More Photos of Playa
David Licata | January 31, 2012
Here are some photos of my surroundings these days. Hope you enjoy them.
David Licata | January 31, 2012
Here are some photos of my surroundings these days. Hope you enjoy them.
David Licata | October 25, 2011
Here are three photos. Take a look at them, let them cycle through a couple of times before you read the text below the photos. What do you think of them as photos? The small photo is of gospel musician Blind Willie Johnson. The other two photographs are of blues musician Robert Johnson. Those are [...]
David Licata | September 27, 2011
Last week I asked you to help me choose five photos for a new press kit. The results are in! Here are the five images that garnered the most votes. #5 The model of Arcosanti #4 Bristlecone Pine trees #3 Sisyphus paper weight in Jill Tarter’s office #2 Allen Telescope Array with camera #1 Digitizing [...]
David Licata | August 23, 2011
Last year around this time I was in the White Mountains of California shooting Bristlecone Pine trees. Along with my video gear, I lugged my Polaroid SX-70 and took these. As you may be aware, Polaroid went bankrupt and so they stopped producing film, but an organization called the Impossible Project has taken up the [...]
David Licata | November 1, 2010
October 30, 2006, cinematographer Wolfgang Held and I landed in Phoenix and drove north to Cordes Junction, where we’d spend the next three days shooting Arcosanti, Cosanti, Dome House, and interview Paolo Soleri. November 3, 2006 we left Cordes Junction and drove to Santa Fe to shoot the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater. November 5th, 2006 we [...]
David Licata | October 5, 2010
My Google alerts for “Arcosanti” brought to my attention a stunning photograph by Niall David. I left a comment on his site and a correspondence began. Eventually I asked him if he would like to contribute some photos to this blog. He was game and then went above and beyond, writing an excellent post about [...]
David Licata | October 2, 2010
My residency at Blue Mountain Center is over. It’s been a productive and reflective month, full of great people and delicious food. Thank you, my fellow residents and everyone at BMC for making September 2010 so memorable.
David Licata | September 24, 2010
After the hustle and bustle and hustle of IFP, I am back at BMC, where I’m continuing to edit the BGMRP material for ALW. But first, I need to press the reset button and get into creative, artist residency mode. Here are some images of Blue Mountain Center, taken by my fellow BMC resident, writer [...]
David Licata | September 2, 2010
Friday I leave for another residency, Blue Mountain Center. I’m very much looking forward to this one, and I’m a little bummed out that I will have to interrupt this month-long stint to return to NYC for A Life’s Work’s screening at IFP. It’s a good problem to have and I’m not complaining. What do [...]
David Licata | August 22, 2010
I don’t keep a daily journal, but I do keep shoot journals and editing journals. Here is an excerpt from the recent Bristlecone Pine Pine Forest shoot journal. August 16, 2010 Travel day. Six hour flight to San Francisco, six hour drive to Bishop. I had done the math abstractly. Leave JFK at 8:15, arrive [...]