it was okay

cortes III

2012-02-09T00:15:00.001-08:00

prehistoric

2012-01-24T22:39:00.001-08:00

vinterscapes

2012-01-21T01:01:00.000-08:00

a view of vancouver bc through a window. a hike in the gorge. life is beautiful when you let it.

cortes II

2012-01-20T09:28:00.001-08:00

cortes island

2012-01-12T23:18:00.000-08:00

words soon. and slide film photos. these are regular kodak film... have a few digital photos too. soon soon soon.

cortes island forest initiatives

2012-01-12T22:38:00.001-08:00

I just spent nearly three weeks on Cortes Island, B.C. I am in love with this place, and many of the people there.
While I was there I went on a day hike through a forest that is slated to be logged by Island Timberlands this month. The details of the logging methods they intend to use are not clear to me, but there is a lot of concern from Cortes inhabitants. The area scheduled for logging is a patch-work of young forest intermittently dappled with old-growth trees that were left behind by previous rounds of logging in the area. Hence, the pink L (for leave) on many of the trees.
Currently, the grass roots organization called
Cortes Island Ecoforestry Society
is working with the Klahoose, the local native population, to preserve ecosystems and create sustainable resources for Cortes inhabitants.

To read about the recent petition to suspend logging of said areas click here.

more photos of the forest here.

nuchatlitz island, BC part 3

2011-12-03T23:04:00.000-08:00

the boat ride to nuchatlizt island on bob's sweet homemade fishing boat called "nootka rose". paul woke me up in the hull. i was so safe and warm and sound asleep that i did not hear everyone on deck yelling 'whale'. somehow he heard them and woke me up. i wiggled out of the nook and ran up the stairs. as i peaked sleepily out of the front windows i saw it. right away it jumped up, all the way out of the water! this dark mass of a giant looking fish, this dear ancient mammal, fully breached the air. it's flukes suspended in the sky for a small moment as it dove back down into the water. bob said: "ah, it'll be down there for a while, it just went down deep for some fish." and he was right, i didn't see that whale again. but it was enough for one trip. only one of many dreams to be realized on the magical islands.

thank you paul, ron, denise, bob, jan and keon.

Kotor, Montenegro medium format

2011-11-12T09:16:00.000-08:00

I just rediscovered these medium format prints from

Kotor Montenegro, 2008,

as I was going through my photos to put some on ETSY.

yes, it's about time, i finally have

photographs for sale on ETSY

I have put about 30 photographs up on ETSY,

but if you see something on the blog that you would like a print of

I will almost always list it on ETSY in whatever size you like.

*The exception tho this is portraits of people/friends that I do not have permission to sell.

I even found this half lit self portrait. Only half lit self portraits are allowed on the blog!

the prices listed photographs for on ETSY are as follows:

medium format prints

5x5 = $15
8x8 = $28
10x10 = $36
20x20 = $80
30x30 = $160

35mm rectangular prints:

4x6 = $10
5x7 = $15
8x10 = $28
12x18 = $48
18x24 = $82
24x32 = $150
34x48 = $200

if we're acquainted you do not need to go through ETSY,

just email me if you want to purchase a print.

pieces of summer

2011-10-18T22:57:00.000-07:00

good things that happened right before canada:
trips to the gorge. farm time with joshua.
dock dinner picnic with the ladies. waterfall swimming with bara.

nude for herself

2011-10-17T23:40:00.000-07:00

"nude for herself" is a project i meant to start 3 years ago. my friend beth asked me to take nudes of her in the summer of 2008. she wanted to capture all of her tattoos and just have some nice pictures of her naked self. she modeled in my back yard on top of a summer's worth of over-grown vines. the photos were digital, and turned out lovely with all the green vines as a background.

i had a few other ladies express interest, so i decided to offer all local women the same experience of tasteful nudes.
but then i started school and got too busy.
recently another good friend asked me to take nudes of her in the forest and i remembered the old project i had wanted to start. of course, we both wanted to use my yashica medium format camera, so she paid for film and developing, with a small donation to my cause. she also gave me permission to use a test shot from our shoot for this post.
thanks mama.

so, this is it ladies. this project is for you. it is anything you want it to be. honor your body no matter what shape, size, color or age it is. if you would like nude portraits taken (for you, for your partner or for your grandchildren), with real film, let me know. i've been shooting nature scenes for years, it's time to put some people in them!- unless you would rather be inside, i can swing that too.
i only ask that you be nude, to express you true beauty.
if it makes you feel more comfortable, i will be nude too. i love being naked and turning people into nudists!
i will also ask that you pay for the film and developing, and make any other kind of donation you are willing to.
cash is appreciated. food is respected. a massage might be nice...
if the project becomes demanding i will begin a flat rate charge for each shoot.

