Wandering in the Company of Strangers
October 22-24, 2010 | Honolulu, Hawaii
Instructors: Emilio Bañuelos and Elena Carrasco
In collaboration with: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa – Outreach College
The emphasis of this workshop is on learning and practicing skills that help photographers document their own communities. Workshop sessions are designed for practical use with personalized working critiques centering on the work created and instruction for making insightful, story-telling images in natural environments. This session examines the narrative, aesthetic, and emotional aspects of photography.
Each day is divided between classroom instruction, discussions, personal and group critiques, and fieldwork. Discussion includes ethics and responsibilities, light and composition, and equipment choices. Participants should be prepared to work in digital format. Enrollment is open to amateur and professional photographers.
Emilio Bañuelos has worked as an editorial photographer and consultant for newspapers in Mexico, Panama and the US. His documentary work earned him fellowships from the Poynter Institute, the Marty Forscher Fellowship for Humanistic Photography and an award from EnFoco Inc. In the San Francisco bay area, Emilio teaches documentary photography for the Academy of Art University, and has conducted workshops for the University of California Santa Cruz-Extension and the University of Coahuila and internationally as the co-founder of Black Boots Ink. www.embafoto.com
Elena Carrasco is the co-founder of Black Boots Ink. Her work has been exhibited throughout Northern California including the San Jose Museum of Art and the Museo Casa Taller Jose Clemente Orozco in Mexico. As an educator, Elena has worked as an instructor and program coordinator for the San Jose Museum of Art and Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana and has conducted national and international workshops with Black Boots Ink. www.elenacarrasco.com
Gracias Guadalajara!
El objetivo del proyecto es utilizar las imágenes como presentaciones, como las conversaciones, para hablar con la gente que está en las imágenes. – The goal of the International Artist Collaborative workshop 2010 is to use images as introductions, as conversations, to speak to the people who are in the images.
We are interested in returning the images of the street to the street. On July 18th, images from Guadalajara, and other regions of Mexico were posted on a wall fronting the Museo de Bellas Artes in the Rambla Cartaluña in downtown Guadalajara. The wall is a crossing point for the cities working class and the elite. Poetry and images Mexico were combined with silkscreens to continue the dialogue.
El Mural se encuentra en el Andador Escorza – Plaza Rambla Cataluña, Calle Escorza entre Lopez Cotilla y Av. Juarez. – The mural is located in el Andador Escorza – Plaza Rambla Cataluña, Calle Escorza entre Lopez Cotilla y Av. Juarez.
Esperamos su compañia en Agosto 1, 2010 alli mismo para festejar con musica de The Juan Perez Perez Band, Sam del Burdel y demonstraciones de Yoga Arte. Tambien habra acitividades para los niños con Ludifiesta. - Join us on August 1, 2010 to celebrate with music from The Juan Perez Perez Band, Sam del Burdel, demonstrations by Yoga Arte and art activities for the children by Ludifiestas.
Paritipantes: Isrohan Alvarez, Emilio Bañuelos, Eduardo J. Barragan, Jorge E. Barragan, Elena Carrasco, David Flores Magón, Iris Gallardo, Marshall, Jorge Rangel, Karla Tarin, Sam del Burdel, The Juan Perez Perez Band, Yoga Arte, Ludifiesta
Gracias tambien al Instituto Municipal para el Apoyo a la Juventud (IMAJ) y al Periodico Solo Ofertas por su apoyo con este poryecto.
Paritipantes: Isrohan Alvarez, Emilio Bañuelos, Eduardo J. Barragan, Jorge E. Barragan, Elena Carrasco, David Flores Magón, Iris Gallardo, Marshall, Jorge Rangel, Karla Tarin, Sam del Burdel, The Juan Perez Perez Band, Yoga Arte, Ludifiesta
Preparación para la Intervención
Gracias Jorge Rangel por el taller de serigrafía, fue un gran aprendizaje y por tu apoyo con el proyecto Vagando en Compañia de Desconocidos que viene a Guadalajara este mes! Este trabajo sera parte de la Intervención Publica en la Rambla Cartaluña de Guadalajara!
