Daniel Minnick

Photobooth Convention; So Soon Fri-Day May 18th and Saturday May 19th

danielminnick — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:02:31 +0000

FREE PICTURES, LOS ANGELES, WELL VENICE BEACH TO BE SPECIFIC, WHAT COULD BE BETTER?

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Many Big Names in The Photobooth Scene Will Be There, Signing Autographs, Including Yours Truly.

IMPORTANT! FIGHT BACK! HAVE A VOICE! SHOW YOUR SOLIDARITY!!!

danielminnick — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:42:31 +0000

Find Your OCCUPY!

The Mapplethorpe or Avedon of Weimaraners; Fashion Portraits

danielminnick — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:14:00 +0000

Deserves a little designy introspection don’t you think?

If you happen to be in Berlin, Germany

danielminnick — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:58:38 +0000

Check out this exhibition of Paul Laffoley one of my favorite outsider spiritual artist. If you like Alex Grey you will probably be into him. My friend discovered his work because a hoarder next to her died and they raided the apartment. Luckily I got a great poster of one of Laffoley’s paintings out of the haul its up in my house always.(pictured underneath). This guy will shortly become very popular just you watch.

and here are some more awesome images of his

Paul Laffoley at Hamburger Banhoff

It’s that Time Again, Photobooth Mania February 15th thru the 18th Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland

danielminnick — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:32:37 +0000

This edition is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It’s not a convention per se but a large exhibition taking place at the Musée de l’Elysée. With a few young guns like myself participating. The exhibition also includes all the classic images in the photobooth from the famous Surrealist pieces to Warhol’s and everything else outside the box. It is an exhibition of and inspired by the machine so expect paintings, and sculpture as well as photographs. The works i am including are some images from my collection of chemical strips. I am very much looking forward to this get together though a few of my favorite photobooth photographers will unfortunately not able to attend or take part. So i give recognition to Steve “Mixup” Howard and Herman Costa, both amazing and important creators in the field as well as very dear friends. That said, I am excited to see some old compatriots from the photobooth community. Our friends Brian Meacham from Photobooth.net, Anthony and Andrea providing a booth from Chicago’s 312 Photobooth, Nakki Goranin American Photobooth, and of course our dear old friends from the British isle Carol Evans and Siobhan Harris of Photomovette. There will be a catalogue from the show so look out for it. With not much more to add, I’ll see you in the Alps this Feburary.

OWS in the ARTS Part 2

danielminnick — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:39:00 +0000

It has been over three months since Occupy Wall Street has formed and OWS’s Arts and Labor has birthed from it. I am still a proud member and have attended almost every meeting. There has been much to talk about and formulate. I think the group just needed a full education on what has come before us. We had a successful teach-in on the WPA and Art Worker’s Coalition and it looks like there a couple more coming in January 2012. Also planned is the partnership of W.A.G.E. and Artist’s Space having scheduled talks about the art’s economy and together with the public on how to develop an ethical certification of not for profit spaces. Looks like this next year will be pretty busy for these two artist groups helping expose and rectify economic inequalities and exploitative working conditions within our little bubble the art world.

Anthon Beeke: Nude Alphabet

danielminnick — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:34:05 +0000

can honestly say when it comes to design I don’t know very much, but what I do know usually parallels my taste in art and/or style. Though I have seen Beeke’s “Nude Alphabet” before in an old 70′s art magazine I never cared to remember his name allowing me to properly forget about the project. Luckily at the NY Book Fair this year I rediscovered it and learned there was a book made for the series. The local 6 decades books, a bookstore that deals in rare art books, was the venue that was selling it. Thus I was reunited with the designer and font even if I couldn’t afford the $600 publication.

Of Course others did it before and after, the last image is by the fashion photographer Horst P. Horst though the Beeke alphabet is my favorite.

OWS in the ARTS

danielminnick — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:35:21 +0000

So I have been going to some meetings in a group affiliated with OWS. Its a small group called Arts and Labor and pertains to just that, labor issues with artists. There are many problems related to the fields surrounding art and mirrors a lot of what is going on with the wall street protest so I feel topics in this group are very important presently to discuss and make others aware of. There is another group called W.A.G.E. that is involved that have made there work to help with some of the problems within this large unjust bubble. I am going to add some links now. Knowledge = not getting fucked over.
W.A.G.E.
Recent NY Times Article on Resale in California

Clothing in the Future

danielminnick — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:36:14 +0000

Underrated: The Whole Earth Catalog at the Moma

danielminnick — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:40:17 +0000

There is a small show about the Whole Earth Catalog and related Materials in the Research Center in the NY Moma. This part of the museum is free entry and no one is ever there I suggest you check it out!