So it turns out my first wedding of the day isn’t an order (though I can’t say the same for the 6 that follow it). However, this does grant me some time to flesh out details on 82.

I haven’t thought of a coherent artist statement yet because I’ll have to make a real stretch to link the name to the work. The name 82 was inspired by the Blu-82 “Daisy Cutter” bombs. They were conventional, yet powerful enough to level a forest. I didn’t really give much thought to what the Blu-82 was, but I liked the image that appeared in my head when I thought “Blue 82!” I figured I could make a really neat picture out of a literal interpretation of those words (see the cover in my previous post).

The best I can do is to very literally theme my photos around the words of the title. 82 Photos that have relatively cold colour schemes. I plan to progressively warm them up as the book progresses (which is a subtle way of admitting that I don’t have enough photos to fill out the entire book as is.) I initially called it a best of collection because I figured that it would be comprised mostly of my older work. I realize now that I don’t have enough high resolution copies of my older work that could fit into the theme of the book. A cropped version of this photo is one that will be included near the beginning of the book. That’s one of only a handful of old photos that will be included in the photobook. (I don’t have to get release forms for the people I photograph, do I?)

I guess that means I’ve got to take seventy-odd photos that I deem print worthy in the next 3 months. Shit. I should get busy.

I’ve decided to try and get a set of Photos published. It’s really only a “set” in the loosest of terms. It’d more accurately be called a “Best of” Collection. I really haven’t taken that photo minor anywhere and it has kind of annoyed me.

I have a few “Beautiful Girl Pictorial Books” sitting on my coffee table. As the name implies, they’re photo books centered around pretty girls and fashion and things; it’s put out every trimester by my company’s Tokyo branch. I always take a copy when they put one out. Mostly to dress my coffee table, but also for a little bit of photo inspiration. However, since I rarely have models, most of the inspiring it did for me was in the page design area and it really wanted me to go out and publish my own photobooks.

So I’m planning to complete one by the end of this year called 82. I’ll speak more on it later, but for now I needa jet to work. Prospective cover: