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Saturday, April 25, 2015



Time has changed and sculpture became an artifact to surprise people. 
This goes deep. 

There were two phenomenons. 
The first was to surprise guests who came to your million dollar house, and maybe get a fuck out of it. 
"Wow its so big"
"It's so beautiful"

The praise became like a venom. A potent energizer that is supposedly poison. 

The movement became so big. 
To own a thing that surprised people at your rich place became a thing. 
And so it came, the second phenomenon, on the television. And everyone, had to have something to show after watching that show. 

Today, art is status. 

Status that you're so IN. 
Educated, flawed and superficial. You believe money can buy anything. That's why when there's no more cars to entertain yourself, you go art. Cuz people don't know Chagall or Cezanne, because you gotta be at least been at an western Uni to encounter these names. But Basquiat became so common after all the rap music started singing. 

Delusional and lost, we wander the street. 

What shit did ever make sense?
It's better, let's put it this way, to look at Alien Poop sculptures than chasing the superficial movement that is called Art today. 






Thursday, April 9, 2015

I went to Cebu

I went to Cebu with an exchange for a hotel fee by a sculpture I've made.

I am a photographer.

Dali's wife stated Andy Warhol was not a painter, he was (is) a photographer.

I am a photographer. I make trades with Arts.

See it makes sense. (lol.



Language is simple but we yet do not access to translate each other very well.
That's an irony too.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

WORK PHOTOS

I post my 'work' photos here.

http://www.charlesosawa.com/space/




Back in the days, my mentor Chris Goodney taught me how to shoot architecture.
I was already graduated from an architectural academic study, so I kinda got it fast.

Architectural photography, whether you like it or not, can be the MOST boring profession in the field of photography.

"Chris, whatcha up to?"
"I've been working since 6AM to catch the sunrise, I'm still shooting at site (4PM)"

Rise till sunset.
Chasing the sun.

If any of my readers are from architectural background, you may or may not have heard of sun-diagram.
Sun is perhaps the second most important element in architecture. But in architectural photography, it is the most important element.
(btw, Foundation is the most important in Architecture)


I don't shoot that rigorously, unless job or task asks me, but standard protocol is wake up before the sun rises, get there before the sun hits the building, and never leave before lights are out.
Did I tell you about site-research?

Most proper arch photographers do their 'site survey' (or research) days before shooting.
What time does the sun comes up?
At 3pm, where's it hitting?
What's the season?

Architecture is a story of life capsulated in shelter. Sun is most likely our source of happiness, so space majestically looks good when light + space = harmony.


These days, traditional approaches are unfortunately less appreciated when time + money = what they want.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

だー。

「ざけんじゃなーいわよーぅ」

と毎日のように響いていたダーレン・スタジオを懐かしく思います。

ひび割れた声で叫ぶ怒号は業界では有名らしく、スター・フォトグラファーとして有名でした。

恩師ダー。

「ニー・マァ・ドゥ・トゥ・ピァオズゥ!!」

口答えをすれば「てめぇの母ちゃんの腐ったピー音」ですよ。

「てめぇの母ちゃんだろうっ」と口答えをすれば子供のように笑いました。

頭をつねられて「わかってんじゃないわよー」と子供のように扱われ、犬の散歩には出され、コミュニティの顔出しにも付き合いました。

コミュニティの顔出し。

すげぇ、以外にマトモなことやってんじゃん、とか思ってましたけど、さすがスター・フォトグラファー。マトモです。

NYのミート・パッキング街では「オーッホッホッホ」とかマジで聞こえるし、一種のネタになっていました。

スター・フォトグラファーというのは格が違います。

体格が違います。
クマと戦えるんじゃないかと思うくらい健康でした。

犬が違います。
シャー・ペイを3匹。鎖で繋いでいます。餌はナマ肉。

写真力が違います。

写真力というのも、

とても不適格な単語ですけれど、実際にあるのでどうしようもないですね。
「あの、写真」と記憶に残る写真が写真力の証明ではないでしょうか。
ザ・パワー・オブ・フォトグラフィー。






Light


I'm posting the darker side of Spore.


Life in Spore.






memes

I've been making memes lol


Tuesday, February 10, 2015

poto



poto ah, poto ah, i need poto ah. 

I need poto sial. 

Okeh okeh, i gib you poto ah.

Chillaaaax siaal.

Maybe you need to go to the galactic bathroom.