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my new blog address

2009-08-18T16:12:00.000-07:00

http://boogiephoto.blogspot.com/ - hope to see you there!

थिस गावे में गूस्बुम्प्स

2009-08-12T19:47:00.000-07:00

I can't do this blog anymore, it's translating all my titles into Hindi and it's driving me crazy

poopbutt

2009-08-09T14:58:00.000-07:00

goodfood

2009-08-07T20:00:00.000-07:00

tata i beba

2009-08-01T07:56:00.000-07:00

99 luftballons

2009-07-31T21:39:00.000-07:00

,,,,,,,,

2009-07-29T21:19:00.000-07:00

roadtrip

2009-07-23T06:13:00.000-07:00

alien invasion

2009-07-20T11:01:00.000-07:00

cape cod

2009-07-20T10:51:00.000-07:00

...

2009-07-18T21:11:00.000-07:00

BINDER AGAIN

2009-07-17T12:33:00.000-07:00

New work by Alexander Binder
HERE + HERE
amazing as always

the one and only

2009-07-16T20:19:00.000-07:00

GREAT SERIES OVER AT JOOK'S BLOG

2009-07-15T19:19:00.000-07:00

click HERE

JAY REATARD wearing one of the tees I did with ALTAMONT APPAREL

2009-07-13T11:09:00.000-07:00

Tomatoes + Onions

2009-07-10T06:44:00.000-07:00

Sent via Boogie's BlackBerry

cape cod

2009-07-07T15:53:00.000-07:00

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2009-07-07T09:22:00.001-07:00

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2009-07-06T16:52:00.000-07:00

first tomatoes

2009-07-02T14:48:00.000-07:00

still green and tiny but soon, very soon I'll be eating the best tomatoes in Brooklyn

and here is the bird again

the bird

2009-07-02T09:31:00.000-07:00

2009-07-01T05:54:00.000-07:00

the bird

2009-06-30T19:24:00.000-07:00

yesterday morning while taking a walk around the neighborhood we found a baby bird that fell out of his nest. there was no way we could put it back since it was three stories above us and there was no way he could fly back up by himself. cars were speeding close by, he almost got run over..... so we took him home. we feed him a mixture of cornmeal and baby rice (with a syringe), and after a day he is almost strong enough to fly out of his box; the whole time he's been communicating with his kind, some of whom have come to visit him in the backyard.
the thing that sucks is that we can't leave the house for more than a couple of hours at a time cause we need to feed him. it's almost like having a newborn again.

paris, galerie olivier robert, very soon

2009-06-30T08:14:00.000-07:00

holy shit

2009-06-28T19:19:00.000-07:00

these are the employees of some supermarket on Long Island

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2009-06-24T13:22:00.000-07:00

belgrade

2009-06-22T19:19:00.001-07:00

SOCIETY SUCKERS

2009-06-21T19:10:00.001-07:00

I love fanzines ---- SOCIETY SUCKERS is a photo zine done by my friend DANIEL PELLISIER from Montreal , and I'm in issue #5. Printing is great, photos too, I can't remember what the price is, but I know it's VERY AFFORDABLE, so please email Daniel if you want a copy and he'll hook you up. They won't last long.

no I didn't shoot the cover.

but I did these

Prokudin-Gorsky

2009-06-19T05:10:00.000-07:00

AMAZING

crazy murat

2009-06-11T16:21:00.000-07:00

I've been wanting to post this story for a while.

In 2007 I spent a week in ISTANBUL, TURKEY, doing a project/exhibition sponsored by LEE JEANS EUROPE ... I shot for 3 days, and then we put up a big show in the GARAGE ISTANBUL space.
On the first day, while roaming the city streets, I noticed a guy walking around reading from a book. Of course, I snapped a shot and moved on. Later when we were editing for the show, we really liked the shot. A couple of days later, I did an interview for a local daily paper, HURIYET, talking about how I started shooting to basically PRESERVE MY SANITY during the madness that was going on in my country in 1993. Among others, they chose this image to accompany the interview ....

At the opening of the show, I noticed a familiar face in the crowd, and realized it was the reading guy ... he approached me, very excited to be in the show; his friend had seen the article and told him about it. His name was MURAT KOCAK, and he gave me the book he was reading from as a present. The guy had amazing energy.

