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4 It’s an Art Exhibit, a weekly sharing of a single street photograph (or five) from around the globe, and sometimes there’s an essay attached giving the back-story behind the photographs. Every five years, the Streetphotos of the Week and accompanying essays issued in the previous 260 weeks will be published in volumes called: Giving Up Lent For Cake. But no worries, because Streetphoto of the Week promises to never try to sell you anything -- -- but instead to just sprinkle a little regular Tube Candy around -- -- Guerilla Art meant solely to get overworked folks like you to Stop and Smell the Street... *Streetphoto of the Week #157/ Sleeping Off the Morning After on the Left Bank/ Paris, France 1990 Issued on Bastille Day/ July 14, 2009
*Streetphoto of the Week #158/ Street Mate Moments in South America/Argentina and Uruguay/ October-November 2008/ Issued on July 21, 2009
*Streetphoto of the Week #159, #160 & #161/ Street Tango (part three)/ Buenos Aires, Argentina/ October 2008 Issued on July 28, 2009 *Special Announcement:
*Streetphoto of the Week #162, #163 & #164/ Practicing street photography during a family gathering at the Mexican/USA border.
*Streetphoto of the Week #165/ Trouble on the Border: The Streets of Disconcerting News/ Matamoros, Mexico/ August, 2009/ Issued on September 8, 2009
*Streetphoto of the Week #166/ A Colorful Colorado Blow-by Totem: Warning of Things to Come #391328; Breaking the Chains; A Bizarre Case of Vigilante Repression: The Redneck Sheriff, the Whacked Out Civilian Defense Contractor & the Pitiful Camouflaged MP/ Leadville, Colorado/ August 26, 2009/ Issued on September 15, 2009
*Streetphoto of the Week #167/ Load-out at the Hotel Jerome (HST's Old Haunt)/ Aspen, Colorado/ August, 2009/ Issued on September 22, 2009
*Streetphoto of the Week #168/ Whoa There Big Feller: Austin Sixth Street Parking Posse (with motorcycle blow-by)/ Austin, Texas/ August, 2009/ Issued on September 29, 2009
*Streetphoto of the Week #169/ We'll Be Dancing in the Streets! (Mustache Dance)/ Matamoros, Mexico/ Reprinted from page #48 of the cool new book; The Road to Hell: Making Heaven out of Third-Class Travel/ August, 2009/ Issued on October 6, 2009 Friday Party!!! The Road to Hell; 36 Exposures on a Global Roll Everyone Welcome *Long time Lawrence couple and arts organizers, Janet M. Cinelli and Gary Mark Smith are proud to announce the culmination of individual art projects by holding a joint exhibition on Friday, October 9 from 6 to 10pm. At this event, Cinelli will be releasing her first book, a travel guide built for today's economy, and Smith (back from the wilds) will be premiering his first local art exhibition in 12 years. They will hold their joint exhibition and book reading at the iGlobal Network corporate office at 10 E. 9th (across the alley from the Bourgeois Pig) in downtown Lawrence. There will be live music and munchies and everyone is encouraged to come on out. Book Release Party
About Janet M. Cinelli:
*After earning her bachelor’s degree from the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas in 1990 (ultimately earning an MBA), Janet took a “job” at her family’s telecommunications company. All these years later at the same company, Janet continues to build her career as a marketing/sales/training professional. Work aside, Janet’s passion in life has always been travel. She wrote The Road to Hell: Making Heaven out of Third-Class Travel as a way to feed her academic nature. Janet built her philosophy of third-class travel by experiencing it first-hand, over more than a quarter century on the road to the four corners of the Earth. Janet lives in Lawrence, Kansas, USA with her husband, Gary Mark Smith, a global street photographer, and their two cats, Rio (de Janeiro) and Quito. Since their meeting in 1987, Janet and Gary have wandered to more than 40 countries and across the USA hand in hand... often making heaven out of third-class travel together.