Thank you Jorge Rangel for the great silkscreening workshop and for you support with the Wandering in the Company of Strangers Project that is making its way to Guadalajara’s Rambla Cartaluña this month. All these prints will be a great addition to our Public Art Exhibit.
Paritipantes: Isrohan Alvarez, Emilio Bañuelos, Eduardo J. Barragan, Jorge E. Barragan, Elena Carrasco, David Flores Magón, Iris Gallardo, Marshall, Jorge Rangel, Karla Tarin, Sam del Burdel, The Juan Perez Perez Band, Yoga Arte, Ludifiesta
HAMBURGER EYES / FOTOVISION ANNUAL AUCTION FUNDRAISER
HAMBURGER EYES / FOTOVISION ANNUAL AUCTION FUNDRAISER
July 15th 2010 – July 25th 2010
This year Hamburger Eyes has teamed up with Fotovision to bring you epic masterpieces at amazing prices. With the success of last year’s auction, we decided to make this particular collection available worldwide.
The auction will take place on EBAY for 10 days, and people all over the planet will be able to participate and bid on photographs and paintings from Hamburger Eyes and Fotovision contributors, supporters, friends, and family.
Hamburger Eyes donations include:
David Uzzardi, Sean Jerd, Ted Pushinsky, Alexander Martinez, Oscar Mendoza, Ray Potes, David Potes, Dennis Mcgrath, Thomas Campbell, Jason Roberts Dobrin, Michael Jang, John Harding, Stefan Simikich, Josh Lazcano, Audrey Erickson, Andrew Schoultz, Hilary Pecis, Uri Korn, Catherine Ryan, Tracy Timmins, John Oliver Hodges, Jim Goldberg, Bill Burke, Emilio Banuelos, Elena Carrasco, Forrest Kelley, Mark Murrmann, Albert Reyes, Rich Jacobs, Lonnie Dean, Joe Brook, Ari Marcopoulos, Peter Sutherland, Barry Mcgee, Cali Dewitt, and more!!
Fotovision donations include:
Larry Fink, Dorothea Lange, Nick Waplington, Bill Owens, Herb Ritts, Michelle Vignes, Colin Finlay, Marcus Bleasdale , Tim Hetherington , Ami Vitale, James Whitlow Delano, Camille Seaman, Kim Stringfellow , Ian Martin, Doug Menuez, Matt Herron, George Ballis, Richard Gordon, Darcy Padilla, Michael Rauner, Chris McCaw, Ernest Lowe, Jack Picone, Antonin Kratochvil, and more!!
Fotovision donations also include signed, collectible books by:
Susan Meiselas, Sebastião Salgado, Alec Soth, Alex Webb, Ken Light, Amy Arbus, Chris Killip, Danny Lyon, and more!!
All proceeds will benefit photography by helping Hamburger Eyes continue to produce world class books and magazines, as well as operate their darkroom rental facilty, the Photo Epicenter. And the nonprofit, Fotovision, can continue to advance documentary photography and storytelling through education, dialogue, and community.
For the locals, the entire collection will be available for viewing. They will be exhibited at the Fotovision space during the length of the auction. There will be computers setup and you will be able to bid right there on the spot! And, on the last day we will have a closing reception at the space and people can make last minute bids and we can all celebrate the fundraiser.
FOTOVISION
5515 Doyle St.
Emeryville, CA 94608
Auction runs July 15th – July 25th 2010
Viewing hours Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
4pm – 7pm, or call for appointment.
Closing reception July 25th 2010, 5:30pm – 9pm
Please help us spread the word by re-posting, sending to people who might be interested, twitter, etc. Thanks in advance.
Stay tuned! Each site will have images, info on pieces, links to the auctions, a catalog PDF download, and more..
http://hamburgereyes.com
http://fotovision.org
** The above image is an 8×10 fiber based print by Bill Burke. It has drawing on the front, and it is signed and stamped on the back. If you win this photo, it comes with a small book of his!
Wandering in the Company of Strangers the Magazine!
Order the issue now!
