Photographer of the Day
We haven’t posted a “Photographer of the Day” in a while, so it’s about time…
Michele Abeles’ work is a sultry, yet unnerving mixture of monumental nature, empty scenes and portraits. The Yale alum has been praised in recent years for incredible emerging works. The images leave you feeling like you’ve witness memories or echos of what has been, nostalgic and a little forlorn.
NEMO FIRST FRIDAY ART SHOW “THANKSGIVING”
Thanksgiving
A GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT AND SILENT AUCTION
Thanksgiving is a group photography exhibit/silent auction. The exhibit is a free form salon style show. The photographers’ only direction was to photograph something or someone they are grateful for. Nemo is excited to welcome some incredible photographers who are donating their work in an effort to raise money for the Oregon Food Bank
Please join us for the silent auction, opening night, Friday, November 7th from 6-10pm. Every piece will be auctioned off at affordable prices, allowing people to own a piece of art and raise funds for a great cause at the same time.
Nemo Halloween Photobooth
Jonny Davenport and Jeff T did it again with their amazing photobooth. Check out all the great photos of halloween guests on our Flickr account here
Smashed for a good cause…. Bid on Ebay
We are selling off TG’s masterpiece, the hammered G10 on Ebay. All proceeds go to Boarding for Breast Cancer. Own a piece of history! click here
The agency for me?
As a photographer I judge agency’s on the works and skills of their selected artists. Santucci & Co who just launched their new site, have some excellent photographers. However, they don’t seem much different than your average agency. Their selection of photographers have a well connected yet individual (artsy) ascetic but not one of them really stands out in my mind as an artist I’d admire. Yet. If i wasn’t living it up here in the heart of Portland and this oasis we call studionemo I’d sign with MS Logan in a heart beat. I am whole heartedly an inspired admirer of every photographer they rep. Santucci & Co falls just short of that edgy and hip agency they undoubtedly aspire to be. I was shocked to see that they aren’t even representing the best photographer on their site. Her name is Flora Hanitijo and she is in the emerging talent section of the site. Check out her personal site shes pretty amazing.
I Went to a Rodeo.
I’ve hijacked Merzy’s account to take Studio Nemo up on their kind offer of letting you know I went to a rodeo. With a small arsenal of gear and my requisite Coors Light, I spent 3 days with the hosses and hossettes of the Pendleton Roundup. What I found was a fantastic blend of spurs, cheddar fries, complementary whiskey and flags on everything. Collected here.
While you were sleeping by Plain T
Things got sweet last night at Nemo Design when Glass Candy made a special appearance on stage in Studio Nemo. Ida No and Johnny Jewel rocked a crowd of nearly 300 sweaty Portlanders till late in the night, and stayed after to dance. Here are a few pics of what went down, the rest of the party shots are soon to come, so stay tuned!
The Preservation of Fleeting moments by Adrienne DeBoer @ StudioNemo
Adrienne DeBoer Photo Show at StudioNemo from alex mertz on Vimeo.
On 9/5 StudioNemo was proud to present Adreinne DeBoers “The Preservation of Fleeting Moments”. Adrienne explains that she is compelled to create a memory that will be transformed into the tangible before it is too late. Were excited to have her work on our walls, come in to check it out this month.
Vice Photo Annual Review
So, I’ve been stewing over this Vice photo annual for a week or so. Not quite sure what to write. I was slightly disappointed to see the number of hyper-masculine images that graced the pages. I felt like there were an overwhelming number of McGinley nude hipster (no offense to McGinley’s beautiful work), meets American Apparel girls, meets the NRA. One exception that I really appreciated was the Mary Ellen Mark interview. Her work has always intrigued me. Her photo essays are poignant and full of emotion. Vice focused on Streetwise, her photos of homeless kids in Seattle, but I’m partial to her images from Ward 81. We are famous in Oregon for Ken Kesey’s book ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST and it’s portrayal of the Oregon State Asylum. In 1975, Mark was assigned by a magazine to do a story on the making of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST, shot on location at the Oregon State Hospital, a mental institution. While there, she met, briefly, the women of Ward 81. She later made them the subjects of her 1979 book Ward 81, where she lived and documented female patients. The work is disturbing, moving and haunting.
First Friday Gallery Show
Friday 09/05/08
6-10PM
1875 SE Belmont Ave.
Please join us for First Friday at Nemo. We are excited to present the work of photographer Adrienne DeBoer. DeBoer explores memories through the topography of her childhood. Her work gives the viewer glimpses into issues of emotion, forgetting, tradition and collective realities. While a dark humor runs through the dreamy landscape, the more tangible reality of disconnection between childhood and adulthood; and the consciousness of city dweller vs. rural inhabitant are present throughout the work.