*Streetphoto of the Week #170/ Buenos Aires Street Tango: Chapter Four/ Buenos Aires, Argentina/ October 2008/ Issued on October 13, 2009
*Streetphoto of the Week #171, #172, #173 & #174/ Mexican Market/ Progresso, Mexico/ August, 2009/ Issued on October 20, 2009
*Streetphoto of the Week #175/ Halloween Salvador/ (Neither the Noise of the Downtown Saturday Market, Nor the Occasional need for his Bell-ringing Mom to sell Ice Cream on a Hot Tropical Day, Shall Impair this Tired Boy from his Appointed Slumber)/ San Salvador, El Salvador, Halloween Day, October 31 2009/ Issued on November 16, 2009 *A Very Special Thank You Goes out: To the members and guests of CLUB DE FOTOGRAFIA DE EL SALVADOR ASA 2000 who took part in the entertaining and rewarding November 4, 2009 San Salvador event featuring guest speaker Gary Mark Smith. Your hospitality was greatly appreciated and both Janet and Gary were rewarded in turn by making the many friendships we made on this short exploratory visit to El Salvador -- despite the crime wave and safety concerns in progress -- still one of the most beautiful and friendly places on the face of the earth! We can't wait to get back there again... * Look for the Entire Portfolio from the Streets of Central America 2009 shoot (El Salvador, Guatemala and the Yucatan) to pop up in two or three weeks at www.Streetphoto.com *Streetphoto of the Week #176/ Guatemala Market Morning Stock Up Toss/ Antigua, Guatemala/ November 2009/ Issued on November 23, 2009 * If you are an American, Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!
*Streetphoto of the Week #177/ Guatemala Shoe Shine Commute/ Antigua, Guatemala/ November 2009/ Issued on December 1, 2009
*Streetphoto of the Week #178/ Sleeping in Central America DreamStrip x4/ Antigua, Guatemala and San Salvador, El Salvador/ October-November 2009/ Issued on December 8, 2009 *The entire Streets of Central America 2009 Portfolio by Gary Mark Smith
*Streetphoto of the Week #179/ Guatemala - El Salvador Border Merchant/ on the Guatemala side of the river/ November 2009/ Issued on December 15, 2009
*Streetphoto of the Week #180/ Hang Loose: Rio de Janeiro Holiday Advice/ Arpoador, Rio de Janeiro,
*Streetphoto of the Week #181/ Sun Baked Umbrella Kettle/ Suchitoto, El Salvador/ November, 2009/ Issued on December 29, 2009 * Happy New Year Everyone
*Streetphoto of the Week #182
* Streetphoto of the Week #182 The Olde Hip-Eye on the Streets of The Big Easy New Orleans, Louisiana * An Ode to Our Friend Matthew Moore **Thomas Matthew Moore
Thomas Matthew Moore was born in Lawrence, KS, the son of Robert J. & Marna Brewer Moore. He attended Lawrence schools and graduated from Lawrence High School, later earning a Radio-TV-Film degree from the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. He sang with several bands in Kansas and in New Orleans, where he worked and lived in the French Quarter for 5 years between 1992 and 1997. His forte was the blues with driving Rock-n-Roll and country. However, Matthew was most well known for his radio show and persona; The Olde Hip-Eye --- who in it's time employed a radio playlist hell-bent to cause radiating non-commercial Rock-n-Roll flashbacks in otherwise commercially distracted ex-hippie listeners. He was a devoted music lover and a dedicated alternative music promoter for more than a decade in Lawrence, including being a founding father of the notorious pirate MegaKeggar and Omega outdoor music festivals thrown each year for more than a decade by The Committee For the Preservation of Wild Life in Lawrence --- (Dedicated to the Proposition that Wild Life in Lawrence Shall Never Perish...). And in 1988-89 he also became notable when he and a few of his loyal friends in the Lawrence Music Scene fought the powers that be (the journalism faculty at the University of Kansas and their minions, the Kansas Board of Regents, and ultimately the FCC) to save student-run radio at KJHK. Matthew would be quoted (as late as during the summer of 2009) as saying that, Fighting fascism at KJHK and helping to beat it back was the best thing I’ve ever done in my life… Many would disagree. Sure --- he sang on stage and was a fierce patron of the arts and he promoted local music and helped preserve wild life in Lawrence and free speech in America during the radio wars. But that was only a derivative of Matthew Moore’s art, not even quite one full share of his consuming overall methodology; producing and projecting a nearly constant free flow of good will to anyone in range of his considerable voice. Fully prepared to clutter everyone’s daily grind (everyone he encountered from a friend on the street to the comic book merchant to the waitress he’d surely be over tipping by the end of the meal) with a few minutes of sanity and order in an otherwise insane and untidy world. Some artists work in oils or with molten steel or inside the fine art camera. Matthew worked at being informed (a veracious reader who gobbled up three or four newspapers per day) and worked at being interesting enough (as other great art intends) to serve the community as a diversion from the mundane and to help teach his audience (guide them, really) how best to stop and smell the fucking roses… His thought process for achievement in this regard was all encompassing, and aside from his many jobs as a younger man and his time and extreme labor spent building his Jefferson County farm (his largest enduring 3-D artwork) and his necessary sleeping and feeding times (both of which he also enjoyed) most of his energy was spent on the thought process of keeping at least one step ahead of pessimism, achieving tolerable optimism, and then putting it all out into the world on exhibition for the intended comfort of others. It wasn’t really performance