please email me for more information: nicomark@gmail.com
or call me if you have my number. if you don't already have my number i will give it to you via email.

ps. i am not opposed to photographing men.
you guys are welcome too, should you feel the need to get empowered about your body too.
pps. i would LOVE to photograph mamas expecting!

nuchatlitz island, BC part 2

2011-10-13T21:30:00.001-07:00

words soon. had to put the photos up. still working on a story.
there are too many photos in this post, but just look at each one carefully and bigger!
nuchatlitz is paradise.

rally

2011-10-11T00:19:00.000-07:00

nuchatlitz island, BC

2011-10-04T23:30:00.000-07:00

it wasn't okay. it was AMAZING. it was a fantasy come to life.

nuchalitz home: sleeping safely under a giant protective tree,

a place of abundant chanterelles for eating and endless rain puddles for bathing.

these are the medium format photos i took on nuchatlitz island.
the last one is expired kodak film i found in my house.
more words soon. words of the sleepless night of driving ismerelda into early heart failure.
you ask for adventure and you will get it. with a car full of sweeties and backpacks to boot.
the story is coming, as soon as i have a moment to write it down.

finally getting dirty

2011-09-15T10:34:00.000-07:00

when you look for something for a long time, if it comes to you naturally, at last, then it feels just right.
finally found a farm to volunteer with.
laying in clover patches thinning carrots, swinging hoes into the dirt
and watching the sun set through leeks stalks couldn't be better anywhere.
i even got a huge patch of holy basil to dry and make tea with!
now i just need a hori hori.

colabora a a ation

2011-08-28T22:36:00.000-07:00

These are five collaborative double exposures by myself and zack osterlund.
I took the first layer about two years ago, and zack sent me these last month.
I like the kitten keyboard trees forever the best.
I had no idea what to expect. But, I think this worked out well BECAUSE we took pictures of such different subjects.

paradise

2011-08-17T23:22:00.000-07:00

does magic come when you wait for it? or do you have to make your own magic?

seattle mad art

2011-08-14T23:39:00.000-07:00

these houses are slated to be demolished so some people made some mad art in them and around them.
we stumbled upon it walking one night in seattle.
i wanted to crawl inside the grassy plastic goo tent and sleep there.
portlanders need to get on this train.
how about when those houses on lower east couch were taken down? a friend of mine had a studio in one of them.
or the old warehouse on nw 3rd and glisan where the glass studio and the dirty duck were?
some friends of mine had a studio in that building too.
i rode by it on my bike the other day and there was a tractor taking the whole thing down.
bricks and dust everywhere. walls gone. yellow machine roving around for more blood.

ask for what you want

2011-08-12T00:13:00.000-07:00

and you might get it mere moments later...

such as,
a mirror ornament handed to you by a stranger moments after speaking of needing such a treasure.
a good friend to smell the roses with.
a car that can go 90 miles per hour and be a bed.
a perfect camping (well, car-sleep-christening spot).
among other things. just ask.

wagon sleep

2011-08-02T22:54:00.000-07:00

what sleeping in ismerelda can look like.

blueberry

2011-08-02T22:34:00.000-07:00

i have eaten too many blueberries. blue belly.

rafttime

2011-07-30T00:52:00.001-07:00

you know how much i love rooster rock. and well, the island is inaccessible 11 months out of the year.
unless you have a boat.
so i got a raft and we got ourselves to the nude island. if you would like to rent my raft let me know.

"datsun driving canby fun"

2011-07-28T00:14:00.001-07:00

here are the film photos i took at the datsun show in canby, oregon last month. the last photo is of ismerelda hiding behind the sage while she get her radiator checked out. she's very proud of her new radiator that my dad and i just installed with custom welded scrap metal brackets. it's a GM fierro 87' radiator and it barely fit in ismerelda, but we made it work!

