UPDATE

read this [link] now.

It appears $spyed has released some sort of statement, which jark has replied "Do not let yourself be fooled by rhetoric." Hold it true, and don't let the Man take the deviants down.

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Hopefully you've all heard by now that °jark's no longer with dA. It's really becoming quite a disturbing situation in which the idea of community, apparently, has been set aside for capital gain.

The truth:[link]

Former staff member °euphoria has said this:

"It is my opinion that the management of this company, for the most part, lacks the most common qualities of integrity and honor. The focus of the CEO’s vision is not one of community or art, but rather commerce and capital. While these are not in and of themselves bad things, when they take over what really matters it becomes a problem and corrupts everything in its path."

`onestar and `krash have been coordinating the efforts for a Great Protest against the recent corporate actions of Dev. `onestar has proposed a day of deviation silence for August 7th ([link]). `krash on the other hand, has suggested everyone submit a yellow deviation, and comment on everyone elses yellow deviations ([link]). This community action is to show the powers that be that this is not how we want our dA to operate: Money first, Art second.

don't miss `justthorne's entry [link]



Staff members who've now resigned:

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Please read `liquify's journal [link]
as well as °jark's [link] and don't miss `bookdiva's [link]

As for me, I've only a little over 3 days before liftoff. I've begun packing, but things are getting rather hectic...and my suit is too big for my suitcase-oh the irony.

Paraguay awaits, and I still look forward to it with "frenzied anticipation."

I don't have much of a choice but to grind my devAction to a halt after a few days as I'll have limited access, but for the rest of you, read and do this [link]

Alex
in paraguay soon

0006 29 July. Just about 4 hours and 5 days until I head to Mitchell Int. Airport in Milwaukee then it's 6AM->Cincinnati->Miami. Then Miami->Sao Paulo->Asuncion. Wow. Shopping is done. Packing is not.

I think I'll take the Canon A-1 instead of my even older FTb. Only problem: the A-1 must have a battery to function whereas the FTb can run without one (only the light meter needs the battery, and I haven't been using it). I feel wary being dependent upon one battery and another backup for a year...maybe I'll sneak the FTb in another piece of luggage as a backup.

Film is purchased: 8rolls Kodak 400 max, 3 rolls Kodak B&W, 1 roll Kdk 100, 1 roll Kdk 200. I bought this excellent camera bag on Wednesday. It's a Sony (grr, I know, but at least it's not a camera) backback type thing with a detachable shoulder bag in the bottom. It fits the A-1 with macro attached, macro adapter and the Nikon digi in the shoulder portion with the telemacro, 120mm tele, flash unit1, and macro tripod in the backpack portion. I still need to figure out where to put that second camera and the 50mm. There are a number of little elastic pockets everywhere to put film, pads of paper, notes, etc in. It'll be a much more accomodating camera bag than my "bread bag" messenger bag.

I got the trumpet from back from the shop. All 8 billion mouthpieces are now packed and ready to go. Got my debit card checked out, and we can only hope the Paraguayan ATMs are feeling friendly . I still need to get a haircut and I need to learn more spanish.

Friday. Today I guess: I get the last of the Rabies vaccine series, get my cholorquine Rx and chill for a bit.

We'll see what goes down.

Cheers,
Alex

Check out the "one who left DA" part of me at
and this dude has a few awesome portraits ~jabala

also check the clubs:




The man's got °jark down.
show your support with a and a [link]

°jark

Well, here we are again. It's the wee hours of the 20th of July,which means I've 14 days left before I hop on a plane to Miami, then board another to Sao Paulo and yet another to Asuncion, Paraguay.

I have some new work I've finally developed. It's not much, but that's what I get when I try to bracket and be stingy with my film at the same time. Mostly flower macro if I haven't forgotten. I'll try to get that up soon, I just have a lot of stuff I'm trying to get finished right now.

Once I'm settled in Paraguay, I'll try to send some shots out here. I'll be in a city, so fewer flower macro shots (though Paraguay has some kickass orchids that I just can't wait to get my film around) and more urban etc. I have 3 rolls of kodak B&W packed already, so I should get some awesome shots of the rampant smuggling in Ciudad del Este. I hope I have some computer access as well so I can get my digi shots out of my camera. I'd hate to end up rationing a memory stick.

It looks like I have some good work ahead of me, so keep an eye out, and don't let the man get you down.

Cheers
-Alex


Check out the "one who left DA" part of me at

also check the clubs:

I return. Virtually no one knows me here, and maybe that's a good thing. I'm not a deviant newbie as the join date implies. This is a new account for me.

Several years ago I started an account under the name pyro-chernobyl. This account and its gallery don't really fit me anymore, but I want to preserve that art, so here's the new account.

I've purchased a new digital camera with a rockin 5.1 mp, so i'll be having some digi fun, as well as continuing the work with my old canon and macro lenses.

Cheers.