Making Time : Adam Bernales

Do you have a day job? What is it?

Yes, I help run a small book shop in East LA and typically work other small jobs, waiter, cashier, census enumerator.

Do the people you work with know you are a photographer?

I don't think anyone has ever known aside from the book store.

Does the work you do during the day affect your personal work?

Yes, though I wouldn't know how.



If you could rearrange your time, what would be the ideal balance between your personal and professional work?

I'm not sure there is an ideal balance, it might be interesting if they were the same. If I could rearrange my time I would try to do more work of any kind.

Images: Adam Bernales

Top to bottom: goodnight.htm (2008), Untitled (2007), (708) 387-9677 (2007-2009)

words become images

masood kamandy's 'words become images' project. anyone is invited to suggest a word (or words) and he will in return create a photograph based on it. see more here.

[all from words become images. top to bottom based on the words: last night i saw an arrogant school principal on tv mispronounce the word ‘supposedly.’ the mean reds. disfiguration.]

in real life

Opening this Saturday, March 7th in NYC. Hope to see you there!

"In Real Life" featuring Art Fag City, ASDF, Club Internet, Ffffound, The Highlights, Humble Arts Foundation, I Heart Photograph, Loshadka, Netmares/Netdreams, Platform For Pedagogy, Private Circulation, UbuWeb , VVORK, Why + Wherefore.

An exhibition that invites innovative and independent online art initiatives to each come do a 4-hour residency inside the space of a gallery—attempting to explore how the distribution, production, analysis, and consumption of culture are rapidly evolving in an online context. In particular the exhibition aims to render the labor of these online practices transparent, providing “real life” access to these cultural producers, and overall inspiring public dialogue around their practices.

At Capricious Space
103 Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11211
718.384.1208

Gallery hours (from March 7–28 only)
Saturday noon–8pm
Sunday noon–8pm
Plus special evening events

Saturday March 7 from 8-10pm
Opening and Roundtable Discussion "Browser As Exhibition Space"

Friday March 13 from 8-10pm
"Docent Tour of Art on the Internet" performed by Tyler Coburn

Saturday March 28 from 8-10pm
Closing Party

Full details at: www.letsmeetinreallife.com

@600

on november 4th 2008, mus-mus invited photographers from around the world to take a photo at the very same moment, @600 internet time (8:24 am here in nyc). looking through the archive of photos, part of the fun is seeing what so many people from around the world were doing all at the same exact moment, though i have to admit, i was particularly enamored by some of the work by my fellow americans, like lucas blalock, cara phillips, and jason fulford (all seen above). have fun visiting the full archive of @600 images right here.

[all from the project @600. top to bottom: lucas blalock (brooklyn, ny, usa). cara phillips (brooklyn, ny, usa). jason fulford (key west, fl,usa).]

sweet gifs

stills from the website 'sweet gifs'. have yourself a visit here.

[screengrabs from sweetgifs.com.]

club internet

club internet #5: free fall up now. take a peek here.

[top to bottom: sp05_003_temp1.jpg by barry pearson. 2008. (still from) ocean by michael guidetti. 2008. (still from) content rotator by harm van den dorpel. 2008.]

club internet 4.0

more brilliance from club internet: keep it simple stupid, curated by constant dullaart. see the full exhibition here. and read a review of the show over at art fag city right here.

[all from club internet 4.0: k.i.s.s. 2008. top to bottom: jonathan puckey. delaunay raster. harm van den dorpel. forest/lines. chris coy. excaliber. victor boullet. digression.]

club internet

club internet's latest exhibition is now online: 'contact (1997)' curated by damon zucconi. up through august 19th. take a peek here.

[all from club internet (3.0). top to bottom: martijn hendriks. 12 glowing men. 2008. aleksandra domanovic. ADSL. 2008. jordan rhoat. solar panel tattoos. 2008.]

fake is the new real

some nice projects up at fake is the new real. for instance, these 'very low quality jpegs'. see more here.

[all fake is the new real. from the series very low quality jpgs.]

club internet

club internet is great. to flip through the site's collection of top-notch digital works click the magic wand on the top left of the page here.

[all from club internet. top to bottom: dyssconnect08011-2.gif by issac bigsby trogdon. ..._.~<[-/=^=->~.-... by petra cortright. game by anne de vries.]

face your pockets

face your pockets is a website created by timur akhmetov + yulia yakushova that invites contributors from all over the world to scan what's in their pockets as well as themselves. see more here.

[all from face your pockets.]

archive • dancing with cats

laurel told me about this crazy japanese blog that features images from books. these are from a french book archived there called "dance avec les chats" which looks like one of the weirdest and best books ever.

[all from ahoaho-expo.]

archive is a weekly column by asha schechter that appears each wednesday on i heart photograph.

ian haig

behold australian artist ian haig's men of the internet project. "a web project which consists of a compilation of found images of the cornerstone of any good teen movie: computer nerds. 'men of the internet' presents the idea of the computer nerd as a species of human that have had their bodies literally transformed and modified as a result of prolonged computer use. a collection of real life altered physiognomy and biological/technological modification: bigger brains, protruding craniums and enhanced eyesight with enormous glasses." see the whole project right here.

[all ian haig. men of the internet. 2004.]

submit your work

i heart photograph is excited to announce its latest exhibition...and you are all invited to participate in this open call for work. february 22, 2008 is the deadline for submissions. get all the details and submit your work at: aphotographofnewjersey.com

to get you thinking: "are ideas about place dramatically different since the internet has allowed us to participate in culture on such a global scale? despite the endless stream of information and images available through mass media, are there limits to how we perceive, imagine, and understand the world? exactly how do you picture new jersey? what would you say about it in a photograph?"

responses will be included in the exhibition "is it possible to make a photograph of new jersey regardless of where you are in the world?" curated by i heart photograph for the municipally supported non-profit pierro gallery and made possible by funds from new jersey state council of the arts, a partner agency of the national endowment of the arts.

full details here.

149 days

from april 9th to september 4th of 2007 jörg koopmann and martin fengel photographed every single day to create the collaborative project 149 days. as they say about it "the pictures of these 149 days are combined chronologic. on the left side you see koopmanns picture, on the right side the one fengel took." take a peek at the entire project here.

[left side: all jörg koopmann. right side: all martin fengel. from the project 149 days. 2007.]

secretly creepy

secretly creepy is a little collection of strange and amusing photos found on ebay over the last five years by beth herzhaft. take a peek at secretly creepy here.

[all unknown photographers/beth herzhaft.]

reading room • this is a magazine

this is a magazine is an online visual extravaganza edited by andy simionato and karen ann donnachie. graphics flash before you, photography and design seem more bizarre and fun than usual. the online magazine has existed since 2002 and once a year they even publish a print compendium of what they've been up to on-screen. see the entirety of issue #20 here.

[all from this is a magazine #20. 2007. work by (top to bottom): alexandra sviatchenko. antonio riello. alberto valgimigli. sergei sviatchenko.]