Dave Seoane sizes things up. by Plain T
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Dave Seoane, steward and fabrication genius of Nemo Design took it upon himself to create an apple box for one of our favorite photographers, Carlin Sundell. Dave saw opportunity for improvement when he spotted our 6′ 7″ Carlin, sitting awkwardly on a standard size apple box while shooting. So, he created an amazingly beautiful and much more functional box for Carlin. Using Plyboo he designed a sturdy, large, and wild looking apple box for Studio Nemo. Thank you Dave!
The Littlest Heroes Project
The lovely photographer Cheyenne Ellis sent us a little call to action this weekend. A project called THE LITTLEST HEROES is a non-profit based organization made up of professional photographers nationwide that provide free photo sessions to children who sometimes feel forgotten because of their illnesses. Their mission is to let them know that they are heroes to many, and to share their inspirational stories and photos with the world.
If you would like to help or request a session for a little one that you know, visit The Littlest Heroes Project.
Tristan Still…
is a plethora of skateboarding creativity! His website it really diverse and if you want to learn more theres a little interview with him at Lost E Minor.
Communication Arts Photography Annual
The annual photography issue came out for Communication Arts and they have some local talent featured, friends of Nemo and a lot of animals…
David Emmite was one of the local talent mentioned for his work with Nike. He worked on this beautiful Nike piece with the talented Mr. Michael Shea as creative director and Angelo Colletti and Eric Duvauchelle as art directors, all of whom we’ve had the great pleasure of working with here at Nemo. Congrats!
Another friend of Nemo who was featured in the annual was Embry Rucker, for his work on a Billabong ad campaign. Congrats!
The always observant Mr. Graves noticed the abundance of animal photography in this issue (I can’t help but love it!), so I’ve picked some of my favorites…
Peter C. Lavery
and Nina Francois
Hope you enjoy!
Artist of the day…
Chitra Ganesh is a Brooklyn based artist whose work is absolutely amazing and disturbing. I guess I have a thing about disturbing work!
Pull Back the Shade by Muzi Quawson
British artist Muzi Quawson explores the social structures of American culture with color film prints displayed as large light boxes so the cinematic feeling is brought one step father than just the film. One of my favorite things in photography is trying to capture a moment….no kodak moments here…the rawness of life thought the rawness of film. When you successfully capture these moments,they look like one might describe a movie still…it draws you to wonder exactly what that emotion was and why they were feeling it.
Studio Nemo is proud to introduce… Our new Phase One digital back!
Recently here at Studio Nemo, we were having trouble with our 5 year old Imacon Ixpress, nothing severe, just time consuming hiccups that bogged down shoot time, not good for us or our clients. So after a few months of research and meeting with some digi back companies, we ended up going with the Phase One P45. Although the P45 is not 100% perfect I’d say the pros definitely outweigh the cons, the only cons being the software interface is not the most user friendly. The best part about the P45 is its portability compared to the Imacon. With the P45, you can slap in a Compact Flash card and shoot away. Unlike the Imacon where your lugging around and plugged into a power pack/hard drive you wear over your shoulder. Not to mention the resolution of the P45 sports 39 megapixels to Imacons 16! We did some test shots to see how they compare, check em out after the jump! (And yes, I did the cheesiest photoshop job on purpose! Kinda going for a Back To The Future pt.2 (above) and part 3(below) heh.)
Boy, By Scott Sternberg
Boy is a brilliant androgynous clothing line by Scott Sternberg the designer of the famous menswear line band of outsiders. Scott seems to have discovered a perfect combination of boyish inspiration with the femme fits and cuts. For years I have been shopping in the boy sections of second hand clothing stores, taking my findings home and altering them to fit me. Its good to see that someone in fashion has finally figured this out and created an amazing clothing line. The pictures really just seal the deal…
Nike 6.0 Athlete Photoshoot @ Studio Nemo
Untitled from alex mertz on Vimeo.
Last week Nike6.0 photographer Josh Letchworth dropped in to our studios to shoot various 6.0 athletes while Nike was hosting the kids for migration week, which they do every summer. Migration is an activity filled week and a meet and greet for all the athletes from the different sports to get to know each other. Even after running around all day, the kids were good about having to stay up til 2am-ish to get their photos taken. We were hammering out 16-18hr days, everyone pulled their weight and kicked ass. It was also the biggest build we’ve done for a set to date! All in all, it was lots of lights, lots of fun, lots of laughs! BIG thanks to Josh, the athletes, and everyone involved!!!!! Enjoy the video.