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From Detroit With Love

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JR
on February 16, 2008
in Art and Photography
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Was fortunate enough to be on the Guest List at Outré Gallery’s Niagara Exhibition last night. As per the norm, the place was packed and brimming with fun and excitement.

I hung around the aforementioned Niagara like a creepy stalker trying to get a photo op. (Sorry Niagara!) And if it wasn’t for Outré’s Martin Macintosh who I looked at in despair and said "I’m not gonna get my shot, I give up!" who interjected and asked Niagara for me. (So a big thank you to Martin!)

A bit about Niagara: Niagara materialized on the scene in the late 70’s as front person for the noise/punk band Destroy All Monsters. Fellow band mates read like a who’s who, including Mike Kelley, Jim Shaw (big time artists), Ron Asheton (Iggy and the Stooges guitarist), and Mike Davis (MC5 bass player).

Her early cover art, done in pen & ink and gouache, appear to be self portraits. Her fierce female depictions of femme fatales plumb the depths of trash culture and post-feminism. “It’s the men who cry in my paintings”, Niagara muses. She later showed ‘Warholistic’ use of colour on her large canvases and actually met Andy Warhol in the late 70’s.

Colonel Galaxy, Niagara’s promoter/body guard comments, “Niagara paints off register to make it look like a bad silk screen but she does it with such precision, people still think they’re done by machine. Warhol would love it.”

Niagara works with a high profile gallery in Detroit and her limited edition prints are sold all over the world including Outré Gallery, Melbourne. She also sings with Dark Carnival with lead guitarist, Ron Asheton.

Outré Gallery: 249 Elizabeth St, Melbourne. Exhibition runs until 11 March. More info at Outré.

Frame Lines

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JR
on February 6, 2008
in Noteworthy, Photography and Pieces of Me
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I was recently interviewed about my photography by Frame Lines magazine. (No, that’s not me on the cover!)

Frame Lines aims to be ‘Melbourne’s largest ‘free’ independent arts, lifestyle and culture magazine’. You can read more about them over at their official website.

The article on yours truly and my photographs appear under the Melbourne’s Characters section. It was great fun contributing and being part of something young and vibrant. It made me feel all tingly inside it did!

You can download a copy of the magazine in PDF format right here.

Centre Place Wallpaper

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JR
on February 3, 2008
in Photography and Wallpaper
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This week’s wallpaper features one of Melbourne’s coolest alleyways, Centre Place! This is usually a hive of activity during the day but at night, it is nice, quiet and positively eerie! Just watch out for the cat-sized rats, and you’ll be aok!

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Drain You Wallpaper

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JR
on January 28, 2008
in Photography and Wallpaper
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Drain

This week’s wallpaper features the humble old drain. Click! Download! Do what thou wilt! Enjoy!

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Cocker Alley Wallpaper

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JR
on January 23, 2008
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Cocker Alley, Melbourne Australia

Introducing a new feature to Dogmatic… wallpapers! Every so often, I’ll make one of my photos available as a wallpaper. Feel free to download these and do with them what you will! Also, send me through any screen caps of any of these on your desktop! I’d love to see how they look on people’s systems.

First up is a shot of Cocker Alley, Melbourne Australia. Melbourne is famous for some of the most creepy and downright urban alleyways. Cocker Alley in the heart of the CBD also features graffiti by the world famous Banksy and rats that could probably devour cats whole!

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Snap! Dangled by ankles to shoot shark

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JR
on January 7, 2008
in Asides and Photography
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Snap! Dangled by ankles to shoot shark. Respect!

Sydney Holiday

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JR
on January 2, 2008
in Noteworthy, Photography and Pieces of Me
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Day 1 - The Eagle Has Landed
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It’s proven to be a long day but after all the planning and all the chaos of finding a decent place to stay at over New Year’s Eve - we finally arrived in Sydney.

It’s close to 2am in the morning and I am too wound up to go to sleep yet. Even if, as stated, it has been a long day.

