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Marshalls test post

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:11:47 -0400

HI I AM MARSHALL

Photo

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:19:58 -0500

I’ve never seen a tax return of the top 0.001%. Cool!

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:34:13 -0500

I’ve never seen a tax return of the top 0.001%. Cool!

164-17 Union Turnpike, Queens, New York, (718) 969-3423

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:03:00 -0500

164-17 Union Turnpike, Queens, New York, (718) 969-3423

Forget numbers. Label your hard drives with something...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:48:00 -0500

Forget numbers. Label your hard drives with something you’ll remember. When ODB turns up missing, you’ll notice a lot sooner.

Occupy Everything Montage

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:32:48 -0400

They’re still saying Occupy Wall Street has an inconsistent message. This should finally help clear things up.

Self promo alert. This video got lots of plays! Thanks to Justin...

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:06:22 -0400

Self promo alert. This video got lots of plays! Thanks to Justin and Eamon @ Mister Saturday Night for posting with appreciation.

DJ Hi-Tek, from Die Antwoord’s Umshini Wam. Nobody had the...

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:41:36 -0400

DJ Hi-Tek, from Die Antwoord’s Umshini Wam. Nobody had the song so I ripped, sliced and taped up what I could. Fucked up a part but good enough, you can really only hear it once or twice.

To be played no earlier than Midnight, June 1st, in a southboud droptop riding the FDR at a fast sprint.

If you’re truly down, try ascending off the Brooklyn Bridge.

Abandoned Packard Plant, Detroit

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:20:00 -0400

Abandoned Packard Plant, Detroit

What a show… Man is wild. I almost caught that Casio he...

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:32:09 -0500

What a show… Man is wild. I almost caught that Casio he tossed out.

Yelawolf, Highline Ballroom, March 8th, 2011.

Shot on a Canon 5D Mark ii.

Improv Studio. Framed 1 and 2, Broadway and Prince. The very...

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:21:00 -0500

Improv Studio. Framed 1 and 2, Broadway and Prince.

The very beginning of a project I’ll be seeing through for the next year. I’m looking for help, subjects, neighborhoods, and collaborators.

If you would like to take part in any way, please reach out! Love y’all

marshallmcdonaldphoto[@t]gmail.com

Shot on a Nikon f100 with Tri-X, although I’ll be shooting 6x7 moving forward.

Brooklyn

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:44:00 -0500

Brooklyn

2007 presentation from the best war photographer alive. James...

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:46:00 -0500

2007 presentation from the best war photographer alive. James Nachtwey takes you through the terrifying experiences he’s encountered and talks about his process, his focus, and how in the hell he manages to keep sane through it all. Wonderful man.

If that embed gives you errors, here’s the original link.

Roebling Tea Room Brunch, Brooklyn, January 2011. Byron was...

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:08:00 -0500

Roebling Tea Room Brunch, Brooklyn, January 2011.

Byron was sweating the waitress he’s had his eye on for months. You were sitting over my right shoulder at another table. I remember green somewhere in the frame catching my eye. Now I’m not sure what that was.

I didn’t notice how striking you were until weeks later. I knew it would be good. I didn’t know you’d be so good though. Another reason I love film. Hope to see you again, lady.

Louis, Central Park, fall. Mamiya RZ67 FULLY LOADED with Fuji...

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:01:00 -0500

Louis, Central Park, fall.

Mamiya RZ67 FULLY LOADED with Fuji 100c Polaroid film.

A female friend recently told me how close I am to my mom....

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:12:00 -0500

A female friend recently told me how close I am to my mom. they’ve never met. I never really felt it. And it hadn’t even occurred to me until that moment how true that really is. Our family dynamic has always been screeching loud. Without allowing myself to think about the enormous amounts of patience and love it takes for this family to operate among one another, I looked beyond that closeness because its easier to locate the storm at surface level and call it crazy.

