6×6 is the blog of editorial and commercial photographer Tait Simpson. Brooklyn, New York creating artistic environmental portraits and landscape images.
Last night at the Aperture gallery, JL books hosted an opening night party for three of their new releases by Corin Hewitt, Bertrand Fleuret and Michael Schmelling. Corin Hewitt was present, working on a still-life-photography-as-performance-art projected to the sounds of ambient techno! It felt kind of like an art rave or something. [...]
Dark Night of the Soul is a album/book/art exhibition (probably best to just call it a multimedia experience) featuring the musical collaboration of Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse with still images contributed by none other than David Lynch. And if that wasn’t enough, the additional musical contributors include Iggy Pop, Flaming Lips, Frank Black, Julian [...]
So with the new book in the works, a new website and a new direction, it follows that the brand ID was due for a bit of a facelift. I’ve been working with the very talented group over at Skaggs Design to bring the essence of this new work to the printed page and [...]
Energy and environmental policy are tough subjects to be sure. But the Energy and Commerce Committee is conducting 4 clean energy hearings this week, so here’s an easy one:
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Admittedly, [...]
I just read this morning that Damon Winter of the NY times received the Pulitzer Prize for his work on the Obama campaign trail. Its a very elegant series of images worth exploring in depth. I’ve been an admirer of Mr. Winter’s work for a while now and I don’t think they could [...]
Its been quite a while since my last update, and for good reason i promise! Even though work has been pretty slow across the board, I’ve been keeping very busy and I’ve got a lot in the works at the moment, some of which will start popping up here shortly. The biggest thing to keep [...]
I’m en route to Colorado today to hang the All B&W show at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art, which opens on November 25th. I was honored to be asked to participate and am looking forward to seeing what everyone else will be showing. Here is the invitation:
Preparing for the show [...]
I was out taking a stroll as the sun rose in the countryside of San Antonio De Areca and made these images. The ranch dog Olé was following alongside as I made my way through the tree lined paths. It was a beautiful morning, full of hope and excitement at the prospect of [...]
The winners of the 2008 APA (Advertising Photographers of America) have been announced today and I have awarded the first place in the “personal / fine art” category. check it out HERE. The images will also appear in the December issue of Rangefinder Magazine. While I wasn’t shooting with a rangefinder on these [...]
After a period of silence on the blog here, its time for a few updates. Not only is there a lot of new work in the pipeline, and a new portfolio to follow, but a few developments that are exciting and worth noting in themselves. Keep an eye out for the results of [...]
