megan kathleen mcisaac.

mpdrolet: Megan McIsaac I’m so very flattered to be on...

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:23:00 -0700

Megan McIsaac

I’m so very flattered to be on Marks blog again. This is one of my favourite photographs, from the first lookbook that I did with Myrtle (& we’re about to start working on our fourth!)

jackdavison: Megan Kathleen McIsaac. LA. Another wonderful...

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:27:00 -0700

jackdavison:

Megan Kathleen McIsaac. LA.

Another wonderful photograph for me to keep and show my grand-kittens some day. Jack is such a great spirit, please do take a gander at his photographs… He and his friends (writer Becky Brown & musician Karl Jawara) have been driving around America for the past few months & just finished their stay here with us in L.A. (and are now headed towards S.F. & then finally, Portland.) They will be missed, but I hope to visit them in London someday in the not too distant future.

mark velasquez.los angeles, california.march 2013.

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:01:29 -0700

mark velasquez.
los angeles, california.
march 2013.

griffith park.los angeles, california.april 2013.

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:35:42 -0700

griffith park.
los angeles, california.
april 2013.

lounging around the apartment…los angeles,...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:17:12 -0700

lounging around the apartment…
los angeles, california.
april 2013.

jackdavison: Megan Kathleen McIsaac. Jack & two of his...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:32:00 -0700

jackdavison:

Megan Kathleen McIsaac.

Jack & two of his lovely friends (Becky & Karl) are currently staying with us here in LA. Definitely take a gander at his photography if you have a moment…

i can’t stop wearing this necklace.los angeles,...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:47:00 -0700

i can’t stop wearing this necklace.
los angeles, california.
may 10-15, 2013.

daily webcam self portraits…

acreationofinspiration: noemi aponi & @meganmcisaac at...

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:16:55 -0700

acreationofinspiration:

noemi aponi & @meganmcisaac at inspired women of la, meeting one.

photography by lani trock.

serious love happening between me and noemi. she is as lovely as ever and ive been inspired since we met (at the integratron in the mojave desert.) i have no idea what we were talking about when lani made this photograph, haha.

at home. los angeles, california.april 2013.

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:15:00 -0700

at home.
los angeles, california.
april 2013.

self portrait, lounging.los angeles, california. april 2013.

Tue, 07 May 2013 18:38:13 -0700

self portrait, lounging.
los angeles, california.
april 2013.

recent snapshots.los angeles, california.april 2013.

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:39:00 -0700

recent snapshots.
los angeles, california.
april 2013.

samantha.los angeles, california.spring 2012.

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:08:36 -0700

samantha.
los angeles, california.
spring 2012.

inspiredwomenofla: meganmcisaac at inspired women of la,...

Sun, 05 May 2013 17:20:00 -0700

inspiredwomenofla:

meganmcisaac at inspired women of la, meeting one.

photography by lani trock.

I spent time with some seriously inspired/inspiring women at the IWLA meeting. Lani is one of the ladies who stole my heart. She even made a nice portrait of me (& every other lady at the meeting) AND created the IWLA tumblr page. Follow it here.

jakestangel: timelightbox: Photograph by Kevin Frayer—AP From...

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:23:17 -0700

jakestangel:

timelightbox:

Photograph by Kevin Frayer—AP

From clashes in the West Bank and election preparations in Pakistan to the legalization of gay marriage in Colorado and battles against wildfires in California, TIME presents the best pictures of the week.

April 27, 2013. Bangladeshi relatives of garment worker Mohammed Abdullah cry as they gather around his coffin after collecting his body at a makeshift morgue in a schoolyard near a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh.

I had a brief former life as a non-photograph-taker for half of my college years at NYU, where I was studied the shift from American industrialism and manufacture that lead to globalized production beginning in the 70’s and really taking hold in the 80’s-00’s. Having ridden a bicycle across the backroads of America three separate occasions and on three different routes, I’ve been witness to the slow, withering death of hundreds of American towns that were built upon manufacture, and quickly faded once these industries fled to Asia and South America. Here, corporations flocked towards a land of desperately low wages, Export Processing Zones, and environmental calamity, and more than anything, inhumane working conditions, all under the guise of “savings” and broad returns for their shareholders.

While at NYU, I primarily studied the cause and effect of this geographic shift in production. To obtain a better understanding of the economic dynamics of this shift, I took classes at NYU’s Stern School of Business. Every economics class I took at Stern was beyond despicable, primarily for the school’s myopic treatment of human capital as a number, a statistic, a vehicle to lower overall production costs.

I remember my excitement when we got to the topic of externalities, which is economics little way of saying, “oops, we affected you by accident, sorry!”. For example, China’s abhorrent ozone pollution, caused by factories that find it cheaper to blow noxious fumes into the air than to manage them, pay no damages to the Chinese citizens that now suffer from respiratory failure and pay the price every day. My professor, who was ironically Bangladeshi, simply reduced the concept of externalities to something along the lines of, “shit happens”. Then, we continued along with our studies. I was confused and upset. Here, clearly was a goliath issue in the study of economics, but Stern was clearly hellbent on the principles of Profit at Any Cost, so I stopped going to the class.

Here’s another externality. You want to know why that shirt you bought from the Gap, or JC Penny, or Topshop, or Urban Outfitters, or Banana Republic cost so damn little? You want to know why Uniqlo can sell jeans for $20? It’s because a whole chain of people (and the environment) are suffering from it. It’s because multinational corporations- like every one I just mentioned- are squeezing every cent and every opportunity out of a legion of citizens in third world countries.

This disaster in Bangladesh, which so far has a death toll of 510 people, as well as the fire that killed 115 Bangladeshis in November, is just the beginning. It’s not contained to Bangladesh, and it’s not just contained to the news, or the other side of the world, or the corporations that have lets these despicable acts go on for decades. These are the clothes that we wear on our backs, every day. These are our choices too. Look through your closet, look at the labels on your clothes, look at where they’re made. Macau, China, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Brazil. Every time you see some rock-bottom price on a garment or appliance you buy, you need to think about how this came to be. How a t-shirt can be built from scratch and shipped across the world for $5.90. It’s not because of new efficiencies in shipping, it’s because people are getting fucked, their lives put at risk every day, for that price.

These are your dollars, and by effect, your vote towards the type of economy you want to support. Look at these photo, look at this pain and this loss, compound it thousands of times, and understand our relationship to this tragedy. I’m sad to say it will only get worse before it gets better, but only if we start now.

Renee Lilley.Los Angeles, California.April 2013.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:09:50 -0700

Renee Lilley.
Los Angeles, California.
April 2013.

self portrait.los angeles, california.april 2013.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:11:30 -0700

self portrait.
los angeles, california.
april 2013.

I’m so happy to share another interview with you, this...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:57:00 -0700

I’m so happy to share another interview with you, this time from VNDL Magazine. They chose the photographs to share alongside the Q&A so check it out and let me know what you think.

p.s. I just found out VNDL has a tumblr too…

stinson beach.marin county, california.march 2013.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:36:59 -0700

stinson beach.
marin county, california.
march 2013.

ricky (my dear friend doras son.)los angeles, california.april...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:13:00 -0700

ricky (my dear friend doras son.)
los angeles, california.
april 2013.

Jennifer Parry Dodge.Los Angeles, California.April 2013.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:06:35 -0700

Jennifer Parry Dodge.
Los Angeles, California.
April 2013.