The day after the opening I stopped by the gallery, and they told me that Murat had stopped by to give me something. It was his personal handmade diary.

On the last several pages of the diary he wrote me a note ....

Here is the translation by my Turkish friend ....

I was DEEPLY, DEEPLY touched, almost to the point of tears.

These are the things that make this life worth living.

belgrade

2009-06-10T17:04:00.001-07:00

..

2009-06-10T17:03:00.001-07:00

cooool

2009-06-06T17:26:00.000-07:00

BELGRADE BELONGS TO ME is one of the best books of 2009, according to PDN ...

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2009-06-04T20:24:00.000-07:00

DIY C-41 color processing

2009-06-02T13:16:00.000-07:00

yep, I did it, and it's not as hard as I thought it would be. maybe a little more complicated than b&w processing, you need to be more careful about the temperature, but no big deal. they make it sound far more complicated than it actually is.
I processed a roll that I found lying around, probably from around 8 years ago, and here we go ... so the conclusion is not only is b&w for losers, but so is color that you don't process yourself. SRBIJA!

fucked up negs

2009-06-02T04:48:00.001-07:00

While we were in Belgrade I gave 20 rolls of film to a lab for processing (btw, that lab was recommended to me by a photographer friend). Good price, all good, I went there, picked up my negs, and when I got home I almost had a heart attack. Two rolls looked like a tank ran over them. I called the lab, yelled at them, got my money back, but wtf, that didn't bring back my shots ....

So, I guess the only way is to do everything yourself. Color film processing too, I've never done it, but it's not rocket science.
I just bought a small color processor yesterday, and will give it a try very soon. Independence is the key. If you fuck something up, at least it's your own fault.

peter rauch

2009-06-01T18:53:00.000-07:00

my slovenian friend PETER RAUCH sent me his latest book, TRAFFIC KIDS. I love the feel of the whole thing, some great images and beautiful printing. I have no idea where you can buy it, but if you email Peter I'm sure he'll give you some suggestions ...

belgrade

2009-05-31T19:40:00.001-07:00

backyard vegetable garden update

2009-05-30T09:53:00.001-07:00

---- our garden looks amazing, it's growing like crazy, we already ate some radishes and lettuce ....

back in nyc

2009-05-27T17:21:00.000-07:00

commie spot

2009-05-23T06:12:00.000-07:00

This is the best trip to Belgrade so far. I'm even having a better time than when I lived here. We are meeting some very friendly people every day, and people are in general very good to us. I guess it's because we are positive so people feel good energy from us.
The other day we were walking around the neighborhood taking pictures, and some drunk guy invited us to his 'basement bar' to show us something interesting to shoot. Oh my god! Old communist flags, big framed photo of TITO, all kinds of communist memorabilia .... later I found out that this is where all the local alcoholics hang out in Winter (I guess in the summer they're just roaming the streets)

here are some snaps that my wife took

maya loves tomatoes, dogs too

2009-05-21T11:30:00.000-07:00

DREZNIK

2009-05-20T08:41:00.001-07:00

The other day we drove 3 hours south-west of Belgrade, to the village of Dreznik - up in the mountains, 8km from the main road, 650 meters above sea level.
Amazing. People greeted us like we've known each other forever, served us homemade rakija, spinach pie, cheese, kajmak and bread; and when I say HOMEMADE, it's literally all grown on their land. They have their own wheat fields, they mill their own flour, they have cows, pigs, chickens, sheep, they grown fruits and vegetables. 4 generations of the family live on that property.
The air is fresh there, I think spending 2-3 months per year in that environment would extend your life for 10 years.
People are unspoiled, simple and honest, kind and generous. You can't find people like that in any city. Cities suck.

if you are in London

2009-05-19T12:52:00.001-07:00

Check out the group exhibition that I'm a part of at the LAZARIDES GALLERY'S new location @ 11 RATHBONE PLACE.

