Filed under: Academy of Art University, Alternative Processes, Marin Headlands, Photography, San Francisco, digital arts, illustration | Tags: 688 Sutter, academy of art, Academy of Art University, Alternative Processes, art, axis and allies, gallery, Marin Headlands, Photography, San Francisco, World War 2
The AAU Summer Intensive class will be hosting a gallery show about their photographic work at the Marin Headlands.
British Spitfire Ace flying over the Marin Headlands.
The show runs from August 7 through August 30.
Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday 10am-5pm.
Opening reception August 6, 5pm-7pm.
The gallery is located at 688 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94102.
For those that can not make it, I will be happy to sell you a print from my portion of the show.
Filed under: Academy of Art University, Marin Headlands, Photography, San Francisco, digital arts, illustration | Tags: alternative photography, Alternative Processes, dry plate, Photography, San Francisco, tintype, wet plate
I’ve finally found some time to start posting images and to update my website. Rather than double post here and there, I put most of the images there. Visit www.bjuland.com to see some of my tintypes.
Enjoy.
Filed under: Academy of Art University, Marin Headlands, Photography, San Francisco, digital arts, illustration | Tags: ace, air, airplane, Britain, British, combat, Spitfire, World War, World War 2
A British Spitfire flying over the burning Marin Headlands. It’s my new photographic series on the role of the Marin Headlands in World War 2. It is a hyper-color comic book look at what might have been in California if only one or two events in history had happened a different way.
British Spitfire Ace flying over the Marin Headlands.
(and I’m amazed at how much color WordPress strips from the images I display here. Shame on you WordPress for not being a color calibrated site that makes use of embedded color profiles! They are embedded for a reason!)
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He was a great voice in news. So sad about his passing…
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/17/eveningnews/main5170556.shtml
Filed under: Academy of Art University, Alternative Processes, Photography, San Francisco, illustration | Tags: academy of art, alternative process, Alternative Processes, hope, illustration, Obama, photo, Photography, robot, tintype
One of the images I made for my midpoint review was a parody of the Great Obama Hope poster. It fits in the timeline of the rest of my images, and it was fun to create. Super easy, too, since it’s all tracing with the pen tool in Photoshop and filling in the outlines with a solid color. A little patience and a little time and you can turn anything into an Obama Hope style poster.
The robot was from a photograph I made of a Kow Yokoyama designed toy I got in Japantown. I’ve been photographing this (and a few similiar toys) for my thesis. Maybe I’ll be able to knock David Levinthal off the top of the toy-as-art photography pyramid…
I believe that Robots are the future, treat them well and let them lead the way...
Filed under: Academy of Art University, Alternative Processes, Photography, San Francisco, digital arts
I passed my Midpoint Review at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. A grueling hour of presentations, questions and answers and a touchy computer.
An interesting fact about the date: I presented on July 8, 2009 at 10am. That translates to 07-08-09-10!
Here are the images I presented:
(coming soon)
Filed under: Academy of Art University, Alternative Processes, Photography, San Francisco | Tags: Academy of Art University, Marin Headlands, San Francisco
I’m spending the summer at the Marin Headlands near San Francisco, CA working with the landscape and a bunch of astronaut and military toys to create a sci-fi narrative from the scenery.
I’ve been out there several times since writing this, but here is a visual summary of the July 23, 2009 encounter with the Headlands:
Marin Headland June 23, 2009
Marin Headland June 23, 2009
Marin Headland June 23, 2009
Marin Headland June 23, 2009
Filed under: Academy of Art University, Alternative Processes, Photography, San Francisco, digital arts
For my final project in PH 640: Historical Processes, I worked with the new tintype process. This uses a dry plate, instead of the original wet plate. Dry plate means that the emulsion is put on the plate and allowed to dry in complete darkness. After the plate is dry, it is exposed by either projecting in image on the plate, or putting an image on top of the plate and exposing with white light. I used this last method, also called Contact Printing.
This is a selection of my tintypes. The subjects some small toys I got in Japantown. I build the backgrounds out of plastic (and some Photoshop in post production). The images were printed first on OHP film and then used to contact print on to the tintype.
I scanned the original tintype plates on my Epson scanner. I think photographing them with my camera might be easier in the future.
Approaching the airlock...
Interior of the airlock
Walking on Mars.
Filed under: Academy of Art University, Alternative Processes, Photography, San Francisco
As part of the alternative processes class at AAU, I’ve had the chance to experiment with cyanotype, gum printing, dry plate tintypes, and the Van Dyke process.
My Van Dykes look like I printed with coffee, but at least I’m getting an image on the paper. The same can’t be said for my efforts at gum printing, which were weeks of trial and mostly error.
Jennie in Van Dyke brown
Abandoned Water Tower
Sake set
Filed under: Academy of Art University, Alternative Processes, Photography, San Francisco
I’m working with some old style techniques like cyanotype and gum printing. Here are a few examples of my early efforts.
These are cyanotypes, toned with ammonia and tannic acid:
Courtney
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Jennie
Abandoned Water Tower
