Cultural Weekly interview
the interview written by Daniel Rolnik was reposted up on cultural weekly.. hit up this link...
http://www.culturalweekly.com/last-witness.html
http://www.culturalweekly.com/last-witness.html
LW INTERVIEW FOR ARGOT AND OCHRE
they caught up with me.. and asked me a buncha stuff.. go check it.. drop some responses..
http://argotandochre.com/2011/07/interview-with-last-witness/
http://argotandochre.com/2011/07/interview-with-last-witness/
STREET WORK SIGHTING IN SOHO!!
Argot and Ochre have featured one of the street pieces on their site.. go check it out and drop some comments!
http://argotandochre.com/2011/07/last-witness-sculptural-graffiti/
http://argotandochre.com/2011/07/last-witness-sculptural-graffiti/
NEW ALBUM/SECTION!!
started an album of fan shots of some of the LW work seen on the streets.. so when you stumble upon something out there be sure to snap a pic and email it to me!
and i finally got some of the resin work i debuted at the oct 2nd 2010 show up on here.. i have lots more to shoot pics of and get on here but check it out and drop some feedback..
and i finally got some of the resin work i debuted at the oct 2nd 2010 show up on here.. i have lots more to shoot pics of and get on here but check it out and drop some feedback..
AWESOME NIGHT!
oct 2nd 2010 was unreal...the live shoots got crazier as the night went on.. cant thank my crew and all the models enough.. and everyone who came..bought some work/merch thank you for all the support
NEXT EXHIBITION/EVENT
the next Last Witness exhibition will be on Saturday October 2, 2010 ... in a midtown nyc location..
this event will feature:
2 full rooms of work by Last Witness spanning over ten years including new never before seen pieces, resin casts, the plaques as seen on traffic signs all over, Testimony series, and much much more..
LIVE shooting session by Last Witness himself with camera attached to a projector to display what he shoots as he shoots..photos will be taken for anyone who comes that wants to jump in front of the lens and they will recieve a USB flash drive with the images that night.. so come dressed how you wish to be captured (formal, costumes, fetish attire, characters, anything you want its your images)
this event will feature:
2 full rooms of work by Last Witness spanning over ten years including new never before seen pieces, resin casts, the plaques as seen on traffic signs all over, Testimony series, and much much more..
LIVE shooting session by Last Witness himself with camera attached to a projector to display what he shoots as he shoots..photos will be taken for anyone who comes that wants to jump in front of the lens and they will recieve a USB flash drive with the images that night.. so come dressed how you wish to be captured (formal, costumes, fetish attire, characters, anything you want its your images)
LAST WITNESS MERCHANDISE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!!!
Click "Merchandise" at top of the page and check out all the merch I have personally hand printed with designs based on my photos from the testimony series. Remember once something is sold out im not making it ever again.. and i mean it.. All the $ will go towards making new designs and much needed photo equipment!
SHOW OPENING!!!
I have new work going up in a group show at Empire State Studio (hit the links section)
saturday December 5th 2009 7pm is the opening but the show should be up for 2 months
Empire State Studio
222 Merrick Rd
Oceanside Ny 11572
saturday December 5th 2009 7pm is the opening but the show should be up for 2 months
Empire State Studio
222 Merrick Rd
Oceanside Ny 11572
Frequently Asked Questions (will prolly be constantly updated)
Q: What are you rates?
A: Since every photo job is varied.. so are my rates... between traveling, locations, props, film/digital, amount of shots required, etc everything is such a variable SO..the best thing to do is contact me with exactly what you need laid out as best you can and i will do my best to quote you out a figure
Q: Do you ever trade for shoots?
A: Yes i am a fan of the barter system.. you better have sonething cool offer lol..
Q: Whats up with those crazy rough jagged edges on your photographs?
A: Its nothing new.. its a filed out negative carrier when using the enlarger in my darkroom.. pretty much when you see those edges you can be certain that not only was this image shot with film but it was hand printed by me and NOT cropped.. in fact if you look close you can probably even see the film sprocket holes (tracking)
Q: Do you shoot film or digital?
