Wednesday, August 29, 2012

explore

happy bday robbie. I love you!

© Hector Lee, 2012

Monday, August 27, 2012

Sunday, August 26, 2012

il faggio

  
© Hector Lee, 2012
Soup arrived with
    Joy
    Hope
    Hugs
    Promises
    Revelations
Tears
Tenderness
Gratitude
Humility
Jesus
And I was left full.

Monday, August 20, 2012

TEACH

Welcome back to school!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Cindy Sherman: Retrospective


I was familiar with some of Cindy Sherman’s classic photos but SFMOMA’s Cindy Sherman Retrospective challenged my concepts of seeing and image. Years ago I learned how Sherman sets up the scenes props and takes photos with a remote shutter release cable. She captures women types who reside in our consciousness and in (white) mainstream in “Untitled Film Stills”: the young ingĂ©nue who arrives in the big city, the trampy prostitute who primps herself in the mirror, the B-film movie star sunbathing. She takes these unreal images which have become “real” in our collective consciousness and makes them both “unreal” and “real’ in the photos she presents. 




She continues this exploration with the depiction of historical and contemporary color images of women. What is striking for me is that although Sherman herself is the model who poses for these photos, they represent real women I have met in my life: like the middle age presenter from Arizona who has spent too much time in the sun evidenced by her baggy knees but is thoughtful in the coral accents to her muted blue dress and contemporary haircut. 


Tuesday, August 14, 2012

No peeking


Philip Guston (c) SFMOMA

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Seward Slide in SF

In a small park in San Francisco off of Seward Street near Douglas (in the Castro), there is a cement slide Paloma found. With a kid, a cardboard and some sand you can have some fun.
 


 
Land's End Lion

Saturday, August 11, 2012

grow


Happy bday Amelie.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Carmel-Monterey

We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-- and melting like a snowflake. 
Francis Bacon

At Monterey Bay Aquarium
Sardines 
Stinging Nettle





Sea Otter in the wild
© Paloma Similla, 2012


© Paloma Similla, 2012


© Paloma Similla, 2012



© Hector Lee, 2012

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Capitola

My sister told me Capitola was a more charming town than Santa Cruz. It was. It had cute shops, restaurants and a small but popular beach.






© Hector Lee, 2012


Monday, August 6, 2012

Santa Cruz





Low key CA beach city with laid back vibe. Large populated beach. Retro boardwalk. Variety of accommodations and selection of food OK.
© Hector Lee, 2012