2011-07-26T00:22:00.000-07:00

doing homework outside at oblique cafe and these little guys totally distracted me...

i never realized how sweet ferrets are.

stop to smell the roses

2011-07-22T22:58:00.000-07:00

a roll of film from two years ago. shot to be double exposed with z. osterlund. these are photos i tool that didn't get double exposed on for whatever reason. i miss the early morning rides to pcc cascade.

late evening hike

2011-06-25T08:54:00.001-07:00

mimi, francis and i hiked up angel's crest thursday night. we got started late so we got up top right around sunset. we ate dinner over the gorge with the wild flowers behind us and francis potentially covered in poison oak. going down both of our headlamps were failing so we linked arms and stumbled down the rocky path side by side.

these are just digital photos. i shot film too but haven't finished the roll yet.

datsun's are sexy

2011-06-19T09:33:00.001-07:00

the slogan for this show was "datsun driving canby fun"- it was in canby, oregon. that was cool enough, but then you get there and so many sexy little-bodied cars. my wagon isn't as shiny, but she's a sweetie. there were wagons in every skittle color, and i daydreamed that mine turned sea-foam green. i took some film shots too, but that roll isn't done yet.

there is also a video of me and ismerelda (my 1972 datsun 510 wagon) driving home from bend coming as soon.

Featured Work in "We Have Begun Our Final Descent"

2011-05-30T16:34:00.000-07:00

Opening for a group show at NATIONALE this friday, June 3rd.

On view June 1 - 9, 2011

Opening reception First Friday June 3, 6pm - 9pm

Nationale is pleased to announce representation of local photographer Delaney Allen. To coincide with this exciting news, Allen has guest curated the upcoming group show, We Have Begun Our Final Descent, on view at Nationale for a limited time. The exhibition will feature a select roster of young photographers whose work depicts a similarly disparate view of contemporary America. To further emphasize the show’s ephemeral nature, Allen has decided to print the photographs on common newsprint. Each work will be available for purchase at an aﬀordable, set price. The accompanying newsprint catalog will be released on opening night.

Participating photographers: Debbie Carlos (Chicago, IL), Mikel Cumiskey (Hilo, HI), Brian Felder (Portland, OR), Sydney S. Kim (Brooklyn, NY), Jeﬀ Luker (Portland, OR), Jennilee Marigomen (Vancouver, BC), Nicole Mark (Portland, OR), Sarah Meadows (Portland, OR), Kristie Muller (New York, NY), Anna Shelton (Portland, OR), Keith Davis Young (Austin, TX).

Days before April’s anticipated federal shutdown, I spoke with my mother about the perceived demise of America as a superpower. That my mother, a conservative woman with whom I never before discussed politics, felt compelled to address this issue revealed to me not only the overwhelming uncertainty caused by our country’s shiﬅing global identity, but also a correspondence between this decline and my personal interest in the degradation of ﬁne art. As announced in the show’s title, we have begun our ﬁnal descent, and in more ways than one.

The photographs included in this exhibition beautifully capture the multifaceted, oﬅen subtle, eﬀects of America’s slippage. Printed on rough newsprint versus traditional photograph paper, the medium both complements and assumes the images’ fatalistic subject matter while, through its unstable composition, also leading to the destruction of the photograph itself. This gradual, all-too-human, disintegration presents a precarious contrast to the long-held ideal of an immortal ﬁne art that I believe obdurately reﬂects America’s present, declining, situation. —Delaney Allen, curator

above image by Keith Davis Young

for x

2011-05-28T08:53:00.000-07:00

monday night sunlight

PCC community garden time!

2011-05-24T12:44:00.000-07:00

yesterday my environmental sustainability class helped dig a trench around the gazebo and weed the gardens.
I have also put in some of my volunteer hours here.

workin on the ol' datsun with dad

2011-04-29T00:40:00.000-07:00

yes, this is my car. weird. it wasn't my idea to own a car. it was my dad's idea. heh.

well at least this way i can go to the nude beach whenever i want.

and i can sleep in the back cause it's WAGON weeeeeeeee.

the old transmission that wouldn't shift into second.

it only took us three hours to get it out.

my dad's garage full of datsun z cars and parts.

"how many tranny's do you have in here dad?"

"oh, i don't know, 7 or 8 maybe." geez.

under the car for a few hours undoing bolts and pulling out the old tranny.

inspired by plastic waste? who would have thought.

