BASCO 5

With his ever-growing fan base, it's no question why Mr.Basco 5 has become one of Vancouver's most sough-after artists. His primary skill (according to me) is entertaining the people of Vancouver through the little pieces of art that one could see in the strangest places all over our city. Basco 5 can truly be called an artist because in the worst day, if one comes upon a little creature stuck upon the dirty paint chips of a wall somewhere, life lights up a bit, just by looking at one of his creations. His work is simple, unique and different. What sets Basco 5 apart from all the other artists in Vancouver who are also excellent drawers? Maybe it's all the opportunities he got when it came to doing artwork for Nike shoes, a Mentos sponsored mural, or maybe doing artwork for concert posters all over Vancouver. Basco 5 was also seen drawing on a convas for a live audience at the Vancouver Fringe Festival event, where many artists created work infront of an audience. Either way, his artwork catches attention fast, and seems to have a temporary pleasure and satisfaction in it, a first-serve amusement source.

Basco5 is sadly, no longer with us because he has moved to Denmark but his spirit remains as his artowrk is still all over vancouver's walls, roofs, dumpsters, poles, benches and maybe even people sometimes, who knows? The reason to why i wanted to inculde him in PhotoDistrict and what connection he has with photography is the simple fact that his work is extensively photographed all over Vancouver. His animations and drawings give people something to photograph: an idea, a setting, a statement!!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/basco5/

BASCO, hope you take over Denmark with you artowork and make them eat it too!

Basco's collaboration with Mentos, and The Commodified!

Most of the shirts are sold out, but some are still left and can be purchased at Lark!

His collaboration with NIKE shoes!

The buttons that were sold at the Lark basco 5 show!

THE MEG BOURNE EXTRAVAGANZA

I've known this gorl for 2 years now, and although ive lost all touch with her, I still follow her photo stream on Flickr. Meg's work keeps getting better and better. Although most of her photo enthusiasm engages around concert photography which i find presumably dull, she does great portraits, especially her latest stuff of Charras Coyle. Meg can be spotted as a staple contributor for concert photos of bands such as The Strokes, The Winks, Tenacious D, Regina Spektor and Fake Shark- Real Zombie in magazines such as The Discorder. She is a Vancouver resident who gets the privelege to receive photo-passes from Jack White's publicist and travel for free to San Francisco to see The Strokes. I give her all the credit to being one of the best concert photographers out there, her stuff is sharp, fresh and forward. So are her friends who are often the subjects of her shoots, all of them being Sam, Sarah, Vanessa and others.

http://www.flickr.com/people/megownsengland/

The Works of Ben Johnson


His photo exhibit is displayed for a while now, as stated in the post below. But on May 24th, at 8-10 PM, he will be hosting a closing party for his Cambodian photo pieces. Come out and Enjoy!
For now here are some photos tha Ben has taken of Vancouver.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sockeyed/


A Big Thank you to Ben Johnson for letting me feature him. His photos depics the spirit of Vancouver in such a simple yet singnificant way......the energy of it's buildings, the people and everything that surrounds Vancouver all comes together in his photos through the eye of an observer that simply wants to capture. I had a great time picking out the photos, especially from the Main Street collection because I used to work at some of the shelters around there.

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Images of Ankor: Photos by Ben Johnson

Images of Ankor - Photos by Ben Johnson
Photo show at Radha Yoga and eatery
Ben Johnson

Thursday, May 24, 2007
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Radha Yoga and Eatery
730 Main Street
Vancouver, BC

Images of Ankor: Photos by Ben JohnsonThe show is on display, with a closing party on May 24th from 8 to 10pmAngkor is a region in Cambodia that served as the seat of power of the Khmer empire from the 9th to the 15th century. Spread over almost 200 square kilometres is a collection of temples that form one of the greatest collections of Hindu and Buddhist architecture in the world. The principal temple of Angkor, Angkor Wat, was built in the 12th century and is considered to be the largest single religious monument ever built. About the PhotographerBen Johnson is a Vancouver-based photographer whose images are ethnographic and documentary in style. He has travelled extensively and has photographed subjects in India, China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia.Website: www.flickr.com/photos/sockeyed

ROB SIMMS: FROM THE EYES OF A STRANGER

My time in the Vancouver/Victoria area was short lived, yet it was some of the best time I have spent in a long time. Me and my friend from Canada took a vacation that began in Vancouver and circled around the areas including Victoria, Seattle, and Whistler. Vancouver was and still is one of the most lively and interesting places I have visited. It seems like a very friendly and open place to live. There seem to be all types of people of all ages and all types of interests who live here. We went up there and already had plans to do things, however Vancouver is a city full of wonderful activities and fun. We were treated to 2 weekends full of great fireworks shows during a contest that was put on in the summer of 2006. As for my work I focus on scenery photography with a small bit of timed exposure shooting for interesting movement effects at night. I like photos with deep color contrast or simply many things "happening" in the picture. I am a big follower of the rule of thirds and find that it usually makes for great photos. While I do not always follow it, I am always finding great pictures using this rule. I do not shoot enough portrait work, but wish to do more of that in the future. I hope to also visit the Vancouver area again sometime in the future.

http://www.hereorthere.org

HOT ONE INCH ACTION

Gallery Gachet

April 28th from 8-11pm

Music/Arts Exhibit

Art is done by Local Vanocuver Artists primarily the buttons.

Gallery Gachet is a non-profit organizations that displays and supports art by artists with disabilities.

The gallery is one of the best places o stop by to really feel a sense of Vancouver's open minded society.

I attended on behalf of BeyondRobson and PhotoDistrict

UPDATE

April is the first month since PhotoDistrict is running and im trying my best to keep the updates full of content and interesting. For some of you who have been following my Flick for years now, have seen some of these photos....and then for some of you it is your first time.

However, PhotoDistrict is not a site that i created to publish just MY photos but also the work of many other Vanocuverites along with others internationally, so don't be weirded out if one day I will contact you because i think your photos are not only great but also depict the spirit of Vanouver, and I would want to feature you on the blog.

On this note i encourage all of you to not only follow this blog and see what it has to offer but also to CONTACT ME either through the comments or personally at cinna0@hotmail.com to be featured on the site. The blog is yet fresh and new...but I think as it gets more viewers it will grow with not only an assortment of Vancouver photographers highlighting why Vanocuver is so full of artists and people who have a keen eye for beauty and life but also get recognized all over the world.

To tell you the truth, besides starting this blog to promote awereness and have an outlet for Vancouver photographers inclusing myself to get featured but also because i think the photography scene in Vanocuver is a tad unexposed when really it should be boiling with exposure. Even Flickr groups such as the one for BeyondRobson are going on a slow run right now. I'd like Vancouver to have more photo openings, conferences, seminars, galleries, workshops, etc etc etc. I am way to passionate about photography to let this go and hopefully you'll jump on the band wagon with me no matter if you a vancouverite or live half-way across the world.

MATT

He was nice enough to participate as my model for the day amongst moments of sillyness and a single handedly performed series of park bench the world has ever seen.

GRAFFITI

A collection of graffiti photos Ive collected rummaging around gastown, yaletown and random spots aroung granville. The most eye-ctaching of course being the Cold World Media artwork in the gastown alley by Block and VCC.

http://www.coldworldmedia.com

ALL DESTROYER / BLOG MONTREAL

a recent blog that i foundqute interesting and worth my 2 minutes of looking aroundgives one a good taste of montrealthe photography is superb.

http://alldestroyer.blogspot.com/