An amazingly hot, young man, Jon has just relocated to Edmonton from the Maritimes. Ironically, he works at Abercrombie & Fitch where he could well be the very type of model the company uses in their advertising.
A sporadic journal and samples of artwork from photo shoots by jackson
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Photo Session with Jon
An amazingly hot, young man, Jon has just relocated to Edmonton from the Maritimes. Ironically, he works at Abercrombie & Fitch where he could well be the very type of model the company uses in their advertising.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Proud new parents ...
Here, in the land of many strollers, Dustin and I are happy to announce that we are the proud new parents of:
A 20-inch iMac and an 80G video iPod. Hehehe
(As if you could imagine us raising anything other than someone's blood pressure.)
A 20-inch iMac and an 80G video iPod. Hehehe
(As if you could imagine us raising anything other than someone's blood pressure.)
Monday, October 09, 2006
Bravo!
Thanx to Dustin, and his student discount, we have expanded our cable TV subscription to include the full package. As a result, I was able to watch a very relevant program on Bravo TV tonight: The Art of Nude Modelling. It is a six-part documentary on homoerotic art with a heavy emphasis on photography and included substantial footage from nude sketching classes in NYC at the Leslie Lohman Gallery (where I've exhibited) and also had an interview clip with one of my favorite photographers Evergon, who I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing back in the 90's, and whose work I have hanging in our living room (the shot above & below is a detail of the polaroid transfer taken at night with reflection.)
Saturday, October 07, 2006
BASH'd!
Had a wonderful opportunity to photograph the talented writing/acting duo Nathan Cuckow and Chris Craddock in their new play, BASH'd (a gay rap opera), in its closing performance at The Roost.
Not only was I very impressed with the performances but the script, music, and direction were all tight and the subject matter was powerful, moving, and funny.
I'm sure we'll be hearing more about the success of this innovative two-man musical in the future, but until then ... here's a few photos from the show. And if you want to hear some of the music, check out their page at the link above.
Not only was I very impressed with the performances but the script, music, and direction were all tight and the subject matter was powerful, moving, and funny.
I'm sure we'll be hearing more about the success of this innovative two-man musical in the future, but until then ... here's a few photos from the show. And if you want to hear some of the music, check out their page at the link above.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Albertine (Charbonneau) Mortimer
My grandmother, Albertine (Bertha) was born on October 3, 1900 which would have made her 106 years old today. Born in Hull, Quebec, she was the 13th of 14 children (no need in mentioning that they were Catholic with those numbers) and outlived all her siblings. I am probably related to half the province of Quebec as one of her brothers alone had 10 sons.
My grandmother was the person I was closest to in all my childhood and teen years. I have endless, warm, loving and often funny memories of her. I think in many ways I draw my sense of humor and daring from her. She was the first person to teach me french although she disliked Quebec francophones immensely especially after the rise of the seperatists movement. As she would often say, "They can all go to hell." Once I was older, we had many existential conversations on God, religion and the possibility of an afterlife -- which she firmly did not believe in. Her philosophy was that our hereafter was that the moment we stopped breathing we created room on the planet for another to be born and consume the air and space we had once occupied. A very simple and finite belief.
It has been 25 years now since she died but my connection to her and the relationship we had is as strong today as when she was alive. I miss her and her deep baritone voice immensely. For my own selfish reasons, I sincerely hope there is a place where energies, who once knew one another, go to reunite. Albertine is someone I would definitely like to "see" again.
My grandmother was the person I was closest to in all my childhood and teen years. I have endless, warm, loving and often funny memories of her. I think in many ways I draw my sense of humor and daring from her. She was the first person to teach me french although she disliked Quebec francophones immensely especially after the rise of the seperatists movement. As she would often say, "They can all go to hell." Once I was older, we had many existential conversations on God, religion and the possibility of an afterlife -- which she firmly did not believe in. Her philosophy was that our hereafter was that the moment we stopped breathing we created room on the planet for another to be born and consume the air and space we had once occupied. A very simple and finite belief.
It has been 25 years now since she died but my connection to her and the relationship we had is as strong today as when she was alive. I miss her and her deep baritone voice immensely. For my own selfish reasons, I sincerely hope there is a place where energies, who once knew one another, go to reunite. Albertine is someone I would definitely like to "see" again.
Monday, October 02, 2006
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