2/3 of my intern force, brandon and jook

2009-05-17T23:39:00.000-07:00

my dad's minox/leica

2009-05-16T08:29:00.000-07:00

I was digging through some of my dad's old equipment and found this MINOX - LEICA COPY 3 megapixel digital camera I got for him 5 years ago ... cute little toy + it's the closest I've ever gotten to owning a leica.

new belgrade etc

2009-05-15T06:13:00.000-07:00

my wife's photos are getting better and better -----> here are some snapshots from yesterday - we walked for miles, crossed the bridge to New Belgrade, got really tired, took the bus back. I'm shooting like a madman, so inspired. And it's mostly color, so whatever I already shot in b&w now has a completely different dimension .... ok, I'm shooting some b&w too, although we all know that's for total losers.

the cutest + the smartest baby ever!

2009-05-14T05:01:00.000-07:00

digging through some old photo albums, here I am as a baby - shot by my dad; the negatives don't exist anymore - a whole box full of his + my grandfather's negatives got stolen when we moved. aaaaaaaaaaaaagh !

KORACICA, KOSMAJ

2009-05-13T02:16:00.001-07:00

Our friends live on the mountain of Kosmaj, in KORACICA village, an hour drive from Belgrade. He is French, born in Paris, she is from Belgrade but lived in Paris for 40 years. They came to Kosmaj to visit 8 years ago, and never left. It's obvious why.
We had a blast - amazing spaces, feeling of freedom, fresh air, friendly locals who took us into their house and served us rakija, chickens, goats, sheep, simple but great life. People who live there live a self-sustaining lifestyle, they produce their own food, brew their own booze, and just do some part time work for time to time.
Life is more physical, probably not easy, but people look happy and totally ok with themselves, they are kind to each other and to strangers ... complete opposite to the angry faces that you see in big cities, wheather New York or Belgrade.

We drove around a lot, went to the mountain top and then on the way back visited TRESIJE, the local monastery. One of the monks greeted us and invited us in, great great energy. As we were leaving the monastery, a little boy ran to my wife and gave her a flower laurel that he made ... very very very touching.

From here, life in New York feels like a bad dream, like a prison sentence. Anger, frustration, life that is about money and fame, and other ridiculous things. Do I feel like going back? ha, of course not. Who knows, I might just stay in KORACICA for a while. I wish.

cheers,

BOOGIE, KORACICA BASED PHOTOGRAPHER :)

life is good

2009-05-11T02:37:00.000-07:00

yesterday we drove to my friend's summer house near the town of SLANKAMEN, some 50-60km from Belgrade. Clean air, fish on the grill, chopping wood, drinking RAKIJA and beer in the afternoon are some of the things you miss if you live in New York ... after lunch we visited SALAS 137 near NOVI SAD and ate more great food and hung out outside. On the way back the sky was simply insane. So far this trip has been great.

topola, arandjelovac etc

2009-05-09T14:18:00.001-07:00

we took a day trip today, it feels good to get out of Belgrade sometimes + my wife has never seen the countryside here in Serbia. We drove an hour outside of Belgrade to visit Topola, where the first uprising against the Turks started in 1804, and then on the way back, we had an amazing lunch at Aleksandar Restaurant in Arandjelovac.
Here are some snaps from Topola that my wife took:

my grandfather's enlarger

2009-05-08T13:05:00.000-07:00

digging through some old photos here in Belgrade - here is my grandfather's enlarger, it says WEDNESDAY AUGUST 15th 1945 on the back of the photo.

phosphoros. alexander binder.

2009-05-06T04:53:00.000-07:00

every now and then I get an email from someone whose work really stands out. ALEXANDER BINDER sent me his book PHOSPHOROS a couple of days ago, and it's some of the best stuff around ... I don't know much about his process, but his photography speaks strongly for itself. amazing.
Check out his work HERE +you can buy the book HERE. his INFESTATION book is available HERE (considering the quality of work, these books shouldn't last long)

tata i beba u beogradu

2009-05-05T05:42:00.000-07:00

and more coverage

2009-05-04T17:12:00.000-07:00

by my friend CRAIG WETHERBY

click HERE

and more

2009-05-04T08:56:00.001-07:00

... more photos from the BOOGIExALTAMONTxMURPHY's LAW event, by my intern BRANDON BAKER. some really great ones

more from the event

2009-05-04T02:33:00.000-07:00

My friend Dante Ross filmed Murphy's Law kicking ass

check out the posting on Dante's BLOG

BOOGIE x ALTAMONT x MURPHY'S LAW , april 30th

2009-05-01T18:21:00.000-07:00

Yes I know I look like Neil Diamond with all this hair, but I don't really care.