2011-04-24T23:24:00.000-07:00

whale ribs made of white plastic from the coast of oregon.

in the window you can see the coral reef replica made entirely of washed ashore styrofoam. You can't see the expanse of the coral reef replica in this photo, but all this art is not even a fraction of the non-biodegradable waste that washes up on our shores.

oil spill replica made entirely of black plastic, need i say more?

this is a gelly fish formed with many many many plastic bottles that washed ashore.

these are my classmates at pcc sylvania composing art out of plastic waste and trash.

i got to help attach old flip-flops and flip-flop molds to shape this huge fish designed by artist Angela Pozzi.
These complex pieces of plastic and other man-made materials all washed up in the beaches of Oregon. How might this have happened you ask yourself? how did trash from the manufacturer end up on our beach? Good question...

an amazing woman named Angela Pozzi , who lives in bandon oregon, started this project turned non-profit called washed ashore. the project involves collecting washed up plastic and trash and making huge sculptures out of it. what i love about this is the attempt to bring awareness to people about how much non-biodegradable waste is just floating around in our oceans. Hopefully there is growing awareness about the plastic islands, e-waste, ocean dead zones from acidification and deforestation issues. If you want to know more about these topics, a good documentary is "Carbon Nation"- which they have been showing at PCC sylvania all week along with guest speakers and the huge trash--plastic installations in the photos above.
If you have e-waste to dispose of you can bring it to pcc sylvania on may 12th or to Free Geek on SE portland.

coast revival

2011-03-30T23:17:00.001-07:00

perfect moss

2011-03-30T22:50:00.000-07:00

this time of year the moss is amazing.

for cray k

2011-03-10T23:03:00.000-08:00

rainy oregon day hiking. sadly my video camera is a mini digital camera so please excuse the poor quality. also, why does the video upload quality on blogspot have to be so poor? ah well, film photos of our hike coming soon. as soon as i finish the roll and get them developed.
the moss is soooo green this time of year. if you find yourself on 16th and ne thompson st. in the early part of the day when the clouds are out you'll be very impressed with the moss there on the ground where some big trees grow. the ne corner property of that intersection.

breitenbush birthday part 2

2011-02-01T21:26:00.001-08:00

mmmm remind me to never get medium resolution scans again. these pics are a bit grainy, definitely not worth saving $2. ahh well.

breitenbush birthday

2011-02-01T21:19:00.001-08:00

imperfections

2011-01-19T23:43:00.000-08:00

it is the imperfections that we love. it is the little things, the small details we can appreciate.

caferteria drum dance YES!

2011-01-18T00:17:00.000-08:00

it is amazing when you come out of a class and happen upon the loudest most wonderful drumming and dancing in your school cafeteria. you might notice the camera is shaking (please excuse the poor video quality if you notice that too)- that is because of the volume of the drumming. sweet.

Thailand part 11

2010-12-30T14:28:00.001-08:00

Thailand part 10

2010-12-29T00:22:00.000-08:00

the little things

2010-12-29T00:04:00.000-08:00

Hawaii 2005 part 7

2010-12-27T00:22:00.001-08:00

Hawaii 2005 part 6

2010-12-26T23:43:00.000-08:00

thank you sydney, for being my friend.

and thank you vas! i wonder where you are now.
here are some dorky pictures of me when i was twenty
before i cut off my life-long butt-length hair into a short mullet asymmetrical thing!

Hawaii 2005 part 5

2010-12-25T01:51:00.001-08:00

The multi-colored swimming suits are from the apartment august shared with a beautiful brazilian couple. the couple sold these swim suits and therefore august's entire bedroom was shelves of them. i wish i had a panoramic shot of his room.

Hawaii 2005 part 4

2010-12-23T23:41:00.001-08:00

vas: i have no idea where you are now, but you are a rad lady. i met her through shanti. she was kind enough to show me all around the island. she bought me leis on my last day and made me wear them for pictures before driving me to the airport. she used to call me from hawaii and talk to me on the phone. and later she would call me from some island in the bahamas or some where else really far away and tell me to come visit because the rum was only $2 a bottle. i wish she still called me, i haven't heard form her in years.

