PATTERNS AND TONES

"Kim Shattuck" from  Home as Hat FASHION VS. STYLE  “Fashion fades, style is eternal.” -  Yves Saint Laurent While working on this series of portraits I started to discover the distinction between fashion and style. The individuals I have been photographing are all very fashionable but each actually had something a bit more that was adding to the image. I realized it was their personal style that was coming through, the strength of their character which made the image more compelling. The decorative "hats" that I have been stitching into these portraits now have become a symbolic gesture to fashion, a connection between the exterior world we create, wear and live in, while the individual in each photograph has taken on a more spiritual transcendence of the fashion world in the projection of their individual style. It is the intersection between fashion and style that I find very interesting. Combining person...

"Andrea Minton" from Home as Hat   FASHION AS SHELTER 'The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.' - Mary Quant There is a sense of security we all feel in the sanctuary of our own home. Fashion, on the other had, is a portable cocoon - a way of creating a sense of security and protection from the elements (and others) when we are out in the world away from the comforts of home.  Looking at different ways in which we protect and project ourselves has been the focus of my attention for the past 6 months. I've been combining these two subjects in a personal project called  Home as Hat through  photography and embroidery. The contrasts between mediums and subject matter has given me a vehicle to create a link between the inside and outside worlds. I decided to start a visual dialogue between ways in which we present ourselves to the world and the security we derive physically from our homes. By creating portraits of fashionable l...

I had been looking forward to seeing The Savoys for quite awhile, since their guitarist George and I had been in a band together for many years. I was eager to see what he had moved on to and was not disappointed! Backing George Garcia's gutsy guitar sound was Mike Petrus on drums and Moises Arteaga on bass, who both created a solid driving rhythm section, just what is needed to round out Georgie's wall of sound. They had everyone up and dancing last November at The Redwood Bar and Grill for Asia Muka  Afternoon Action along with The Katellas , Mike Willamson, The Nuclears and Johnny Travis Jr. The following interview sheds a bit more light on this rock and roll trio from Long Beach. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. So sit back and enjoy taking a peek a these sweethearts from the south, along with this two song video I captured that night. Julie Green February 13, 2016 JULIE GREEN: When did The Savoys form? GEORGE GARCIA:...