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Shinzi Katoh
Illustrations by Shinzi Katoh always make me smile.
little golden books
When I was small my very favorite thing in the world were Little Golden Books. I examined every inch of the books and memorized each detail. So you can imagine my delight when I came upon Golden Gems. It is a blog that features children’s books and focus’ on the Golden Book series. They are scans of every old book in their collection. Some are a bit before my time but many I remember many with fondness. The illustrations are still wonderful and looking through their pictures fills me with nostalgia.
avedon exhibit at the sf moma
Yesterday I went to see the Richard Avedon photography exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It was easily the best photography I have ever seen. I was overcome with emotion by his portraits. As an Academy of Art student I receive free admission and discounts for special events. I try to visit as often as I can and have seen so many fantastic exhibits with Olafur Eliasson, Joseph Cornell, and Richard Avedon being my favorites. It is really a treat.
italy mini vacation
Poor art student’s solution to traveling: photography!
Love the tilt shift photos the best -even when they manipulated with saturation and depth of field in post production.
From Wikipedia: Tilt-shift photography refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras; it usually requires the use of special lenses. However, Tilt-shift miniature faking is a process in which a photograph of a life-size location or object is manipulated so that it looks like a photograph of a miniature scale model. By distorting the focus of the photo, the artist simulates the shallow depth of field normally encountered with macro lenses making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is. Many miniature faked photographs are taken from a high angle to further simulate the effect of looking down on a miniature. Objects oriented horizontally make better subjects for tilt-shift miniature faking than vertically oriented objects.