Hawaii 2005 part 3

2010-12-22T23:50:00.000-08:00

yes the last image is crooked, sometimes the world is crooked.
i went to visit sydney, and to stay with shanti, and take photos. i remember that i was only twenty, these photos are form nearly 6 years ago and i went right before my 21st birthday. i remember people in honolulu thinking i was a prostitute because i was all dressed up in black and lace, like a portland city girl, but in hawaii people don't (or didn't) dress that way. once i went out for margaritas by myself (i had a fake id) and i got propositioned by some man. i was really weirded out and insulted, until i realized that by hawaii standards i did look like a hooker.
the views of honolulu are from some hilltop view point near shanti's house. he lived in a slum neighborhood above the city. i wish i had taken more pictures of the slums, because i never expected them to be there. but back then i was always too worried about exploiting people. silly now to think because what i could show people, how other people live, is what matters. after i stayed with shanti i stayed with sydney. and then august. and i met vas through shanti. pictures of vas might have to come next, she is great and i had almost completely forgotten about her because it has been so long.
about honolulu: it was/is a strange little city. i never expected there to be gangs and drugs, but they've got it just as bad, if not worse, than portland. ice: this is what they call crystal meth. and there are a lot of people walking around on that stuff. once i was walking around honolulu exploring and trying to take photos but i got scared because everywhere i turned there was some gangser in a suit or a crack head. too bad i didn't take pictures of them, but it didn't seem appropriate at the time. and then waikiki, never again. crawling with tourists, and full of clubs. i got sad thinking about what might have existed on that land before all those hotels and bars. very strange world we live in. kauai is much calmer and not quite as overrun with tourists, but i didn't go there until 2007 and i didn't take any photo that trip.

Hawaii 2005 part 2

2010-12-21T19:51:00.000-08:00

Hawaii 2005 part 1

2010-12-20T20:48:00.000-08:00

somethings are never capable of being what you wanted them to be. when i went to hawaii in 2005 i was really into cross process photography. the problem with this is that cross processing is a bit unpredictable. and a lot of the time i underexposed things. so most of the photos from hawaii didn't really turn out. some did. i will post a few no matter. here is one that is especially underexposed and which i wish i had a regular slide image of. it could have been so much more beautiful. this is somewhere on the island of ohau.

Thailand 9 (yes, that kid is holding a gun)

2010-12-19T23:21:00.000-08:00

greg and i were walking through a monastery, i think, and suddenly there was this kid with a gun. i don't know if it was a toy. i mean, how scary to see this smiling face with a gun almost pointed at you. and back then i was really afraid of guns.

since i haven't had a lot of opportunity to shoot lately im posting some old stuff i've never shown before. today i dropped off some old negatives from my first trip to hawaii to be scanned so i can post them online. that first trip was in part a visit to my friend sydney, who was living there at the time. sydney died suddenly last year, so im hoping to find some old photos of her for memory. and there is one photo in particular that i hope to blow up, i think it might be really pretty. i'll also being posting a few other thailand oldies, maybe i'll break out the digital photos from thailand. as well as a few old brickyard cross process images.

also, a recent art trade with joseph valentino is making me very happy. here is a link to the image i received from him (along with $60) in trade for a giant print of mongold stumps from my stumptown coniferous series.

thank loralee

2010-12-10T00:42:00.000-08:00

for the funnest thanksgiving yet.

thank you veterans day

2010-11-16T23:02:00.000-08:00

we had an extra day off from school and work so we escaped the city for the forest to be enchanted again for a while. it was a misty day and the mountains hid in a veil of blue across the gorge. such a day that you could almost believe in magic again.

st. helens for cray k

2010-11-16T22:56:00.000-08:00

majora chica

2010-11-01T22:41:00.000-07:00

new matching tattoo with my best girl.
ren at blackbird did them wonderfully quick and gentle. he's awesome!

rebekah and richard are married

2010-10-20T22:23:00.000-07:00

likely have about 10 smooch photos. after a few moments of dipped-kissing rebekah's dad, sitting right in front of them, told them to get a room. he also verbally crowned himself 'the patriarch of the family'. i guess it was a joke.

2010-10-19T23:25:00.000-07:00

thank you angela and chris for traveling with me to the painted hills.

i prefer the film shots- these are the digital ones. the top one is some strange breakfast cafe we stumbled into in the back of a weird sparse store in the desert. i love the wall paper.

pumpkin time

2010-10-08T23:05:00.000-07:00

we picked the pumpkins from our front patch.school takes over without warning and then wanes for a friend in town. i drove kristan and mimi to mt. saint helen's the volcano today. i like going 60 mph on the mountain road curves! pictures from our volcano adventure soon.

painted hills oregon

2010-09-17T22:53:00.001-07:00

thank you angela and chris for the painted hills adventure. now i know ya'll have already seen this, but i've been trying to see those hills for some years now and i finally made it over there.

these are the slide film photos. there are more digital ones to come.

