Creosote Photo

... ramblings about photography and stuff ...

Monday, March 11, 2013

All work and no play

Getting a bit tired of having to work for a living. But seriously it can be a drag at times and it pulls me out of making art. I think the trick is to schedule art making - as spontaneous as that sounds. Part of the problem is that without some kind of regularly carved out time the spontaneity never happens, or is stolen or left unfinished. I think it might be worth risking the spontaneity for the potential of actually accomplishing something.








Sunday, February 10, 2013

San Francisco's tawdry nostalgia


san francisco, originally uploaded by escott sukotto.

There is a certain tawdriness to San Francisco, especially when the sun is shining. But it's an honest tawdriness- a tawdriness of historical reference. It's a nostalgic tawdriness - so maybe not honest at all, or as honest as how Kodachrome convinces you of its veracity; preceding and replacing even your memories like some Bualdrillard thesis. It's strange because it doesn't have the brick and mortar of sturdy midwestern nostalgia - a nostalgia of the turn of the century, the depression and the new deal. It's a clap-board nostalgia of cheaply remodeled facades that have worn into a kind of patina of mid-century modern reminiscences. It's a weathered time capsule of an era that was never elegant, or sturdy. It's a nostalgia for a discarded era of plate glass and strip malls, plastics and frivolous pursuits. But it's also more than fast cars, surfing, bikini movies and mirrored wall tiles - it's also a nostalgia for a cast off disposable reality that promised a new future when the old one was tired and worn. It's interesting that what's left is a tired and worn reminder of what was never replaced.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

berkeley, california


berkeley, california, originally uploaded by escott sukotto.
I saw these plants lying on their sides looking a bit like a crime scene. This is why I always have a camera with me - which of course also means that I take far too many pictures. I'm trying to get better at editing and deleting the ones that don't speak to my when I transfer them to my computer.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

berkeley, california


berkeley, california, originally uploaded by escott sukotto.

I'm always fascinated with what happens when two lights collide - visually but also in their meanings. There's such a fantastic confluence of light between the slightly violet of a foggy dusk and the harsh green of cheap security lighting. It's a lot like Berkeley itself I suppose. It makes for dramatic pictures anyway.

Sunday, September 9, 2012

rockridge, california


rockridge, california, originally uploaded by escott sukotto.

Sometimes fate aligns the colors in the world and presents you with an opportunity and a camera and a moment.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

crested butte, colorado


crested butte, colorado, originally uploaded by escott sukotto.

unfortunate framing and exposure, but it makes me nostalgic for my childhood. I recently went back to Colorado and, though so much has changed in our post-walmart homogenization effort, there are still moments of what I remember as solid. A rough hewn timber romance of some ancient mountain town - it becomes a marker, a meter of what's substantial.

Via Flickr:
P8112463

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

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