Fig. 45.—Monachus Mare, lured into deep sea cage with walrus blubber, June 25, 1871. The head clearly means to trick prey into not seeing its true size. And to think that J.S. believed it an Architeuthis dux!
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Fig. 87.—Sirenia Alcaecaelia, caught in our fishing net, July 16, 1871. Note the partial metamorphosis of the spine. One of only three known specimens ever captured alive!
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The HUSVAR page on Facebook hit 1,000 fans this weekend! Thank you to everyone for visiting—and there are many more exciting images to come!
***PRESS RELEASE***
Local fine artist/photographer Sean HusVar is currently completing pre-production for two high-profile photo shoots, with the resulting images intended for release sometime later in 2010.
The ambitious back-to-back shoots, which are part of a much longer photographic series, will take place all day Wednesday, April 21 and Thursday, April 22 at HusVar Studios, located at 268 Main Street, Suite 103 in downtown Buffalo. In addition to some local talent, the large-scale production is also bringing in numerous cast and crew from Toronto and New York City.
HusVar’s latest work continues to thematically explore his own surreal versions of classic pop culture icons. His latest completed series, WONDERLAND, supposes an alternate story line for Alice, all grown up but melancholy with longing for the dreamland of her childhood.
Feel free to contact Julie Colvin, Director of Public Relations, at 716.310.7147 or by e-mail at julie.colvin@husvar.com with any questions, comments, or requests.
Visit the official HUSVAR website at http://www.HUSVAR.com for more information on Sean and his work.
PETER BEARD: DIARY (FROM A DEAD MAN’S WALLET: CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKMAKER)
Peter Beard & Kotaro Iizawa
Designed by Tsuguya Inoue
Tokyo: Libro Port Publishing Co., Limited First Edition (1993)
During my recent visit to the Palm Springs Photo Festival, I had the pleasure of meeting Joshua Simpson. He’s the Gallery Associate at LeadApron, a Los Angeles creative agency that supports and promotes an extraordinary roster of past and present artists. Joshua invited me to view their collection of rare photography art books, and it was truly one of the most amazing collections I’ve ever seen.
One book in particular just about leaped into my hands. It was profusely illustrated in color and black-and-white, and full to bursting of hand-written notes, photographs, sketches, found items, and more. I was thrilled to find out that it was Peter Beard’s diary.
© Marilyn Manson
Multimedia artist and provocateur Marilyn Manson has been a consistently subversive force in American popular culture for the past 15 years. Since his first nationally released album Portrait of an American Family, he has waged continuous aural wars against religion, the state, corporations, and the status quo. His second album, Antichrist Superstar, catapulted his career and put him squarely in the sights of conservative america. The album was a reflection on the growing pains of an artist, a commentary on both fame and the expectations it brings. Manson’s no-holds-barred approach to musical activism is often maligned by his critics and blamed for everything from school shootings to teenage suicides. However, his insightful responses in media interviews have shown his deep understanding of the concepts that he opposes.
Marilyn Manson interview with Bill O’Reilly:
For each of my photo series, I like to supplement the really orchestrated shoots with some spontaneously captured images that I like to call FRAGMENTS. Sometimes these FRAGMENTS happen before the thought behind a photo series even comes along, even planting the seed for an entire concept shoot. Other times, I will happen upon a scene so appropriate for whatever it is that I’m working on, I can’t resist taking yet another photograph.
The opening FRAGMENT shot in the WONDERLAND series, “Hotel Wonderland”, is a bit of both. I had completed the “Alice Falls” shot, and so I was digging for inspiration to help me continue developing the idea. On a trip to NYC, I decided to go sightseeing on one of those double-decker buses, just to take some pictures and see if anything caught my attention.
Her name had always been written on that magical mushroom.
Photographer/Creative Director: HUSVAR
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As soon as I had finished making “Alice Falls” (see A Different Kind of Rabbit-Hole for that story), I remember feeling very certain that I wasn’t done pursuing this idea. But my Alice’s mind had just disintegrated—what could possibly happen after that? Well, nothing. It was so inconvenient that I been inspired by the very first big event of the original Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland story. So I did what every artist does when they run into a question they can’t answer: I changed the question. What happened to my Alice before she falls?
Once I had the basic idea for the story (see My Version of the Story for that—um, story), I knew that there was only one event from the book that could encapsulate the events that sent my Alice over the edge, and that was the Mad Tea-Party.
Stripped of her former life, Alice at last finds bliss in an illusory Wonderland.
Photographer/Creative Director: HUSVAR
Model: Brooke Rewa
Wardrobe Stylist: Andrew Slyder
Photo Assistant: Luke Copping
Production Assistant: Nadejda Petrova
Lighting Consultant: Chris Santucci
Makeup Stylist: Anna Malskaya
Hair Stylist: Josselyn Scott
Wardrobe Assistant: Monika Byrne
Assistants: Laura Sargent & Emilee Hoelscher
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All work Copyright 2010 Sean Husvar. All rights reserved.
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