2010-09-15T13:35:00.000-07:00

here are some of the digital images from the musick guard station cabin trip. painted hills film roll is coming soon!

moutain videos

2010-08-24T21:37:00.000-07:00

here are some sillysweet videos from the cabin trip

rooster rock the savior

2010-08-18T18:39:00.000-07:00

rooster rock is one of my favorite places. these are slide film pictures i took last month, but i was also at rooster today. if i could build a tree house there i would live there three months out of the year and never leave. people could come visit me and drink tea naked in the tree house.

musick guard station cabin

2010-08-17T13:47:00.000-07:00

no electricity, no phone service, no running water, fire-cooking joy!
these are the slide film photos. there are more digital pics and videos to come.

bike tour [last part]

2010-08-15T01:28:00.000-07:00

the last day of biking. sad sad.

bike tour [part six]

2010-07-25T08:48:00.000-07:00

we camped in the redwoods above the town of arcata and in the mornings i looked up that huge tree to the sun coming through.

last night i had a dream that the apocalypse got out of control. There was fighting over food and people began dying in huge numbers. but portland was still pretty mellow, of course. anyway despite being mellow in terms of the apocalypse some people came and raided our house and stole all my greek gods pomegranate yogurt. i was super bummed.

bike tour [part five]

2010-07-15T22:49:00.000-07:00

night six and seven. these first four are from a roll of fuji slide film i bought in portland before we left. a nice man who was biking alone to mexico took the group photo of the six of us who made it to arcata. of course, we picked up one more along the way.
the first photo is at our camping spot in a little town before brookings, somewhere in oregon... i forgot which town. my sad attempt to dry laundry washed in the river that day. james m got a stick and attached it to the tent and my bike. but of course my stuff was even wetter in the morning. sometimes dryers come in handy. it was a city park spot, but briana and i still caught three deer and an elk walking right through our camp in the morning. grace.
the other three photos are from the great marshland grass field we camped in crescent city. a cool spot for such a desolate and depressing town. re-named 'depressant city' by briana. the marshland scared me and amazed me. i will save you from the video i took in which you can here me going about how fields of grass are my favorite. but it was truly beautiful. 5ft tall grass as far as you could see, which we had to flatten with our bikes to make a path and find a place to camp in. briana found the spot, she usually did.

the following photos are digital. and then there is a video of the marsh and some toilet paper.

next up, redwoods.

bike tour [part four]

2010-07-15T22:37:00.001-07:00

night five. the last fire and one of the more isolated places we camped. kyle even made popcorn.

bike tour [part three]

2010-07-15T10:00:00.000-07:00

hmmm, night four in bandon, oregon. slept in the city park, the forested part. is that bridge in bandon or somewhere else? it all begins to bleed together, which towns had what and which nights we stayed where. the night in bandon there was a beautiful sunset and i took way too many photos of kyle and james m biking in the skatepark near our citypark camp. it was foggy and everything was glowing pink and orange.

bike tour [part two]

2010-07-12T15:49:00.000-07:00

day two and three. after starting with eleven people we went down to the final six by the third day. night two we camped in a muddy slug filled lot in lincoln city. night three we got kicked off the beach, but luckily there was a thick grove of trees nearby to hide in for the night. the morning sun was glowing behind the tall grass hill when we got up and the mosquitoes were ready for breakfast so we got out quick. meal time loitering in front of the local minimart, don't ask me which town... and briana scoped a hose to use on our sand encrusted bicycles.

bike tour part one

2010-07-11T23:41:00.000-07:00

day one and morning of day two. the most beautiful camping spot ever. thank you to the guys who rode us out on our first day, and thank you everyone who made it to arcata, you're all awesome.
these photos are from the role of fugi negative film i shot with

my scrappy little olympus point-and-shoot. there are a few digital photos i will post later,
a video or two and some shots from a role of slide film from the last leg of the trip.

bye bye portland

2010-06-22T21:52:00.000-07:00

well, we're off in the morning for san fransisco by bicycle. im sure i will be so happy to come home in two weeks, but right now i can't wait for hours of road and sky.

zebra

2010-06-22T21:47:00.000-07:00

weather the storms. there is no such thing as easy.
but sometimes there is total joy to balance out the poopoo.

mysteries

2010-06-16T22:42:00.000-07:00

these are some strange things i saw this week while testing a new point and shoot. an empty lot fenced off, leading to an oddly painted edifice. a dining room complete with dirty plates of food and silver-wear set up in another vacant lot.
it's nice to have time to pay more attention to the funny little mysteries.

hot and cold

2010-06-13T02:23:00.001-07:00

we bowly

2010-06-09T17:06:00.001-07:00

more from the accidental cross process roll. thank goodness mimi is home.
full house brady bunch to brunch
and bowl and rollerskate.

