cindy sherman-ish

Funny that I pulled her name out of the hat because everyone always wants to pronounce my last name (Schureman) just like hers (Sherman). But, in actuality, I am not Shannon Shhhhherman. I am Shannon Skkkkerman. So, right from the get-go, I'm nowhere near as cool as Cindy, but tonight I did try to be. A photo history assignment, making photos in the spirit of a socially important photographer... mine being Cindy Sherman. Took a stab at her Untitled Film Stills collection. Thankssss Little Miss Lorrin Alexis Anderson for bein' my model :]

and... of course... it snowed... we were in placerville afterall

walk to lunch: peculiarities

i walk through this little neighborhood everyday ... i love it ... and these were the things that caught my eye today:

timber.

superstar status.

flourishing antennas.

naked man in the leaves.

and finally, lunch. seen through the windows of a vw bus :)

shannon in class

here i am in class. and classes are proving to be exceptional this semester. the wheels are really spinning.

i have so many project ideas that i don't know where to start. but i will start. i will start.

sf moma

richard avedon is a god.  i urge you a thousand-million-billion times to go and check out his exhibit in san francisco.  it will be there until nov 29.  you must see his work in person, the detailing in the prints will send shivers up and down your spine.  killer.   i will be starting a project next month that is solely inspired by the experience i had at his exhibit.

sf moma is altogether exceptional. everything just reeks of art. even my barista at the coffee bar on the rooftop of the museum was an artiste :)

sunrise in the city: just me, the shadows & the birds.

san francisco, all morning long.

flying busses.

or just a salty birdwich, famous nonetheless.

pigeons & seagulls, the fog rolling out of town.

bird shiz & alcatraz

breakup?

take off

this was the only shooting i did all day really. then i got distracted by pomegranates on Union Street and bursts of laughter in North Beach. my photography trance was broken for the day. praise the lord.

order #2

"Froofies"

requested by Mom

froofy is a word we made up.  it can be used as an noun, adjective or even an adverb.  it is frequently used in our household to address or describe each other in situations of silliness or nonsense.  i often like to capture times like these with the iMac photobooth...

just went for an afternoon jog.  in trying to keep my mind off the heat i let my thoughts wander to greater things.  in that process, this incredible post-graduate photo-project idea arrived in my brain.  if i told you what it is though, i'd have to kill you.  check back next year for details :)

order #1

"whites & blacks"

requested by morgan maassen

wow, morgs, way to narrow it down there ;)

well i suppose there could be several interpretations, but i think i know what you mean.

alrigggghht, so these are just some arbitrary black & whites that i've had ready for so long but they had no real place in any other photo sets :)

but i guess they kind of make a set of their own here...  a bunch of subtly chaotic moments, exaggerated by the extremities in their whites & and their blacks.

thanks for being my fan morgan! i like you :)

taking orders!

no new photos to speak of right now.  but i would like to do some digging through my archives.. i just dont know where to start.. we're talking hundreds of thousands of pictures to choose from.  so i'm taking orders, babay!  

just give me a word, any word, and i'll find photos to match it!  i promise.

xx

"do you remembah! the 21st of septembah!"

there's this place .... Piazza XXI Settembre ... the quintessence of Amelia ... where all your wildest dreams can & will & do come true ... that is ... of course ... if your wildest dreams revolve around drinking 300 shots of espresso in one summer ... wasting away countless hours with old friends ... new friends ... best friends ... pigeons ... trying really hard to learn new languages ... fare le passeggiate al giardino alla mezzanotte ... reading fiction novels in the hot hot sun ... skimming through the newspapers with the old men ... seeing strapping young dudes in colorful tights, dawning bayonets ... spending your very last euro on mouth-watering amaretti ... and on occassion, withstanding extraordinary thunderstorms .......................  the public square that stole my little heart ... named after this very day ... the 21st of September.

Benigni <3

I told myself: "There must be people whose job it is to use the right words, put things in a way... who when their heart beats, can get other people's hearts to beat." - Roberto Benigni (Le Tigre e La Neve) 

i adore him

precious!

hahaaa :) i saw this youngster & his pup on my walk from school this evening!

east sacramento, ca

my new boss man!

yes yes ya'll~

i've been appointed as the official-photographer-intern for Mr. Arnie Schwarzenegger :]

pt. reyezzz

this place is so... magical?  mystical?  magnificent?  

f*ck, i dontknow! one of those "m" words! 

the type of place that reminds you how big & overpowering the lanscape is...

and that everything else is just absolutely tiny in comparison...

[home]

[family]

[deep.dark.woods]

[wanderlust]

[b&w]

[crash.into.me]

[papa]

[difference.is.time]

[cavallo]

[white.horse]

[wayne.thiebaud]

inspired by conor. again.

over the weekend i was staying only 30 miles from Sausalito.  

after hearing what Conor had to say about it there was no way I couldn't go check it out...

"we should move to Sausalito
living's easy on a house boat
let the ocean rock us back and forth to sleep
in the morning with the sunrise
look in the water see the blue sky
as if heaven has been laid there at our feet"

-Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band-

someone walks out their front door and sees this.  

i'd go along with that.

i have a knack for picking good places to eat 

(too good. it's a problem.)  

anyway this joint was on the main drag in sausalito. it was pretty delish!

super slick too!

wine soda? ohhh yeee bebe!

happyness

just across the bay...

i was on time constraints and was only able to stay an hour or so.  

i was sad to leave so soon but the drive back wasn't half bad ;)