The above is a documentary about photographer Tierney Gearon and her relationship with her family that she regularly, or obsessively, shoots pictures of. Its patterns shift from incredibly loving to impatient, disturbing, sad, and loving again.

Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project focuses on the photographer, Tierney, her mom, and her 2 children. Cameras follow Tierney around as she documents her family, should you choose to call it that. Judging by the pictures themselves, you would guess there’s a full-scale production off camera. Costumes are intricate, poses are ornate, and situations are bordering the uncomfortable. But that’s just their family… in a sense.

Her mother is schizophrenic. Her children appear somewhat indifferent. She’s somewhere right in the middle. But Tierney seems to know where she’s headed. Her fear of mental health is portrayed as hints of it vanish on camera; her phobia enough that it seems priority over everything, children’s safety included.

I think to understand their dynamic without finding it somewhat weird, you have to know that exposure firsthand to be the least bit supportive of Tierney’s role in this. You spot the subtleties in her mood and it changes you throughout. You see how impatient Tierney gets when her children won’t stand still for a pose, or get the hell out of the frame because they’re ruining her shot. In that moment you think “how exploitative can she be? How many times is she going to put them through this?”. You notice how she ignores her mothers banter during a session because all she really cares about is the picture; the negativity’s reinforced. She terrorizes her mother, in her own words. What you eventually come to realize, lose, and then realize again, is the beauty in the chaos of the highly structured environment Tierney is trying to create for them; not that it’s working… But you begin to see why, if nothing else.

Does she realize that structure only exists in her pictures? If so, is there no hope for real life as she rides the wave of sanity as long as she can shoot? Does knowing or thinking that entitle her to follow her mothers footsteps, sealed fate and all, with no regard for her children?

The woman Tierney never wanted to be is the woman you see in larger doses as the film goes on. Her shots become more forced, some painful to watch.

Tierney herself states (paraphrased), “I left my son in the sun unprotected [for a picture] because that’s what happened to me”, before breaking down crying in the middle of a diner, seated next to her children.

Tierney emphasizes her way of being as a direct result of exposure and upbringing. She explains her mother’s similar childhood… how it made her the person she is today: a schizo. All the while you’re wondering what the fuck she’s doing to her own kids. They’re sharp; her son too smart for a ten year old. And so it goes on. They too will be parents soon.

At one point Tierney and her son are talking:

Tierney: “Why do you feel like you have to be a bad boy is what I want to know…”

Son: “I was born”

Tierney: “That’s not true, it’s your choice”

Son: “No its not. Everyone is born bad.”

I couldn’t be any more ambiguous here… because I think you need to see it without knowing much else. Or no, that’s a cop out. I couldn’t because it’s a dynamic family more deserving of anything I can possibly say about them.

And the same goes for my family. Rent it.

Another incredible Casey Holford...

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:31:13 -0500

Another incredible Casey Holford polaroid!

framedfractions:

Adam Green with mother Leah. Lake Room Movie post production. SX-70 and PX-100 bruch.

You bet your ass he did! Central Park. Fall 2010. Shot on...

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:37:00 -0500

You bet your ass he did! Central Park. Fall 2010.

Shot on Mamiya, RZ67 with a Plus-X load.

Polishing Shit

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:18:00 -0500

Just one more post of this series…….

Lens flares and pubic hairs: this might be the dirtiest negative I’ve ever had to clean. Hairs and stuff aren’t bad but there’s all sorta subtle monsters lurking around in there.

Before (click for hi-res):

During (click for hi-res):

Annddd cut..

Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin, DJ’s, Mister Saturday...

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:43:40 -0500

Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin, DJ’s, Mister Saturday Night.

These gentlemen throw the loveliest party in Brooklyn. If you haven’t been, I suggest you get on it.

I’ve been snapping my way through their dance floors for a while now. But given our positions - my shooting and their incessant spinning of some of the best vinyl I’ve ever seen til sunrise - we’re busy when in each others company. So the chance to actually get to know the lads was special. Shot in Ft. Greene Park a few Sundays ago. Justin likes to cook.