nuka

2010-06-07T11:36:00.000-07:00

japanese gardens with gramps

2010-06-07T00:12:00.000-07:00

shot with my minolta point and shoot, these are more from the accidental cross process roll. me and gramps went to the gardens a few weeks ago.

submit to the PALACE art show

2010-06-05T13:48:00.000-07:00

THE CLOSET- a small private chamber where we keep our clothing and accessories. Where each day we decide how to present ourselves. Where we opt for the colors, patterns and fabrics that best fit who we are in that moment, how we feel, what we plan to do in the next 24 hours, and what we want the world to know about us. - Charlotte Reich

photos by Charlotte Reich

Please submit up to 3 digital images via email to palacestore@gmail.com
or use the link on the website at www.palacestore.com.
Up to one will be selected and included
in the collective art projection show at Palace during the month of July.

Images due by June 30th, 2010.

The images you choose to create and submit for this show are open to interpretation. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at nicomark@gmail.com.
the key is to have fun and start sending in some images!

i don't know, romance, i think you are too tricky

2010-06-05T13:47:00.001-07:00

well i had this film in my minolta point-and-shoot, but i didn't realize it was slide film when i dropped it off for processing and neither did the developing guy. so here's some cross processed slide film pictures for old times sake... oh well.

astoria part three

2010-05-19T21:43:00.000-07:00

yes, i took some of the same photographs with the minolta point and shoot. mostly because i wasn't sure if the argus was going to work. but they turned out quite different anyway.

for k

2010-05-19T21:32:00.000-07:00

portland spring from my bedroom window (filmed for mostly for you to listen to the sound of it pouring, because that is what it does, though the sound quality is not so great, you must listen to the video with the volume UP) and nuka my perfect cat.

astoria part two

2010-05-18T23:38:00.000-07:00

astoria

2010-05-16T00:07:00.000-07:00

for kristan

alex recently inspired me to actually use this old argus autotronic land camera i've had on display in my house for years- since brigid gave it to me. well, sometimes blurry photos are fun, but mostly in moderation. i didn't realize that there was a way to focus, i just thought it so old it didn't have that feature and that every shot would just be . . . in focus. how silly. well next time i know. the film used is fugi sensia 100. im not sure if i'll use this camera much as it is really heavy and the lens might have some permanent damage. we'll see.

karl and i biked the astoria-megler bridge even though there is no room for bikes and it's the longest bridge i've ever seen. i remember driving across it with my grandparents a lot when i was a kid and thinking how easy it would be for use to just drive over the railing and into the sea. it used to be scary, but not anymore.

over do

2010-05-09T20:56:00.000-07:00

do overs can become over do-s. sometimes i have really big ideas, an idealist, yeah? lecturing, loving -things i am good at. letting go -something i am working on. my sister's strength brings me calmness when i am in her presence. adapting comes quickly enough. hello may goodbye april, you were rough (may is right about april being the cruelest month). time for vacation.

and if you're in LA check out photos by may julliette barruel and i at the strange.

april

2010-04-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

test roll for a used 35mm. no light leaks this time. it's been a long time since i shot a roll of black and white. i forgot how much i love it.

struggles

2010-04-13T10:58:00.000-07:00

life would be boring without struggles. it wouldn't be enough of a challenge without the difficulties that make us grow. but goddamn the times that try us.

on the up side i finally got to see Alexandra Roxo's film "The Heart Is What Remains" with music by Honey Owens (Valet). I have been waiting to see this film for two years. Once it played in Portland, while I was in New York. And somehow when I went to the premier screening I missed it and ended up seeing every other one of the short films that night. So I finally go to see it and it was such a treat.

morning

2010-04-12T23:59:00.000-07:00

when you wake up sometimes things are like a little sphere of beauty that pull you into a reverie of startling light and tunnel vision.

missing mimi

2010-04-10T09:33:00.000-07:00

how many days until may 26th?

do over

2010-04-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

oven door table breakfast

goodbye victoria

2010-03-31T23:15:00.000-07:00

the ferry is amazing. here are videos of lovely and brilliant rachael with friends. kisses to all.

