through the Bake Shop

Thierry Guetta, a.k.a. Mr. Brainwash, visits a bakery, Tuesday, May 10, 2011. (Photo by Ted Fisher.)

Untermensch

Not every one can be super, you know. (Above: an iPhone snap from Friday at Union Station.)

Freewaves Friday

20,558 (Twenty Thousand Portraits) from Ted Fisher on Vimeo.

In 2001 Doug McCulloh and I photographed 20,558 people at the Los Angeles County Fair. The project served as raw material for several exhibitions previously, and tonight one of the short films created from the photographs screens at:

2011 OXY FREEWAVES: THE ART AND POLITICS OF SPACE
A night of global and local media works exploring space, in public space

Friday, April 15, 7 - 9 p.m. Occidental College Main Quad

As part of the 2011 Spring Arts Festival, the Occidental College Film & Media Studies Program invites students, alumni, and the Los Angeles community to participate in an evening of food, drink, conversation, and cutting-edge videos addressing contemporary questions around the cultural, ideological, environmental, and creative uses of space.

Artists and Videos:

Nancy Atakan: Thinking Garbage (2005, Istanbul, Turkey)

Natasha Dyu: On the Ground (2008, Mumbai, India)

Göran Boardy: Target Seeker (2006, Goteborg, Sweden)

Marco Montiel-Soto: La Sinfonia De La Calle/The Street Symphony (2007, Barcelona, Spain)

Tenzin Phuntsog:  om-ma-ni-pad-me-hum (2004, New York, United States)

Martha Gorzycki: Unfurling (2003, San Francisco/Los Angeles, United States)

Ted Fisher and Doug McCulloh: Video Billboard  (2001, Los Angeles, United States)

Bonita Makuch:  Strangers in Paradise  (2004, Los Angeles, United States)

This marks the second OXY FREEWAVES venture, an exhibition of experimental and documentary films, that places documentary works by Occidental students into conversation with works by international artists from Freewaves, an organization supporting innovative, relevant, independent new media from around the world. Directions and parking information can be found on the campus map. The Oxy Quad is # 126 on the Map. This event is made possible by the Remsen Bird Fund and the Office of the President. Contact Prof. Broderick Fox with any questions. 6522 Hollywood Boulevard | Los Angeles, CA 90028 US

Above: the short film "20,558 (Twenty Thousand Portraits)" which shows how the images were made.

First New Neighbor

Hey, remember when I moved from Manhattan to Los Angeles and made my First New Friend? (That was a friendship with its ups and downs, of course.)

Well, I'm now moving right into the heart of Los Angeles, and while unpacking I've met a new pal. I call him "Red." He (or she?) hangs out high in the tree and stares inside, checking me out.

Which is either very cute, or maybe a little creepy, depending how you look at it.

Re-Break

A woman photographs art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles on Friday, April 1, 2011. LACMA has an extensive collection of modern and contemporary art.

Decisive-ish

Went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art today. Another snap is here on my other blog.

The thing about the endless "decisive moment" talk is that we really should be asking "why not a different walker? That's a fine moment for that one, but ... does it matter? Would it be any different with someone else?"

Took

A car to a train. Then, a train to Los Angeles. Then, a bus to another train. Then, a train to Oakland. Then, another car.