A: Id say i shoot about 75% film and 25% digital.. im a huge fan of film grain.. darkroom processes..old school semi forgotten process.. digital to me is just a work horse.. its semi souless so it works for commercial work haha.. but for my own personal work i will never ever use digital to create a print..im not hating on it.. its just how i am and what i feel is my medium..my film work spans from 35mm to 4"x5" large format
Q: Who are your influences?
A: i kinda feel like the list is ever changing theres so many i respect and at the same time i get pretty competitive with any i meet... however heres a few names Glen Friedman, RIcky Adam, Rob Dolecki, Cindy Sherman, David Bradford, Richard Avedon, Robert Frank,
Q: Is it true you use animal blood in you bloody images?
A: are... are you really serious?... no.. NO!.. in fact i make my own fake blood out of safe non toxic house hold materials.
Q: How can i go about becoming an assistant on one of your shoots?
A: Honestly i rarely work with assistants... but if I ever need one I usually look to people i can trust that have some sort of photographic knowledge soo in short im really never looking for anyone but i do appreciate the inquiry
Q: How do you find your models?
A: I have tons of sketch books filled with concepts and when i see someone that i think fits the image i approach them OR people contact me all the time asking about being a part of a project so I am always open to meeting anyone interested in getting involved
Q: Is it true you once threw a lens a cop when they tried to shut down a shoot?
A: NO! in fact i dont even know where this rumor came from and as much as itd be a pretty cool story to have to my reputation i never ever did that..and would never claim it.
Q: Whats up with the scratchedl glasses logo?
A: those were my actual glasses for about 6 years and is what i wore during some pinnacle shots in my portfolio .. everyone locally knew me for them and it was just inevitable that i stamp it on everything
A: Since every photo job is varied.. so are my rates... between traveling, locations, props, film/digital, amount of shots required, etc everything is such a variable SO..the best thing to do is contact me with exactly what you need laid out as best you can and i will do my best to quote you out a figure
Q: Do you ever trade for shoots?
A: Yes i am a fan of the barter system.. you better have sonething cool offer lol..
Q: Whats up with those crazy rough jagged edges on your photographs?
A: Its nothing new.. its a filed out negative carrier when using the enlarger in my darkroom.. pretty much when you see those edges you can be certain that not only was this image shot with film but it was hand printed by me and NOT cropped.. in fact if you look close you can probably even see the film sprocket holes (tracking)
Q: Do you shoot film or digital?
A: Id say i shoot about 75% film and 25% digital.. im a huge fan of film grain.. darkroom processes..old school semi forgotten process.. digital to me is just a work horse.. its semi souless so it works for commercial work haha.. but for my own personal work i will never ever use digital to create a print..im not hating on it.. its just how i am and what i feel is my medium..my film work spans from 35mm to 4"x5" large format
Q: Who are your influences?
A: i kinda feel like the list is ever changing theres so many i respect and at the same time i get pretty competitive with any i meet... however heres a few names Glen Friedman, RIcky Adam, Rob Dolecki, Cindy Sherman, David Bradford, Richard Avedon, Robert Frank,
Q: Is it true you use animal blood in you bloody images?
A: are... are you really serious?... no.. NO!.. in fact i make my own fake blood out of safe non toxic house hold materials.
Q: How can i go about becoming an assistant on one of your shoots?
A: Honestly i rarely work with assistants... but if I ever need one I usually look to people i can trust that have some sort of photographic knowledge soo in short im really never looking for anyone but i do appreciate the inquiry
Q: How do you find your models?
A: I have tons of sketch books filled with concepts and when i see someone that i think fits the image i approach them OR people contact me all the time asking about being a part of a project so I am always open to meeting anyone interested in getting involved
Q: Is it true you once threw a lens a cop when they tried to shut down a shoot?
A: NO! in fact i dont even know where this rumor came from and as much as itd be a pretty cool story to have to my reputation i never ever did that..and would never claim it.
Q: Whats up with the scratchedl glasses logo?
A: those were my actual glasses for about 6 years and is what i wore during some pinnacle shots in my portfolio .. everyone locally knew me for them and it was just inevitable that i stamp it on everything
SITE WILL BE DONE SOON!
i finally got everything in order to get this rolling..so sit tight while i upload my work and start lookin legit!