First Nations

2010-03-29T21:39:00.000-07:00

while in victoria mimi and i visited the university of victoria campus a couple of times to meet rachael. our first visit we saw a bob dylan look alike on a bench, many bunnies (they run loose and wild all over the campus- lord only knows how many) hopping and nibbling around. while sitting in a bench we heard a sudden thunder rumbling drumming- which made both of us rise immediately form our bench and begin walking in the direction of the noise. we came upon a new wood building which we later learned was built for the First Nations students. Inside there was a huge wood lined common room with bleachers where at least 10 people were all drumming on the same HUGE drum. and they were singing, and i almost cried, of course. i felt like we weren't supposed to be in there so we hid by the door listening to the magic sounds beating our hearts and feet. at some point we were discovered and kicked out- it was a rehearsal for members only. but im thankful we got to listen for as long as we did. and kudos to cananda for funding such projects. this video is about sound, not visuals. please excuse the terrible sound quality of my little camera, but turn the volume up high on your speakers and listen to the pounding!

hello Victoria

2010-03-23T15:10:00.001-07:00

thank you ian, tina and rachel for the comfortable and beautiful three-day home. i would drive 7 hours and take an hour and a half ferry anytime to see you and hear your blessed musics. and also to listen to the drumming of the first nations on the uvic campus, and to see the bunnies (of course). sound videos and medium format pictures coming soon.

homework at holmans

2010-03-15T17:00:00.000-07:00

maybe not on a sunday! as soon as you finish eating your shitty turkey club musicians start piling in and by 4pm all 15 of them are jamming out. suddenly trapped in your booth by the circle of chaired bluegrassers you wish you could stay instead of having to find an awkward way out, being that you are the only patron left in the room, and you must find a sadly quiet place to finish your damn final paper.

RIP sydney coleman

2010-03-08T20:15:00.001-08:00

i don't know what to say except that i wish i would have been able to go to the memorial. goodbye syd, i love you.

february

2010-02-17T23:39:00.000-08:00

until today. doored in the shoulder, not too bad really, could have been a lot worse if the cars coming in the lane we were knocked into were any closer. bruises and raspberries and a sore knee, not terrible really, aside from playing phone tag with one ms. vivian who suddenly refused to help me in anyway. not even the costs of having my bike repaired. and sure there are free lawyers and all that, but who am i to have time for such bs? 5 classes, homework, work, family, friends- life measured in 10 week terms of book pages and glowing screens sucking your soul out. i love school, but 15 credits might be too much at once.

what else about february?

a pile of clothes on the floor the size of a house. oregon midwifery council meeting.
☂: "what's your favorite color?"
♣: "the c o l o r of s k i n."
multilinear cultural evolution, explicate durkheim, weber, marx, mead, images of women in literature- girl crush just a little. unintentionally fall asleep on the floor of the library in a secluded isle, hoping not to be jostled awake by anyone. scholarship-application-essays-letters of recommendation-activity charts-volunteer (when?). three glorious years without caffeine now suddenly drinking green tea and mate to do homework forgetting the crack heart beat that comes later every time. the sexiest softest sweetest safest surest surrender. too busy to get it all done, how long till spring break?
a silhouette leaning in the doorway, head tilted to the side, taking me in as i undress for a surreptitious claw-foot-tub bath. morning tangle wrap.

believe it

2010-01-21T20:09:00.000-08:00

happy birthday to me

eve

2010-01-21T00:22:00.000-08:00

of the new year

meltdown

2010-01-19T22:50:00.001-08:00

birthday meltdown is over. back to clicking in papers and studying for tests. rollerskating pictures soon, hopefully.

PALACE

2010-01-11T21:22:00.000-08:00

today was sitar tape, james brown, bobby birdman, and old country day at PALACE (on SE 34th off of Belmont). thanks everyone who came by to say hi and shop today! Can't wait for Ashby Collinson's mural to be in the store!

last monday

2010-01-11T10:23:00.000-08:00

last monday at PALACE was totally awesome! 200 tapes and beautiful visitors.

once upon a time

2010-01-10T16:20:00.001-08:00

new point-and-shoot camera. minolta 70w riva zoom. kodak 400 vc-2 film.

t h a n k y o u

2010-01-04T20:21:00.000-08:00

the Vicinity show came down this saturday. i would like to thank ryan pierce who curated me for the show and was a total pleasure to work with. i would also like to thank the following people for inspiring and encouraging me: may juliette barruel, zack osterlund, marissa csyani, heather morrill, heahter thomas, loren hughes, tanja miljevic, guillormo sintora, sarah and emma gunderson, justine safran, paul kottke and my family (of course). and a special thanks to tia factor, for being so awesome. also, thank you to w o r k s o u n d for hosting the event.