Black Boots Ink Issue No. 1 brings you the work of 44 photographers and writers working in Guadalajara, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
You can get your copy of our first printed magazine by clicking here.
Pida su edición!
Black Boots Ink Issue No. 1 lleva el trabajo de 44 fotógrafos y escritores trabajando en Guadalajara, San Francisco y Los Ángeles.
Usted puede conseguir su copia de nuestra primera revista impresa, haga clic aquí.
Work by:
Isrohan Alvarez, Guadalajara | Emilio Bañuelos, Guadalajara | Jorge E. Barragan, Guadalajara | Dana Barsuhn, Los Angeles | Dick Beery, Shreve | Caballo, Guadalajara | Monica Cardenas, Guadalajara | Elena Carrasco, Guadalajara | Zulema Carrasco, Stockton | Kevin Cortez, San Francisco | Michael J. Costa, San Francisco | Brad Evans, San Francisco | Noemi Flores-Zepeda, Zapopan | Sergio Garibay, Guadalajara | Sebastian Gladstone, Los Angeles | Yorch Gomez, Guadalajara | Francisco Graciano, San Jose | Ana Fernanda Goribar, Guadalajara | Rory Hejtmanek, San Francisco | Susan Hobbs, Cupertino | Cass Kissam, San Francisco | Karla Louie, San Francisco | Marshall, Guadalajara | Suzanne Mir, Victoria | Carl Mogerley, San Francisco | Thomas Murphy, Brooklyn | Paco Perez Arriaga, Guadalajara | Ibarionex Perello, Altadena | Unni Raveendranathan, San Francisco | John Rickard, Weed | Carla Saunders, San Francisco | Theo Slavin, San Francisco | Amanda Smith, San Francisco | RK Stephenson, Mesa | Karla Tarin, Guadalajara | Denisse Tatemura, Guadalajara | Martin Taylor, San Francisco | Patti Taylor, San Francisco | Rosella Tibig, San Francisco | Rikki Ward, San Francisco
words by: J. Eduardo Barragan, Guadalajara | Karla Tarin, Guadalajara
magazine design by the Photologists, Nancy and Jennifer Ahn.
Wandering in the Company of Strangers
Guadalajara, San Francisco, Los Angeles
Order your copy of the magazine by clicking here
images by: WANDERING IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS PARTICIPANTS:
Isrohan Alvarez, Guadalajara | Emilio Bañuelos, Guadalajara | Jorge E. Barragan, Guadalajara | Dana Barsuhn, Los Angeles | Dick Beery, Shreve | Caballo, Guadalajara | Monica Cardenas, Guadalajara | Elena Carrasco, Guadalajara | Zulema Carrasco, Stockton | Kevin Cortez, San Francisco | Michael J. Costa, San Francisco | Brad Evans, San Francisco | Noemi Flores-Zepeda, Zapopan | Sergio Garibay, Guadalajara | Sebastian Gladstone, Los Angeles | Yorch Gomez, Guadalajara | Francisco Graciano, San Jose | Ana Fernanda Goribar, Guadalajara | Rory Hejtmanek, San Francisco | Susan Hobbs, Cupertino | Cass Kissam, San Francisco | Karla Louie, San Francisco | Marshall, Guadalajara | Suzanne Mir, Victoria | Carl Mogerley, San Francisco | Thomas Murphy, Brooklyn | Paco Perez Arriaga, Guadalajara | Ibarionex Perello, Altadena | Unni Raveendranathan, San Francisco | John Rickard, Weed | Carla Saunders, San Francisco | Theo Slavin, San Francisco | Amanda Smith, San Francisco | RK Stephenson, Mesa | Karla Tarin, Guadalajara | Denisse Tatemura, Guadalajara | Martin Taylor, San Francisco | Patti Taylor, San Francisco | Rosella Tibig, San Francisco | Rikki Ward, San Francisco
words by: J. Eduardo Barragan, Guadalajara | Karla Tarin, Guadalajara
Wandering at Home in Guadalajara
” I want to say thanks to Emilio Banuelos and Elena Carrasco for their strong leadership and support over these past two grueling days. From your fan and friend: Thanks” – Suzanne
Suzanne Mir joined us in Guadalajara to conclude our Wandering in the Company of Strangers project. Thank you Suzanne for all your work and insight. It was great working with you. You really pushed yourself to achieve the goals you set for yourself.
