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Friday, July 8, 2011

2VIE – Art Auction & Exhibit Benefit Event July 9th

Hope you had a great 4th of July, but don’t stop celebrating just yet! Join us this Saturday!

JULY 9th

2 VIE – One Day Art Auction 
Benefit & Exhibit

6-9pm bidding ends at 9pm!

Where:
Leanna Lin’s Wonderland 
5024 Eagle Rock Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041

for an opportunity to win a bid on amazing, original and some 
“one of the kind” art works, (bidding ends @ 9:00 pm) 

a chance to win one of many great raffle prizes (drawing @ 8:30 pm) 

and to celebrate life, its endurance and friendships that help us
go through it all! (ongoing ;))

This rare event is a great opportunity for any art lover or 
a serious collector, so join us for an evening of art, wine,
truffles and raffles and spice it up with Bloody Mary Shelley
Cocktails served by Mary Shelly (aka Ophelia Chong)!

Bring your family and friends and we hope to see you there!!! 

To RSVP to go: http://www.facebook.com 

Art Preview: http://vartmuse.wordpress.com  

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Sunday, July 25, 2010

"Love" according to me when I was...5?

My mother found this and emailed it to me yesterday. I saw it in my inbox this morning. Perfect timing.Sometimes we need reminders about the valuable things in life. I guess I was a romantic way back then. Heart shaped letter "o's" are on their way back in fashion. ;)

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Merve & Evren's Wedding in Istanbul... a sneak peek

After an amazing week in Turkey in which my camera only left my eye for the graciously offered Turkish apple tea and a bit of sleep, I had the honor of photographing Merve & Evren's wedding. The ceremony was on June 27th in Istanbul, Turkey at the Marmara Esma Sultan which was majestically perched along the Bosphorus strait as if to welcome all the giant ships floating by. It was a beautiful wedding. Merve was absolutely, exquisitely, stunningly gorgeous in a dress that her sister designed with French Chantilly lace, blue tool and antique crystals from their mother's wedding gown. A beautiful omage to someting new, something borrowed, and something blue. Evren, handsome of course, managed to figure out his bow tie after a rushed sound check. He surprised the guests by performing with the Turkish Evil Maria band after dinner. Merve was right there by his side rocking out. They sang a rock duet to The Beatles song "I've Just Seen A Face." Straight from their hearts...touching us all. I might have teared up, but my trusty camera hid the evidence. ;) The full moon rose up across the water perfectly between the Bosphorus bridge spires and then gently veered to the right as If it knew that's where I needed it to be. The evening ended with a moonlit boat ride on the Bosphorus. Beautiful Istanbul, lovely friends, and wonderful memories. Cheers Merve & Evren!!!!

(M&E, If you guys aren't too exhausted, can you get married again? I had such an amazing time that I'd gladly repeat every moment)

I'm a bit jet lagged, but was so excited about the photographs that I quickly cherry picked a few favorites from the thousands of images I shot and processed them to post.

http://damore.biz/merve_and_evren/

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Easy Rider, Have a Great Trip

                                                                                                       Again, another great, eccentric artist  gone too soon. With 30 being the new 20 these days, that makes 74 the new 64, and that's just too young to have to call it quits. Rest in peace and  have a great trip Easy Rider.

 I wished that I had an opportunity to do a real portrait or Mr. Hopper instead of merely an event photo on the fly. None the less, I must admit that I was star stuck and embarrassed to ask..."Excuse me, Mr. Hopper, can I photograph you next to the Liechtenstein BMW art car?
In a similar fashion to rock ledgend photographer Jim Marshall passing away right before his exhibition at the Fahey Klein Gallery, Dennis was preparing for an Exhibition at MOCA Geffen Contemporary.  that will be open from 7/11/2010-09/26/10

"Dennis Hopper Double Standard" (named for his iconic 1961 photograph, pictured below) will be the first comprehensive survey of Hopper's artistic career to be mounted by a North American museum. The exhibition will feature approximately 200 works, ranging from an early painting from 1955 and photographs, sculpture, and assemblages from the 1960s to more recent large-scale billboard paintings and film installations. The curator? Julian Schnabel.-"-Media Bistro
In May it was announced that Hopper will be the subject of an upcoming biography by American writer Tom Folsom, Hopper: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream.

Here are a few more photos of Mr. Hopper at the LACMA & Vanity Fair 2009 Oscar Party.

ps... Dennis bought one of Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans paintings for $75 dollars back in the 60's. It pays to support your favorite up and comming artists :)

more photos from the event I photographed
LACMA & Vanity Fair Magazine 2009 Oscar week

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Along the way...

Roaming around the Los Angeles Reservoir with my friend Evren Goknar, singer/songwriter and guitarist mastermind of the band Evil Maria.
Check em out.... http://www.myspace.com/evilmariatheband

There are places to escape in LA, you just have to find them.
Taking a moment to replenish my own creative reservoir after a day of photographing a wild party of 3 year olds. Here are some photos....