sleepy hollow bike trip.

our bike trip through ripvanwinkleland last year.  more pics here

happy halloween!

annapolis this morning. i made a jack-o-lantern  for mom and dad.

camping in harriman state park

we went camping at harriman state park.  there's a great blog about harriman by photographer suzy allman: my harriman.

harriman state park.

dia de los muertos!

store windows i did at nomad in cambridge massachusetts.

clothing by gary graham, filly, cydwok...

mexican dia de los muertos folk art- life sized articulated day of the dead figures by famed mexican artist joel garcia.

harlem artists in the mink building

cool stuff in and around the mink building this weekend. it was open for the harlem art walk.

abuse the moon wheat paste by clearly.

pit bull gilding- sandra spannan.

the stilt dancing was by laura anderson barbata and the brooklyn jumbies.

amazing jacket by babatunde ajiboye.

i love the comics and painted skate boards by summer mcclinton.

old friends of mine pioneered this building as the avant-garde gallery space triple candie. from 2001 to 2008, they hosted museum quality exhibitions. some were pretty high profile- like the kiki smith show, reviewed in the new york times here.

evolution now poppy bee tank and padlock necklace.

available here

the secret life of walls by jack nelson. review by shoot the crow.

jack nelson's book the secret life of walls is a formidable collection of photographs enabling the viewer an up close glimpse at the small beauties that hide in front of our eyes while forming the backdrop to our everyday lives.
these particular beauties are the walls of chiapas, and while the buildings are ancient matriarchs, striking as a whole, it is the wrinkles and crows feet that get their due.

nelson concentrates his lens on the small details and puts the edges of the image where we would expect a wooden frame, as if his chalky colors were meant to be laid out on canvas. early photos show indian yellows, mediterranian reds and pacific blues, lapping paint chip shorelines like transmuted maps of a bygone age. these give way to more linear images no less striking, some bringing to mind mark rothko. portraits guided by the hand of man and eroded by time and nature. they are the patina of old mexico.

the author has an innate sense for sequencing, each photo is a natural prequel to the next. while all the images in this collection are beautiful and can stand alone, their real power is as a group. they beg to be seen in book form, sublime chapters forming a powerful whole.

there are many secrets here, and this is not a collection to rush through like a pack of trading cards, but to savor and return to again and again. peer long enough and you will start to unravel the secrets in the walls but there will always be another hidden away, waiting for the next viewing.

the secret life of walls is available in bound full color print here. $29.99.

and as an ebook here. for 99 cents!

i'm for sale on ebay!?!

this was very weird!

i searched my last name, demorest, on ebay. three pages through i found...

...myself!

i was for sale on ebay!

me- with watermark maori tattoos- three listings above the ad for demorest sex offenders!

apparently i'm a collectable.

i bought myself, of course!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1990-Press-Photo-Rebecca-Demorest-Nomad-On-Newbury-Street-/370789822310?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item5654cbaf66

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