The Art Blog

Daniel Carrillo poses in front of his work . A few days ago I had the opportunity to visit photographer, Daniel Carrillo , in his south Seattle studio. Carrillo demonstrated his daguerreotype photo process and shared his techniques with an eager crowd of photo enthusiasts.  Carrillo shows off a glass plate image during a studio demonstration. His images remind me of the work of Edward Curtis , another northwest photographer who worked in this region during the late 1800's. Carrillo's work has the grit and intrigue of vintage photographs but they also exude a contemporary confidence.The combination of these characteristics is what makes Carrillo's work so mesmerizing and you can see it in these portraits posted below... Portrait of Shenandoah Davis by Daniel Carrillo Portrait of Kiki Smith by Daniel Carrillo Portrait of Cable Griffith by Daniel Carrillo More about the artist.... Daniel Arutro Carrillo Lozano (b. 1973) is a self...

Back in the studio and working on some fun projects after what has been an amazing summer and action packed August. Here are a few photo highlights from last month.... I gold leafed my arm for the encore opening at Grover Thurston . I wanted to wear a big metal cuff and couldn't find one so I painted this on my arm using traditional gold leaf. It was a bit like having a golden tattoo and it was easily removed the next day with a little tea tree oil. My gold leafed "tattoo". Showing off my golden cuff at the Grover /Thurston Gallery.  The following week I had guests in the studio as part of a stock photography shoot for Getty Images. Photographer, Tom Barwick , and his lovely assistant, Brooke, photographed me working in my space.  Photo shoot in progress... One of the final images from Tom Barwick's photo shoot. A few days after these photos were taken I boarded a plane headed for the Hawaiian island of Maui. It was my fir...