So, the event on Thursday was insane. Tons of people showed up, thanks for your support my friends - and for those of you in nyc who knew about it and didn't show up, what can I tell you - YOU ARE A PUSSY. HA! unless you have a REALLY good reason, allright

The idea behind the whole night was to just have the most amazing hardcore party ever (no hip hop or other bs), spend money on a kickass band and DJs, and not on producing gallery quality prints - keep it oldschool, fanzine style. And we killed it. Murphy's Law were amazing, Jimmy Gestapo rules, one of the best people I've met in a long time.

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the Altamont showroom was the perfect space for a hardcore gig, low ceilings, no stage - direct contact between the band and the audience

my friends Haze and Dante Ross

Nami and Neil Diamond

John Stanier (former HELMET drummer, now BATTLES), me and Kostas Seremetis

Olimpia and Jocko

Neil Diamond and Jimmy Gestapo

Sean Dixon, the DJ

crowd going nuts

Raven, Murphy's Law saxophone player

alex corporan, troy denning and me

Kostas, Neil and Dante

after-hours, at the local bar

CHINA

2009-04-26T17:59:00.000-07:00

VISION MAGAZINE, BEIJING, CHINA

MAYA + RAMONES

2009-04-26T17:56:00.001-07:00

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2009-04-24T21:16:00.000-07:00

it's official now

2009-04-22T10:09:00.001-07:00

SLOVENIA

2009-04-21T19:24:00.000-07:00

FOTOGRAFIJA - slovenian photo magazine

on the way to Long Island

2009-04-20T15:30:00.000-07:00

EVEN IF YOU WIN THE RAT RACE YOU'RE STILL A RAT

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2009-04-17T15:42:00.000-07:00

BELGRADE 1998 (or 1997, I'm not sure)

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knock you out

2009-04-16T06:33:00.000-07:00

found it in my wallet

2009-04-15T09:09:00.000-07:00

--> my backyard vegetable garden will RULE

2009-04-14T20:58:00.000-07:00

the best song beginning EVER

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recent

2009-04-14T08:22:00.000-07:00

Thompkins Square Park, JULY 1999

2009-04-13T14:29:00.000-07:00

Her name was Dawn, she used to hang out around St Marks place

belgrade 1998

2009-04-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

a man shaving his beard in the back of a truck at the greenmarket near my place.

YEAH !

2009-04-12T20:52:00.001-07:00

December 2000, NYC -- gearing up for the 'WAR ON TERROR' aka 'OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATION'

2009-04-12T09:01:00.000-07:00

what a fraud ...

build to break

2009-04-12T07:19:00.000-07:00

It's sunday morning and we are listening to some good old straight-edge hc, namely the 1986 SCREAMING FOR CHANGE album by UNIFORM CHOICE. So good.

some recent writeups

2009-04-11T20:27:00.000-07:00

juxtapoz april 09

juxtapoz march 09

clout #11

maybe, maybe not, we'll see

2009-04-10T16:17:00.000-07:00

This is what Adrian Salbuchi, Argentinian economist, thinks about the current crisis in the US. And for the most part I tend to agree.

In Serbia in the 90s, we went through a similar crisis as Argentina, we had hyperinflation, bank accounts were blocked and wiped out, currency destroyed and devalued ... I remember, at one point for my moms monthly pension we could buy two pounds of onions, or one liter of gasoline (which people smuggled from neighboring countries and sold on the street corners in soda bottles ...)

And it was tough - old people were killing themselves rather than slowly dying of hunger, suicide rates went through the roof, very heavy and heartbreaking.

Unfortunately, the vibe in the US is similar to that in Serbia in the 90s. enough said, watch the video.

JULY 1999 / I SUCKED BACK THEN !!!

2009-04-10T13:08:00.000-07:00

going through some old negs that I haven't seen in a decade. This was a year after I arrived in ny, and of course, like many others, I was into taking pictures of homeless people and similar shit ... I also shot some color, not because I was crazy about it, but because people told me color sells better. Bullshit - it's all about who you know, not about shooting b&w or color or film or digital or whatever.

(just pay attention how everything is neatly framed, in a little box! ... aaaaaaaagh, bad bad bad!)

ha, this was also before I stopped shooting vertical images - again, why would you shoot vertical if your eyes are placed horizontally? nonsense :)

highly recommended

2009-04-10T07:35:00.001-07:00

RADICAL FILMS

garden update

2009-04-09T21:05:00.000-07:00

good planks and 2x4s, good handsaw, drill, good dirt, chicken wire, heirloom seeds ...

we spent the afternoon building garden beds and filling them with dirt. It feels good to make stuff, to use your hands - seeing the results makes you feel so good. And it's all so easy here in the US - you go to the hardware store, get all you need, they can even cut planks for you. No excuse for not growing your own food! (or at least trying to)

SUPERBUG

2009-04-08T17:28:00.000-07:00

My new toy has just arrived - it's a PETER ATWOOD SUPERBUG ... beautiful piece of craftsmanship. Peter Atwood is known for his limited edition handmade miniature tools of amazing quality. They are almost impossible to buy, he usually sells them through a lottery (you have to win the lottery in order to buy it); when they appear on eBay, they go for a lot of money.

I was waiting for this one for a long time, and when it was finally released - I happen to check his website at the right time, saw a link, there was no lottery, and I got one... I love it.

For updates on Peter's tools, check out his BLOG.

SUPERBUG is exactly what I was missing on my keychain

John Carpenter saw it coming 20 years ago

2009-04-07T08:48:00.000-07:00

I WANNA BE DON LOGAN !

2009-04-05T20:32:00.000-07:00

CLICK HERE

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2009-04-05T14:36:00.000-07:00

my daughter rules!

2009-04-03T18:39:00.001-07:00

being a dad is pretty amazing, and it's getting better and better every day. what a contrast to the first 6 months - that was pure horror - back then I wanted to shoot myself every day (thank God I didn't do it, I would've missed a lot!)

....... tuxedo moon

2009-04-03T07:50:00.000-07:00

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fixed

2009-04-01T19:22:00.001-07:00

my powerbook G4 died a couple of days ago - I'm very surprised it didn't die sooner, cause I've been punching that piece of shit for two years. My friend Phil concluded that the hard drive had died, did the research on how to replace it, which one to buy etc etc. But then I remembered that we have my wife's powerbook that died last year for other reasons ----- soooo, I opened it up, took out the hard drive and put it into mine, and that was it, I RULE. (Phil, sorry for bothering you)
I hate Apple - these machines are a PAIN IN THE ASS to open, they have some hidden latches, and if you don't have special tools (like I don't), your machine will look like shit when you put it back together.
But as long as it works, I don't give a fuck.

THE SCIENCE OF MIRACLES - GREGG BRADEN

2009-04-01T15:09:00.000-07:00

song of the day

2009-04-01T09:44:00.000-07:00

We are tired of your abuse
Try to stop us its no use

....

2009-03-31T14:29:00.000-07:00

don't look back into the sun

2009-03-31T10:04:00.000-07:00

CRO MAGS, EUROPA CLUB, greenpoint, brooklyn, 3/29/2009

2009-03-30T21:18:00.000-07:00

Last night the CRO MAGS played here in my neighborhood and my friend John Joseph (the singer) invited me to stop by ... of course, concert kicked ass, I didn't expect anything less than that - buuuuut, I had a string of bad luck. Five minutes into the concert, someone kicked my on-camera flash and broke the mounting foot, so my big camera became useless due to extremely low light. Then I started using my point and shoot, that was ok for a while, but then my battery died. I was changing the battery in the middle of the crowd when some stage diver landed on top of me, so I dropped the battery and the battery cover ---- thank God I always have a little flashlight on my keychain, so after 20 minutes of searching I found the cover ..... so yep, I had good 15 minutes of shooting alltogether.

here are Mackey, the drummer and John Joseph Bloodclot before the concert

here are some concert shots

finally ...

2009-03-28T20:24:00.000-07:00

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2009-03-28T15:08:00.001-07:00

color rules! ( b&w is for losers ... )

2009-03-25T19:00:00.001-07:00

neighborhood patriots ...

2009-03-24T15:35:00.000-07:00

the next generation

2009-03-23T15:14:00.000-07:00

I'm sick of HOLGA so I gave it to Maya