Foto Motel

photos on a wall in a space

is called a gallery

Wichita in the Artist File Online

I'm in the online "slide" registry at the Artists File Online HERE.

Jury your Digital Art & Photography

L.A. Center for Digital Art Juried Competition
Deadline: November 30, 2005
Fee: $30
What You Get: 10 prints in a solo show

Click HERE for more.

Cheerleader Pie, sans nazis or homos

"Cheerleaders escape the great pie of Nazis and Homos!" See HERE.

That's right you heard it here first. The cheerleaders in fine art photography do have a home. How I overlooked the work of Brian Finke, I don't know. My apologies Mr. Finke. See Brian's cheerleaders HERE. In more Brian Finke news, he has a new show opening at ClampArt on October 27th. Somebody please stop by and relay Foto Motel's best to him. The show is called Most Muscular. Oops. Looks like the homos were just added to the cheerleader-pie, but don't worry, from the looks of the images on ClampArt they're only 2% homo. Which may be a photographic advancement by Brian Finke. I've always wondered what body builders look like without the seemingly ever-present homo-voyeur filter.

Focus on AIDS 11

Focus on AIDS 11, an auction of fine art photography, is happening Friday, November 11th. I've never heard of the organization before, but there is a preview party November 4th at Farmani Gallery in LA. Go HERE for more info. The following is from the events page on The Farmani Gallery site, "The Focus On AIDS Foundation is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization whose purpose is to provide financial aid to photographers living with HIV or AIDS. Since 1987, the Foundation has produced a photography auction/benefit, the largest of its kind in the United States, to raise money for AIDS treatment, research, education and care. Now entering its tenth event, the Focus on AIDS Foundation remains truly dedicated to continue its quest until there is a cure."

Here's a link to download a PDF of the Focus on AIDS 10 items for auction, click HERE.

Herber Springs

The NYT had a piece about the power of the internet helping two collectors gather up the work of Mike Disfarmer in Herber Springs, Arkansas. On a side note Herber Springs is also the home of a man with over 8000 four leaf clovers. Read the story here.

NY Gallery Visits

I'll be in New York City for a few days and hope to get to see most of the following shows:

• Friedlander at MoMA
• Mapplethorpe at The Guggenheim Museum
• Robert Smithson & "Landscape" both at The Whitney Museum
• Goya at The Chelsea Museum of Art
• "Greater New York 2005" at P.S.1
• Liu Zheng at Milo
• "The Photograph in Question" at Von Lintel
• Dia:Beacon
• International Center of Photography
• Murakami at The Japan Society
• "Mexico" at The Museo Del Barrio
• New Museum of Contemporary Art
• "Male Desire Two" at Mary Ryan
• "Tete A Tete" at Greenberg VanDoren
• Barry McGee at Deitch Projects
• "What's The Matter With Kansas" at RareArt Properties
• Alec Soth at Gagosian
• Elinor Carucci at Ricco/Maresca
• Sarah Conaway at Julia Friedman
• Elizabeth Heyert at Edwynn Houk
• "Jesus Christ Superstar" at Bruce Silverstein
• George Platt Lynes at Wessel + O'Connor

Its a full list, I know.