I was pleased to find that Coburn Dukehart at NPR ran a gallery of my iPhone montages on The Picture Show photo blog.
I have known Coburn for a while now and worked with her on my Migrant Death and Identification project which ran on the NPR website a few months ago.
Coburn had this to say on the blog:
“As a photo editor, I spend a lot of time sequencing images. When I build an online gallery, I want there to be a specific flow to the piece — a story with a distinct beginning, middle and end. I want to engage the viewer’s eye, making him look into the distance in one shot, then pulling back to examine the details of an extreme close-up in another. In my mind, I refer to the process as “Zen editing.” I couldn’t explain in words just how I know the correct order of the photos; I just know when the sequence feels right.
Perhaps that’s why I was drawn to Matt Nager’s iPhone montages. Instead of sequencing photos linearly, he places his images in a grid. The viewer’s eye wanders over these composites, not settling anywhere specific, but skating around while the brain processes the larger feeling created by the framework.
The montage that first appealed to me was Winter, which coincidentally was the first montage that Nager built. I love the simplicity of the color palette — crisp whites, deep blues, and that pervasive winter brown. I first look at the clouds in the center frame, then toward the clouds in the upper right, then to the Ferris wheel in the upper left. My eye then wanders to the frosty leaf in the top center, then back down to the middle, and finally around the edges. Individually, the photos are striking, but as a group, the canvas truly draws me in.”
Thanks Coburn for the words and the gallery!!!
You can see a gallery of my iPhone photos and order prints with your left over holiday monies at my Archive.
Here are two recent additions from Laredo as well.
It has been a few days. More assignments seem to be in hold mode unfortunately. A surprising amount of my recent unpublishable photos have come from industrial locales. I can’t complain of course, because what is cooler than industry (specifically the factories!) All obvious political and environmental views aside, I am consistently amazed at the engineering feats that go into creating these monstrous buildings. I’d like to have a free day…a hall pass if you will…to just roam the structures and photograph. I hope to be able to show more soon. I have another iPhone montage for you.
Published on
September 8, 2009 in
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Tags: America, Arizona, Color, fun, garden, iPhone, montage, nature, places, plant.
I’m bringing back the iPhone montage again. What can I say…I dig it.
I spent my summer in Tucson working in the desert. I am still sitting on the photos, but I do have this to show. I was amazed by the geography found in the Sonoran desert. While it is a desert, and it is dusty, there is far more green than I first guessed. This desert was certainly no Mojave. Animals roam and plants grow everywhere. We can thank the monsoons for that, although they didn’t come until late this year. It was hot.
Oh yeah. Everything had spikes and I mean EVERYTHING. I guess you have to when it is 105 degrees everyday.
It’s been an amazing spring in Colorado. I’ve missed most of it, but still return every few weeks to visit. The rain continues to fall each afternoon leaving the foothills surprisingly green this late in the summer. It has been interesting to see the growth of the hills as spotty segments within my visits rather than the continual flow which comes with the seasonal change.
Most interesting has been the extraordinary growth of the wild grasses. I can’t remember the last time I saw grass this high back home.
I had to break out the iPhone montage again for this one. I wish I knew the names for the different varieties I photographed. I’ll have to update this post with the scientific names once I find a free moment to look them up. If you happen to know the name…do tell.
The West Village near downtown Dallas is always a scene. A strange scene and one that seemingly revolves around image and class status. When one thinks of Dallas they invariably think of the famed TV series and continue to quote “who shot JR?” Update the show 20 years and you get the West Village. You still get women with over stylized hair ( and shorter skirts), men with fancy skinned boots and the occasional cowboy hat. You also see Starbucks, a new lingerie boutique, and an upscale hamburger stand selling meat patties with finely greased buns complete with fancy three pronged forks.
I don’t fit in, but I do enjoy the ridiculous nature of the scene and the people watching I encounter.
To bring back the iPhone montage, I had fun one night before watching Angels and Demons (substantially entertaining but not overwhelmingly fantastic.)
A free cookie to the person who can point out the one square that does NOT come from the West Village.
Last batch. No more iPhone posts after this (could be a lie.)
Published on
January 12, 2009 in
Boulder, Colorado, Matt, Matt Nager, iPhone, montage, photo and photography.
Tags: America, Color, Colorado, iPhone, montage, snap shot.
Got back from a great two weeks in Colorado. Not enough snow, but plenty of mountains. Here are a few iPhone pics made into a square. This should hold up for a couple days until I get my feet on the ground again.
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