“I am still thinking about how I am going to gain the confidence of perfect strangers. How do I get them to let me take their picture and not swear at me after? Or for that matter, how do get them to not hide their faces? It has happened.”
“I am returning to San Miguel de Allende satisfied, tired, elated and more confident.” -Suzanne
Wandering in Los Angeles
We are excited to continue our Wandering in Los Angeles with such great photographers.
LOS ANGELES PARTICIPANTS:
Dana Barsuhn, Los Angeles | Kevin Cortez, San Francisco | Sebastian Gladstone, Los Angeles
Please join us on Sunday Jan. 31 at 7:00pm for the exhibition of their work. The Brewery, 616 S. Avenue 21, in Downtown Los Angeles.
Below is a google map that shows the location.
near the intersection of Main Street and Avenue 21, right off the 5 Freeway. The studio is located at the top floor of the main building.
The entry door has a diamond shape chemical sign with the letter A on it. You take 5 flights up to enter the studio. There are no elevators available.
Last Sunday Collaborative Starts Wandering…
Last Sunday Collaborative: Isrohan Alvarez | Candelario Banderas | Emilio Bañuelos | J. Eduardo Barragan | Jorge E. Barragan | Caballo | Elena Carrasco | Sergio Garibay | Yorch Gomez | Ana Fernanda Goribar | Marshall | Paco Perez Arriaga | Karla Tarin | Denisse Tatemura | Angie Zuno
What a great Sunday night!
Fifteen of us, some of us photographers others writers, gathered in Guadalajara this Sunday to start the Wandering in the Company of Strangers project. We are excited to be working with such a diverse group of photographers, each with a direct connection to the city.
Thank you all for making time to join us.
Empezamos a vagar en gran compañia. El domingo nos reunimos 15 fotografos y escritores en Guadalajara para empezar el proyecto Vagando en Compañia de Desconocidos. Que placer estar en compañia de tanto talento y de tener la oportunidad de colaborar.
Gracias a todos por acompañarnos.
Public Places
images by:
Jennifer Ahn , San Jose | Nancy Ahn, San Jose| Emilio Bañuelos, San Francisco | Elena Carrasco, San Francisco | Tim Gonzalez-Mena, Oakland | Francisco Graciano, San Jose | Kija Lucas, Oakland | Vu Nguyen, San Jose | Colt Peterson, Alamo | Victor Prieto, San Francisco | Diana Sánchez, Oakland
Keeping IT Out
Why we should do away with all public places
by Greg Benchwick
I’ve really begun to hate everything public: Public busses with their surly drivers and sticky customers, candied seats and bubble-gum rails; libraries made for lounging street lizards and hypocritical intellectual hoods; parks with their goddamned fucking trees – so tall, so arrogant – the fucking sidewalks and public spaces with their skateboarding punks and gruesomely green grass. And of course there’s always the itinerant and frightfully exuberant youth in revolt that seems to grow out there like a germ. You must have to be young (or degenerate) to spend so much time out there with IT lurking around every corner.
Mexico
images by Workshop Mexico 2007 Participants :
Isrohan Alvarez, Zapopan | Emilio Bañuelos, San Francisco | Elena Carrasco, San Francisco | Ivan Cruz, Guadalajara | Alexcia DeVásquez, San Francisco | Gustavo Espino, Zapopan | Eric Fullmer, San Francisco | Perla Gomez, Guadalajara | Lydia Gonzales, Bakersfield | Tim Gonzalez-Mena, Oakland | Kelly Koehler, San Francisco | Kija Lucas, San Francisco | Foppé Mallory, Pinole | Cristina Martinez-Canton, San Jose | Cecilia Monroy, Chiapas | Colt Peterson, Alamo | Genaro Ramírez, Zapopan | Jorge Roa, Zapopan | Jorge Romero, Guadalajara | Diana Sánchez, Oakland
The ‘REAL’ Mexico
by Lydia Gonzales
As a Mexican-American (very American), I was curious about what the real Mexico was like. Guadalajara was an introduction to a culture similar to my own upbringing and the experience of a traditional yet cutting-edge city vibe. Some residents say Guadalajara, in Jalisco, is like an adolescent that doesn’t know what it wants to be when it grows up. With a history going back nearly 500 years, Guadalajara should have surpassed adolescence by now. Yet, as growth continues, the urban seams of the city are bursting open even farther.