art per se, much more eternal than that --- much more genuine --- comforting --- and… … … well… … real… After dark he nearly always showed up to the house with tasty wine or expensive champagne and the necessary essentials for the over-inflicted, culminating in a booming group toast and the cheerful clink of party glasses --- optimistic and permeated with the stink of the rose, compelling everyone to achieve balance, and to appreciate the enjoyment of a life with Matthew Moore in it --- either intrinsically or alphabetically, or whatever as it artistically were… Although being a gentleman’s gentleman was a major determining quality of Matthew’s subtle art, don’t be misled – you didn’t want this hippie getting mad at you. He was a huge man and had a penetrating eye coming out of a full head of hair that could instantaneously accuse, assault and condemn --- and he was blessed with (either for singing or yelling or just for saying hello -- HEY NOW!!! --) an absolutely booming baritone (some say basso profondo) voice. But without that passion and its intelligent resolve, Matthew might have turned out to be just another pissed off artist sitting alone in coffee shop corners, muttering to himself under his breath… Matthew Moore typically had great patience for fools, changing the subject after a scolding and never letting on to the poor soul who didn’t want to know the difference between sushi and sashimi or Cabernet and Merlot -- never letting on to the dolt the depths of their ignorant misery and instead changing the subject to accommodate their good mood and filling their glass to the brim. Because Matthew’s goal (his artistic objective) was to bring out the best in everyone he encountered, particularly those who didn’t know any better… Matthew spent time doing six or eight crossword puzzles per week; he spent time collecting comic books (golf balls for a while) and primitive skull art, among many other things; he spent time watching fantasy and sports on TV and was one of the most avid KU Men’s Jayhawk basketball fanatics of all time; he spent quality time reading books and graphic novels and he spent quiet time writing his thoughts down, unassumingly trying to help save a world gone to hell in a hand-basket in those pages... Matthew Moore spent time in his artistic thought process maintaining balance and he spent time collecting friends just so he might invest his experience into leading his life and projecting his magnanimous inspiration into our daily grinds, creating community balance (Lawrence style) and leaving us all with a greater sense of ourselves… Some artists work in oils or film or with molten steel. Matthew worked with love and in balance and toward the promotion of a higher sense of being… Marna and Bob, you gave Lawrence a boy turned into a man who did well in his life by you and by Lawrence too. Kudos to you for investing in us this gentle soul. Many would say that the best thing Matthew had ever done in his life was to have entered into theirs, and You and Mel and Marty and all the extended Sullivans and Moores can rest assured that you have fostered a love that will continue to warm these parts and beyond for a good long while to come… Yet, we already miss him more than we can tell… *NOTE : Matthew knew what was happening in my street photography career, knew this was the most successful year I’d ever had in the arts, and he relished my buoyancy and optimism during 2009. But he and I rarely talked about that part of my life, rather using our time together to chatter incessantly about national and international politics and culture, about the Lawrence gossip of the day, about food and wine, and at this time of the year about Kansas Jayhawk basketball !!! However, the last time we saw each other in person on December 17 -- over to the house for our regular dinner date and in honor of Janet’s birthday staying an hour longer than usual -- (of course he brought us a tasty bottle of very good birthday wine) -- and right near the end of the evening, the three of us huddled together upstairs in my office for a nightcap (as it turned out, a final sit down and sharing) he surprisingly turned the conversation toward the Streetphoto of the Week exhibit. “You know Janet, I get plenty of junk mail ... ... ... people all the time sending me things they think I should see,” he said directly to Janet, “And I always skim through it … … … but the one thing that comes into my in-box that I always look forward to is Streetphoto of the Week.” And then he looked over at me and added the part of his speech that in hindsight of his death days later on New Year’s Eve accidentally completed a circle between Matthew’s art form and mine; “It’s become a Wednesday morning ritual to find it there, and because it’s always bold and smart, Streetphoto of the Week has become a touchstone for me that makes me look forward to waking up and getting going on Wednesday mornings…” Less than a week into our misery, that chance conversation gives me extreme comfort, knowing that on the last morning of his beautifully crafted life, Matthew may just have begun the day with this exhibition as an inspiration… Well, I’m back at it my dear old friend Matthew (I know you’re tuned in!), to let you know how many times that you've inspired me. Dude! I promise to toast your memory more than once in every blue moon --- I’ll miss you like nobody’s businesses…
