Terrence Sanchez.

Terrence Sanchez is my cousin—and he's a photographer.

I can credit Terrence for pushing me towards film photography.

When I was mainly painting, I would post photography on my previous blog.

Inspirations, references, and randoms—I would post a variety of things when I didn't have a painting to post, which was rather often since I wasn't doing a painting-a-day.

Photography slowly became a passion, and at the time my cousin was getting started with 35mm photography. After some talking I ended up going to thrift shops and finding point & shoot cameras.

After some time and some photographs I was getting some acknowledgement for my photographs, as well as some jobs taking photographs for people.

It all goes back to something, and in this case, someone—Terrence.

This month, specifically starting December 19th, he'll be having his first photo show in New York. 

He gave me the opportunity to design a one-sheeter for the show.

It's the sheet of paper that you see at most art shows & displays telling you about the artist and info of his or her work. 

I wanted to make it easy to read, simple, and clean. 

After providing me a photograph, a bio, and some mandatories, I wanted to make the sheet flow really well, while keeping in mind it was to be placed in a frame. 

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If you want to check out Terrence Sanchez's photo show, you can head to the Upper West Side in Manhattan at:

Joe Coffee
187 Columbus Ave
New York, NY 10023 

His photographs will be up between Friday, 12/19 - Saturday, Jan 31 

However, if you're like me and don't live in New York, you can check out his work at www.terrencesanchez.com.

Goodbye Friends & Family.

One of my favorite Seattle bands, Friends & Family, recently decided to bid farewell.

They played their last show on September 21st at Barboza in Capitol Hill.

I first saw them about 3 years ago in Ballard at the Tractor Tavern and was blown away. 

At the time a friend of mine was in the band, and since then I've become friends with a few of the members.

Their last show was themed as if it were a wake. In between songs, a member of the band would share their favorite moment being part of the band. As always, they dressed accordingly: all in black. However, there was an appearance of a gold-glitter-filled-beard.

Although Friends & Family is no more, I know that some of its members are already involved with new projects. Stay tuned...

In the meantime, here are a few of my favorites from that night. 

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All photos were taken on Ilford film with an Olympus camera.