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Chris Farley by Chris Buck from A Photo Editor

One of my few favorite portrait photographers, Chris Buck, gets interviewed on A Photo Editor. Chris talks about how living with your parents is good for your career while assisting isn't. Also how to work with publicists and his 10 year old lists of ideas.

Interview part 1.
Interview part 2.

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photos by Alec Soth

Another favorite, Alec Soth's last project commemorates the end of the George W. Bush era. This is just me but I feel that The Last Days Of W isn't as strong as his older work. It might be because I feel some fatigue for what seems to be the visual contemporization of conservative, anonymous, middle-America. But I don't doubt that it's very personal work for Soth, whose rise as photographer coincided with the years of W's presidency.

Alec Soth talks more about this body of work on PDN. The "Either Dusk or Dawn" interview is here.

goodbye Computer!

Majel Barrett, wife of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, erstwhile Number One (for the pilot, The Cage), erstwhile Nurse Chapel, whose love for Spock was forever unrequited, and also known as the voice of many a Federation Starship Computer died a couple of days ago.

Majel Barrett's video round up at the National Post.

lists

I think this is one of my few breaks in this hectic week. And it's actually just downtime between editing sessions. So here I am, checking out bands on Myspace, chatting people up... blogging.

I like that this is the season for making lists. And I'm not even talking about Christmas wishlists. Yet. 'Tis the season for Top 10 lists. Websites, bloggers are coming out with their own take on the top movies and music of the year. And it's season where I mooch off the opinions of others. Sure I make an effort. I list down songs from TV shows that I watch (haha), I watch trailers, read the reviews, interviews. But sometimes time is short so you trust the taste of selected buddies and the criteria of people who might know a thing or two more.

So in this little break I have, I'm writing this down, listening and liking Bon Iver a lot, and downloading Parts and Labor. Will source The Fall and Let The Right One In later.

Saka na yung Christmas wish list ko.

Stella Kalaw at Silverlens

Stella Kalaw at Silverlens. January 8, 2009.

I've been waiting for this show and I'm glad it's finally happening.

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It's been tough lately. I mean work coupled with the whole holiday stuff is taking its toll. While the whole country will be closing shop, I might be shooting during the week of Christmas. Then there are those 16-20 videos I have to produce by this weekend. Technically, I've been producing them for a couple of months now. But I've got a supplier who's just been very delinquent. It's nerve-wracking.

Seriously, the only break I think I've gotten was that three-day Iloilo trip where we only worked for one day of it. It was a good break. I made progress with my reading and I even caught two NBA games on the hotel's cable. Then I got back last Friday night, too late for meeting I was supposed to be at, but in time for one of many, many Christmas events.

Anyway, I'm just trying to keep it together. Hopefully everything will pass and I make it to celebrating Christmas on the day itself.

tune in, turn on

Caliph8 pa lang sulit na. Be there!