Photo by Alex Greenburg
There's nothing new under the sun, it's not what you do, but how it's done.
I recently watched Beautiful Losers, a documentary recommended to me by a friend and teammate, Greenburg, and now recommended by me too. The documentary details the story of artists like Shepard Fairey, Mark Gonzales, Spike Jonze, Margaret Kilgallen, Mike Mills, Barry McGee, Phil Frost, Chris Johanson, Harmony Korine, and Ed Templeton. More often than not, the manifestations of cultural accomplishments have been the result of a few like-minded people coming together to create something new and original for no other purpose than a common love of doing it. Usually starting as a sub-culture. I see a lot of similarities in the way that Greenburg and the rest of the people at The Sub in San Francisco operate. The Sub is a cooperative studio based out of the Mission in San Francisco @ 199 Capp Street. They display art, host events, throw parties, and use their space as a working studio. The resident artists are Johnny Hwin, Nick Lane-Sebastian, Sebastian Parker, and Alex Greenburg. Above is a photograph by Greenburg. His work is always on display at The SUB in the form of 35mm film slide-shows, which are available by appointment. He can also be hired for commercial photography. I suggest checkin' out his statement on his website, and his Red series in the slideshow, it's like Picasso photography.
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