Litter, traffic and American corporations such as Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Burger King, Wal-Mart and 7-Eleven can be found in abundance throughout the city.Yet Guadalajara firmly preserves its historic city structures and traditions including churches, music, people and ways of life.
What many profess to love about their communities despite rampant urbanization are the generous, goodnatured and friendly attitudes of the people who reside there. From the youth of the city to the residents of the small towns that flank Guadalajara, many consider the good-will attitudes of the people to be the area’s greatest assets. People remain amigable or friendly, and the environment remains beautifully humble.
more:
Love Politics | Spaces Between Places | Public Places | Mexico | Issue No. One | Mexico 2008
Workshop Mexico 2007
Black Boots Ink | Workshop Mexico
June 17-23, 2007
Instructor/Photographer: Emilio Bañuelos
WORKSHOP MEXICO 2007 PARTICIPANTS
Isrohan Alvarez, Zapopan | Elena Carrasco, San Francisco | Ivan Cruz, Guadalajara | Alexcia DeVásquez, San Francisco | Gustavo Espino, Zapopan | Eric Fullmer, San Francisco | Perla Gomez, Guadalajara | Lydia Gonzales, Bakersfield | Tim Gonzalez-Mena, Oakland | Kelly Koehler, San Francisco | Kija Lucas, San Francisco | Foppé Mallory, Pinole | Cristina Martinez-Canton, San Jose | Cecilia Monroy, Chiapas | Colt Peterson, Alamo | Genaro Ramírez, Zapopan | Jorge Roa, Zapopan | Jorge Romero, Guadalajara | Diana Sánchez, Oakland
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Black Boots Ink is about the curiosity that makes you walk into a new situation. It is about wandering in the company of strangers, about stopping, walking, working, protesting, progressing–it is about all of us.
The first Black Boots Ink Workshop takes place in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, with photographer Emilio Bañuelos. The seven-day workshop culminates with a public exhibition of the final images and a selection of the images will be considered for publication in blackbootsink.com.
Workshop Mexico, participants will have the opportunity to make images that show relationships between people and their environment.You will learn to photograph people and landscapes while creating a visual narrative. Workshop sessions are designed for practical use with instruction for daily shooting, personalized working critiques and editing.
Morning workshops will be held at Instituto Cultural Cabañas a cultural center designed by Manuel Tolsá in 1810. The Instituto’s106 rooms and 23 flower-filled patios house art exhibitions and the main chapel displays 57 murals by José Clemente Orozco from1938-39, including The Man of Fire.
Afternoons will be set aside for daily trips to visit Guadalajara’s neighboring towns. We will travel by bus to visit the Basilica de Zapopan, which dates back to 1730, the Zona Rosa, and the village of Tapalpa, Jalisco, where you will have time to make photographs and learn about contemporary Mexico.
more:
IAC 2008 | Landscape as Portrait: Mt. Shasta | Workshop Mexico 2007
Issue No. One
images by:
Jennifer Ahn , San Jose | Nancy Ahn, San Jose | Emilio Bañuelos, San Francisco | Juan Carlos, Mexico City | Elena Carrasco, San Francisco | Jeff Christopher
Publications about women are often published with the intention of defining them. Black Boots Ink is taking a different approach. Each photograph is an individual statement about women and as an essay the images undertake a discussion with the viewer using photographs to create dialogue.
We invite you to share your knowledge, please leave a comment.
What makes a woman, motherhood, beauty, strength…?
Your words are a part of this work.
more:
Love Politics | Spaces Between Places | Public Places | Mexico | Issue No. One | Mexico 2008