First of all, we had to make our way to Kilmore for Boxing Day lunch with Sam’s family. Took us a while to get there and we could only stay for a short while, as we had a flight to catch at 6.15.

After our stop over in Kilmore, it was back on the road as we headed to Melbourne Airport.

I wanted to be there nice and early as in June when we went to Tasmania, we barely caught our flight and I made a promise to myself, not to go through such a stressful time like that again.

I detest flying with a passion. It terrifies me. But thankfully, our flight today was just perfect.

Once we landed in Sydney, we caught the train into the City and then checked into our hotel. We are in the absolute heart of the City and close to everything we want to do and see. Really, couldn’t ask for a better room or hotel and I’m really pleased with what we got. Five Star all the way and I really have to thank Sam for her diligence in hunting us out a really cool hotel over the next week of our stay.

After settling in, we realized it was close to 10pm and we hadn’t had a thing to eat since lunch. We went to a Spanish restaurant, just outside our hotel and after dinner we decided to hit the pavement and see what Sydney nightlife has to offer. (sorry, but when it comes to nightlife, cafes, bars and restaurants - ole Sydneytown just cannot even begin to compete with Melbourne!)

One thing that struck me, the streets here are filthy and there is not a sign of street art or cool graffiti anywhere. I mean, it’s so friggn dull! But, I am sure we will stumble on some over the next few days… just too spoilt by the color and brilliant work that can be seen in Melbourne’s alleyways and the like.

So, we’re in Sydney for the next week. Looking forward to a ton of fun and action.

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Steckelberg’s Dead Photos

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JR
on December 18, 2007
in Asides, KillFuckDie and Photography
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By removing the photographic images of the dead ancestors from her family album, but leaving their crisp silhouettes - dark, empty, ominous ghost-like shadows - Steckelberg has created a powerful visual meditation that moves far beyond the edges of her personal universe.

Final Episode Of Twin Peaks Pictorial

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JR
on December 9, 2007
in Photography and Television
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David Lynch Twin Peaks

Check out this amazing pictorial featuring Richard Beymar’s photos from the final episode of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. Simply astounding!

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Desktop of the Month: December

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JR
on December 5, 2007
in Desktops and Photography
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Desktop of the Month

I usually like to only use my own photos as my desktop wallpaper, but for this month I have made an exception. I have in my archives some (ultra) hi-res color photos from the 1940’s which are to die for! I can’t remember where I sourced them from, but they are truly amazing and measure at an impressive 2636 x 1461 pixels. Here’s one of a London street circa 1940.

Desktop of the Month: September

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JR
on September 20, 2007
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September 2007 Desktop

Original photo was taken on a very special night back in December last year. I remember it as if it were… yesterday!

The Guardian Angel

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JR
on August 20, 2007
in Photography and Pieces of Me
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The Guardian Angel

I posted this photo on my flickr set earlier today after my lunch break at work and called it ‘Guardian Angel’. This is clearly a wonderful piece of street-art on Sackville Street, Fitzroy - but it wasn’t until later tonight that I realized just how prophetic this photo’s title really was.

As I was driving home from my girlfriend’s place tonight, there was a car driving on the wrong side of the road… heading head on - straight for me!

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and this fleeting instant seemed to last forever. In the space of a split second I look in my rear-view mirror and saw that no one was to my left, so I swerved my car to get out of this lunatics way. In the process, I flashed my high beams at them to get their attention. They swerved out of the way and proceeded to head off at a ridiculous speed.

I felt an overwhelming shot of adrenaline pierce the base of my head and run down the length of my spine down my back. In a weird way, it felt orgasmic. Now, a couple of hours later, I can still feel this cold, eerie sensation permeating my spinal cord! So cold!

I was nearly killed - and lived to tell the tale.

Holy fuck!

I can’t believe what just happened. Tonight, I lost one of my nine lives, that is for sure…

Desktop of the Month: August

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JR
on August 20, 2007
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August 2007 Desktop

Original photo was taken at my girlfriend’s apartment.