Ummm, yeah….
So, I wish I had myself even a 1/8th as much together at 17 as this kid. HOLY %$((#$%&($#&%!!! Mike Bailey Gates, you are super cool. Can I meet your parents? Do they have a book on how to raise a super creative, driven, savvy kid? Do you want to come work for me?
Cole’s exploding!
Our awesome friend, Cole Barash, has done it again. I am impressed, not only by his amazing photography, but also by his ever evolving level of production. Cole has never been one to shy away from BIG ideas. At 21, he is simply the best snowboard photographer shooting. I think he’s ready to break that mold, now. Enjoy this behind the scenes video from his latest antics… (at my home mountain, none the less)
These Americans
These amazing photos are documentary images from a project called These Americans which is a collection of archival footage between 1950 and 1980.
Proud to present….
Here at Studio Nemo we are proud, proud, proud to present the work we’ve been doing over the summer months. I travelled with an amazing crew of Nemo, Nike and Selby folks to NYC, New Jersey, Duluth, Tahiti, Florida and Georgia to capture this year’s Nike 6.0 apparel campaign on film. Todd Selby has incredible style and was great at getting Nike 6.0’s athletes to take us deeper into their everyday lives. Thank you to everyone who was involved. Check out The Selby and his post about the shoots. It’s amazing- Videos, interviews and photos from all the athletes.
Art show tonight! Don’t miss it!
The unbelievable duo that is N + A will exhibit their installations and launch their latest books this evening at Nemo Design. Come by, have a drink and be amazed.
Pete Seeger Goodness!
The most amazing videos of Pete Seeger’s Rainbow Quest show are up on youtube. Amazing stuff! How could it not be with that name!
MFNW is amazing!
If you haven’t already partaken of the festivities the past two days, start now and don’t stop! MFNW is killing it. I saw one of the best shows of my life last night. The Dirty Three played an amazing show. I’m convinced that Warren Ellis, Jim White, and Mick Turner are the holy trinity. It was incredible. I didn’t have my camera so I’m going to share some lovely photos from Green Man blog that capture the ball of energy that is Warren Ellis.
Tonight Pink Mountaintops!!!!!!!!!! I won’t forget the camera.
Nemo Gallery Shows Trending Rock Art
Two of our lovely artists from previous show are featuring their work on album covers this month!
Jonny Fenix, lent not only the name of his art show (Time for Lions), but his talented hand to the new Stars of Track and Field album and website.
And…
Justin Vernon, best known as Bon Iver, has a new side project called Volcano Choir (that’s fantastic!) and the cover of that album features artwork by last September’s artist Adrienne Deboer.
Both are really fantastic! Great job guys.
Photo of the day
Way better than the crazy clownmobile that parades around Portland! These Pakistanis have some style!
Enjoy Peter Grant’s amazing images.
documenting war
War is a reality and the documentation of it is very important. A very touchy subject, and a gruesome one at that. I read this morning how the Associated Press is getting grief for distributing a photo that was captured of Joshua Bernard, a 21 year old Marine fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. It was taken after he was hit with a rocket powered grenade and mortally wounded. This photo was shot by Julie Jacobson of the AP and this is what she had to say about it,”To ignore a moment like that simply … would have been wrong. I was recording his impending death, just as I had recorded his life moments before walking the point in the bazaar,” she said. “Death is a part of life and most certainly a part of war. Isn’t that why we’re here? To document for now and for history the events of this war?”
However hard it is to look at…we need to see it. If this isn’t seen then it dosent exist. It needs to exist to make a personal connection to those of us sitting at our desks sipping our morning coffee. I’m not saying there isn’t a boundary being over stepped for the family but its worth it for the world to see what they do so well to ignore. This could have been your loved one. This is the war you support. This is the war you ignore. This is us keeping the peace.
Crystal Sewage
The site English Russia has some amazing photos of crystals, stalactites and stalagmites growing in the sewers there. Beautiful, disgusting, crazy and fantastic all at once. Vodka does wondrous things. 
In honor of the voyeur and the moonwalk
You may think I’m referring to Michael Jackson and our sick obsession with watching his downfall and death, but in fact I am talking about the first moonwalk, the OG moonwalk. The NY Times has a fantastic slideshow of David Burnett’s photography of the first shuttle launch to the moon. Rather than focus on the actual launch, Burnett covers what makes it a spectacle, the spectator. He turns his lens on the people watching the launch and succeeds in capturing a piece of history as interpreted by its participants. Interestingly, this act of turning the gaze upon spectator reveals certain power dynamics of the time, such as who was allowed to gaze and how. Burnett captures only white, middle class american subject and reveals that men capture the moment on camera. His snapshot of time carry so many interesting dynamics and touching scenes evocative of the moment, but it is also important to consider what is missing in these scenes that also tell a story.
Ryan Bubnis pt. 2
Featured Artist- Ryan Bubnis- Pt.2 from Nemo Design on Vimeo.
A look into local artist Ryan Bubnis’ living and work space. For more visit ryanbubnis.com/
First Friday Artist Exposed…
We visited Ryan Bubnis for a little studio time. Enjoy and come support on Friday…
Featured Artist- Ryan Bubnis from Nemo Design on Vimeo.
Tobias Stretch Reel I
This is some of his animation work from over the past two years.
Tobias Stretch Reel I from Tobias Stretch on Vimeo.
check out more of his animation here.
Michael Cogliantry in the Wilamette Week!
Nemo’s friend and tenant Michael Cogliantry has an interview in Portland’s Wilamette Week. check it out. Its been a year since his work has graced our walls…i think its about time he shared another project with us!
Sam Falls on Booom.com
the work of nemo alum and gentle soul…sam falls. Is now being shown on boooooom.com
Beneath the Surface 5.1.09 by plainT
Beneath the Surface is the show for May at StudioNemo. It is a collection of surface design on different mediums by artists from around the world. Thanks a ton to the Pattern People girls, Andee, and the whole crew! The show is great, so take a look.
Nemo show “Beneath the Surface” 5/1/09 from Todd Templeman on Vimeo.
Furverts is Out!
Remember Michael Cogliantry’s Furry Kama Sutra show at Nemo last year? Well, now you can enjoy it all day long, everyday, because it was just published. Michael’s book, Furverts, is available here. Buy one for all your friends.
Still Life with Snow
If you should find yourself in Mammoth Lakes, CA on May second, go check out Still Life with Snow. TG’s work is in it!
It’s a group photo show of snowboarding and snowboarders from some of the photographers who have and continue to shape the look of snowboarding.
Still Life with Snow
Opens Saturday May 2nd, 2009
in The Village at Mammoth, Mammoth Lakes, CA
directly across from the Gondola
3pm to 8pm
When I think Michael Muller…
I think hollywood, over image sharpening, color desaturation, Wolverine and post production. But when i came across his under water series i was blown away, there is almost a complete disconnect between this project and the rest of his commercial laden portfolio.
Check his whole portfolio here.
Preserving Tokyo
With the gentrification of seedy neighborhoods on the rise, the release of Watanabe Katsumi’s book Gangs of Kabukicho, serves as a visual record of Shinjuku’s red light district. The photographs are from the 1960s and 70s and capture characters of violence, sex and transgression. Watanabe died last year at the age of 67. This book is a testament to his incredible ability to capture subtlety.
