I’m planning on traveling to Vietnam (and possibly Cambodia) November 10 – 28th. Although I’ve always been fascinated by Southeast Asia (particularly the former French colony of Indochina), I’ve never had the guts to actually pony up and buy the ticket until now.
So, with my bags already packed several months in advance, I’m ready to take off on another (much needed) break from the daily grind to focus on art and research.
I’m devoting my time on this trip to photographing the use and reuse of former French colonial architecture. In particular, I’m very interested to see how the buildings are being assimilated into the new, globalized architectural forms of late capitalism. I find it both ironic and fascinating that the colonial structures, which symbolized the the first developments of global economic culture are now disappearing.
Published on July 30, 2010 10:40 AM.
Filed under: Architecture, Art, Compulsions, Images, Photography Tags: Architecture, Colonial Architecture, French Indochine, Photography, Travel, Vietnam
Disasters of Humanity Tourism
Yesterday I purchased my ticket to travel to Vietnam in November. While in the region, I am hoping to travel to Cambodia. Mainly, I want to see the obvious ruins of Angkor Wat, but I am now also debating a trip to Phnom Penh to visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum.
My reasons for traveling to Southeast Asia are completely personal. I’m not going there for business or research. I’m headed in that direction mostly because I need a break to regain my focus on architecture and photography. It is impossible for me to do this without immersing myself in the people in this area actually live and make use of space.
Is it ethical to travel to a place where crimes against humanity have been committed? (Especially if I am coming from a beach resort in Nha Trang?)
Published on July 16, 2010 9:09 AM.
Filed under: Architecture, Art, Photography Tags: Cambodia, Ethics, Photography, Travel, Vietnam
Sometimes you just have to bail on the geographic center of your life.
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Published on July 5, 2010 8:16 PM.
Filed under: Culture, Life Tags: Beasts, Iowa, Photography, Pigs, Travel, Weaselry
Published on March 28, 2010 7:37 PM.
Filed under: Images Tags: Art, Duluth, Minnesota, Photography, Travel
MY BLOG IS A TYPEWRITER.
Friend and fellow former Nebraskan, Chris Fettin, has a great blog reflecting on his travels throughout South America. (Trust me, I am infinitely jealous!) I’m especially smitten with his commentary on the iPad, books, and what happens to media when digitized.
Published on March 23, 2010 8:12 AM.
Filed under: Life Tags: Art, Friends, Links, Travel
Just an average day for an average man in a shockingly green sweater vest. I’ve been shamelessly browsing through Bing Maps and enjoying the bird’s eye view feature. Perhaps the greatest joy of not making photographs is tracing the places where I used to make photographs. Twisted and torturous, I know. Anyway, the above image is one of my favorite “awkward” public spaces. It is a pair of small, well-tended green spaces located in the center of the George Washington Bridge on/off ramps. If you get a chance to travel that far north on Manhattan Island, I highly recommend exploring the area. The Inwood Hills forest is the last bit of natural tree growth in the city.
Published on October 13, 2009 1:19 PM.
Filed under: Compulsions, Images Tags: GW Bridge, Idleness, New York City, Photography, Travel
More Empty Utopian Architecture, Montreal, 2009
To be brutally honest, there hasn’t been much color in my life recently. Visually, my attention has been focused on making black and white images for the past couple of weeks and have just not been “thinking in color”. Philosophically, I find myself being drawn into the idea of “gray” – a middle tone that seems appropriate for a world that is neither black and white, right or wrong… Details »
Published on September 8, 2009 1:55 PM.
Filed under: Images, Life, Photography Tags: Art, Color Temperature, Photography, Travel, Wildfires
A great site that is holding my attention hostage this morning. Check it out for a variety of fresh perspectives on one of the most important issues in the contemporary city. Few sites I have come across investigate what makes public spaces successful, desirable, and heavily used in the same way that Project for Public Spaces does. Joy.
And bit more of failed public space from my own travel experiences.
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Published on August 14, 2009 8:44 AM.
Filed under: Architecture, Photography, Urbanism Tags: Architecture, Art, Culture, Everyday life, Montreal, Photography, Public Space, Space, Travel, Urbanism
Map ©Lauren van Wyke 2009
A few days ago I received this amazing map from a fellow artist and friend, Lauren van Wyke. I love this idea of us both being suspended in the air at the same time… stuck in the netherland which is air travel.
Thank you Lauren.
Published on June 29, 2009 1:22 PM.
Filed under: Art, Drawing, Life Tags: Lauren van Wyke, Maps, Travel
La Tourette ©JMTP on Flickr
I’m digging JMTP’s photostream on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmtp/
Published on June 26, 2009 8:18 AM.
Filed under: Architecture, Art, Photography Tags: Architecture, Catalonia, Photography, Spain, Travel