*Streetphoto of the Week #183/ Saturday Downtown Market: San Salvador Flower Vendor San Salvador, El Salvador/ October 31, 2009/ Issued on January 12, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week #184/ Moving Day at Tufts University: A Lamplighter Towing Beer off Walnut Hill/ Medford, Massachusetts/ 2008/ Issued on January 19, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week #185/ A special guest Streetphoto of the Week selection by American photographer Ann Dean Images from Ann's recent color work made on Isla Mujeres, Mexico/ Issued on January 26, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week is delighted to present another guest artist to spice up the Streetphoto of the Week Exhibition... About once or twice each year -- Streetphoto of the Week selects a praiseworthy photographer we know from somewhere out there in the world and we feature samples of their fine photography in an edition of Streetphoto of the Week, and we also provide the distinguished Streetphoto of the Week membership a resource of links to see what the Streetphoto of the Week guest photographer has been up to lately. Today's Streetphoto of the Week guest is photographer Ann Dean who has been exhibiting her collection of current work from Isla Mujeres, Mexico in USA galleries and Lawrence public spaces during 2009 and 2010. You can follow Ann's future endeavors and find out more about her work at:
*Artist Statement: The images in this series are from Isla Mujeres, the island of women, a small island off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and home of the Temple of Ixchel, Mayan goddess of the moon, fertility and other worthy causes. Unlike most of what is now called “the Mayan Riviera”, there are still signs of authentic Mexico found here. I was inspired by the vibrant colors, textures and shapes on this island, and I have brought them back to Kansas to share. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, I have been interested in the art of photography since the age of 15. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Kansas, I went on to pursue a graduate certificate from the New York Institute of Photography and have studied under several different photographers in the Lawrence area. I am currently teaching photography at the Lawrence Arts Center and working as a freelance photographer. Although I have done wedding photography and portraiture, my focus is travel photography. It is important for me to visit new places and experience different cultures around the world, and to promote education and understanding between people through my photographs. With each shot I hope to capture a specific moment in time that resonates with the viewer as if you were actually there watching the scene unfold for yourself, thus providing the individual with a unique experience. I love photography because it gives me a chance to savor the fleeting moments in time that we all take for granted and that give our lives meaning... Ann's Mexico: Color, Line & Texture exhibition is on display at Pachamama's Restaurant in Lawrence (800 New Hampshire St.) until February 8th. It will then be on display at Wheatfield's Bakery in Lawrence, KS (904 Vermont Street) from April 5th through June 7th, 2010. http://www.streetphoto.com/StreetphotooftheWeekregister.htm **Note: Streetphoto of the Week is inviting serious photographers from around the world to apply for a guest shout-out in a future edition of Streetphoto of the Week. Accepted photographers (artists) will be those who do most of their work on the streets (in public) and who have created an extensive collection of work from out there worth sharing... Just send an eMail to: gary@streetphoto.com with the subject line: SPotWEEK Guest Request. Streetphoto of the Week is read by an increasingly large and loyal audience including connected art and photography dealers worldwide; fine art academics and photography devotees from near and far; critics; curators; and a lot of just plain photography-loving folks from nearly 100 countries throughout the globe...
*Streetphoto of the Week #186/ *On February 2 in the Southern Hemisphere, if a beach dog carrying a coconut sees her shadow, there will be six more weeks of Summer... The Dog from Ipanema Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/ Happy Coconut Dog Day Everyone!! (Groundhog Day up North)/ Issued on February 2, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week #187/ Primary Colored Window Curtain Knot Matamoros, Mexico/ August, 2009/ Issued on February 9, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week #188-190/ An El Salvador Head-Carry Triptych Suchitoto and San Salvador, El Salvador/ 2009/ Issued on February 16, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week #191/ Amsterdam Chauffeur-driven Boot-biker Girl Amsterdam. Holland/ Last Week/ Issued on March 2, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week #192/ Amsterdam Muntplein Streetphoto Traffic Stop Amsterdam, Holland/ Last Month/ Issued on March 9, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week #193/ Dutch Transport: Extreme Carbon Neutral Behavior on the Streets of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Holland/ Last Month/ Issued on March 16, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week #194/ Deere Friends (in Red, White, Blue, Yellow and Green): Saint Patrick Day Parade Bead Buddies x2 (plus the Queen Too!), from the American Heartland... Lawrence, Kansas/ Last Week/ Issued on March 23, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week #195/ Amsterdam Scooter Boat DreamScape (and three of it's sixteen images) Amsterdam, Holland/ Last Month/ Issued on March 30, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week #196/ Looters Will Be Shot: (Then Absolved-:) Pearl River, Louisiana/ September, 2005/ Issued on April 6, 2010
*Streetphoto of the Week #197/ Amsterdam Winter 2008 & 2010 BootBiker DreamScape (with three of it's sixteen images, and another that didn't make the BootBiker DreamScape cut) January 2008 & February, 2010/ Issued on April 13, 2010
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