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These Photos Are Amazing

Antonio Bolfo was a photographer before he was a cop.

He’s a born and raised New Yorker who joined the NYPD in 2006. Bolfo, who has a degree from RISD, said he joined the force in response to feelings of patriotism following Sept. 11th and general boredom (at the time he had a job doing animation for Playstation games).

Once he was put on the beat in South Bronx projects, Bolfo began bringing his camera to work in hopes of documenting the job and capturing images of the emotional and physical strains that come with it.

His photos show a side of the NYPD rarely seen by civilians, what it’s like to be a regular working cop on the job.

His photos show the frustration, boredom and excitement that goes along with police work- and also some of the spectacular parts of the job.

But they also show the dangerous frightening moments when officers put their lives at risk for their jobs in incredibly dangerous situations.

Amazing!

 

Back In The Day

Can you identify anyone?
Circa 1982.
First Stussy advertising.

Chip Kidd

I saw him speak last night, so good! A few of the book covers he has designed.

The Editor's Eye

Looks good!

Westerly

Quintessential West Coast Road Trips

VintageSurfari Wagons offers restored VW camper buses for rent/hire from the Los Angeles area location.

All campers come with updated or newly re-vamped interiors, fresh mechanical up-grades and are loaded with handy camping equipment.

Better than owning one! Just rent it!

We Love "Detritus"

Gabriel Orozco’s Asterisms, the final project of the commissioning program at Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, is a two-part sculptural and photographic installation comprising thousands of items of detritus the artist has gathered at two sites—a playing field near his home in New York and a protected coastal biosphere in Baja California Sur, Mexico, that is also the repository for flows of industrial and commercial waste from across the Pacific Ocean.

Looks like there is a hint of the Modern Beachcomber in the installation.

bettershelter Featured In OC Register

Says Pete Zehnder, bettershelter co-founder: "How many places do you go to years later and (the homeowners) say I don't want to move? It's usually the other way around."

Indeed!

Pete and I spent a few hours at 1.7 Ocean the other day and the whole place looks great!

An awesome place to call home.

See whole article HERE  

The Modern Beachcomber Process

Via Alternative Apparel blog

What Song Changed Your Life?

"Stripped" from The Song That Changed My Life Series from Duncan Sheik on Vimeo.

Rent Vs Buy??

This may persuade you to buy, pretty funny.

Griffin, The Film

The Film: “Griffin” is a feature-length documentary that explores the art, life and eccentric spark of one of the world’s least known and most influential 20th Century surrealists.

Over the time-warped span of the 1960's, one-time teen cartoonist Rick Griffin created defining icons for three pillars of west coast counterculture: surfing, psychedelic rock and underground comix.




On Kickstarter!

Barry McGee Show At Berkeley Art Museum

August 24, 2012 - December 9, 2012
Barry McGee midcareer retrospective at the Berkeley Art Museum
Worth a trip to the bay area! 

The Witch Who Came From the Sea

Slide Your Brains Out

Thomas Campbell book out Oct 31

De Longpre Update

Front and back decks poured!
Siding installed on the garage!