what i mean is

^{No more photos, just photographs.}

No more complacency
no more bull shit work
no more taking it just to please others.
More Quality, less quantity.

I'm taking down everything
I've done over the past 5 years from
the public's eyes, and only leaving them for
those of my friends and family.

I'm reconstructing who
I am as a photographer.
I'm going to explore and find
beauty.. and the essence of things.
No more taking things for face value.
Just because others do it, doesn't mean I'll have to.


Thank God for new friends.
By being who they are, they've put
me in check as a photographer and person.
What have I been doing for the past year?
who the hell knows.


No more creating (only)
for others.

photo[grapher] of the Day. 05.12.09

Anna Ziegler


1164.7343

Every Single Shot.

Screw this,
no more complaints.
Life is good and these are only
mere hurtles that I must jump through.
In all actuality, I am the only thing that holds
myself back. I am my greatest optical.

I need to just do things,
not think about them too much;
not sike myself out.

Cut back on the nostalgia;
I live for today. The time we
live in is exciting and we are able to experience it.
Tomorrow is the day I want it to be and nothing more or less.
It's time to take in all things and appreciate them.




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What Makes This Week Stressful

there's just all together too much
to do... and not enough time.

worse part is that it keeps
getting piled on.

I'm exhausted
and it's only the beginning.



Plan for today:

-fuck my life
-go to manifest meeting at 9:30a
-work on papers
-take a break and go look at matrices in wicker park
-go home, work on papers
-go to the MOCA and work to work on paper
-do laundry

Blowin' in the Wind

Sam stopped by earlier.
Only me and Bobby Dylan are alive now.
In the moments when i should've been sleeping
I discovered this:



It's an image that really sticks with you.
It's an image I wish I could've created.
for now though, I'll just stare at it's
strange beauty.

Today
-clean
-pack
-finnish final paper for doc & social change (due wends)
-take a shower

Tomorrow (monday)
-wake up early
-beg residence life for access to mail room to get my matting supplies
-run to blick and get matt board cut to size
-run to darkroom and begin matting asap
-go to final foundations/darkroom class and present my final for critique
-go home
-clean
-start/finnish final paper for humanities

Tuesday
-clean and pack
-go to wicker park to look at matrices
-go to MoCA
-begin paper/final presentation for humanities

Wednesday
-go to final Documentary & Social Change class, turn in final paper
-clean and finnish packing
-buy/pick up matrices from store and bring to apartment
-finnish writing final humanities presentation
-sleep at apartment

Thursday
-make sure paper is done
-make sure everything is packed and cleaned
-work at Industry night from 4p-10p
-sleep at apartment

Friday
-wake up and go to the loop
-turn in final humanities paper and presentation
-dick around
-work manifest from 11a-10p
-meet up with dad
-sleep at apartment

Saturday
-wake up
-get breakfast with dad
-move my stuff from plymouth to the loop
-sign out
-hang out with dad till 6p

Sunday
chill the hell out.