1 Comment June 17th, 2009 by IanMatteson
One of my best friends is a graphic designer and one of the best designers, as a matter a fact. He recently launched his new website. Shelby White is a great photographer, designer, business man, and great friend. He can bring anything to life whether it is your logo, your brand, or even your fresh new T-shirts you are thinking about printing, he can make it happen. His business name is Wanken, and with that said you should go look at his work and see his amazing talent first hand @ www.wanken.com
2 Comments June 12th, 2009 by IanMatteson
Salt Lake City has been a very rainy place lately which is very abnormal since this is the desert. With rainfall happening at least 1 - 2 times a day with low temperatures the hills have changed from brown to a deep luscious green. Today after the rain let up I went to the west hoping to catch some sunset rays and some green mountains that shadow our lives. When I got there I found that the farther west you go the more it looks like Montana from rolling fields to roads with few cars on it and mountains that are rolling with green grass and vegetation. Here is a look at how the west part of the valley views Salt Lake City.
Add a comment June 1st, 2009 by IanMatteson
Summer is always a good time to go on an adventure with your friends and find places or explore places you have never been. From just a park down the street that you have never wandered through to taking a trip to on of the earths greatest monuments. This time we all decided to go out to Spiral Jetty, a Robert Smithson art installation piece located on the northern part of the Great Salt Lake. After learning about it for the last few years in Art History and having it in our backyard of Utah made this even more satisfying to see in real life.
” Robert Smithson’s monumental earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970) is located on the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Using black basalt rocks and earth from the site, the artist created a coil 1,500 feet long and 15 feet wide that stretches out counter-clockwise into the translucent red water.Spiral Jetty was acquired by Dia Art Foundation as a gift from the Estate of the artist in 1999 ” (http://www.spiraljetty.org/).
It was a long haul to get there as well as one treacherous road, regardless it was an amazing day to be out on the waterfront hanging out with your best friends. My take on this art piece after seeing it is that the earth work that he did makes a point to have art in anything even if its just the land we walk on but this place was truly unbelievable. The location is a place no one would ever travel to unless it had a reason to be a destination, the Salt Lake no longer seems a lake it’s an ocean with massive mountains erupting out of water. The water and mountains go for miles until the only thing you can see is the curve of the earth, this is why I think Robert Smithson chose this location and the amazing design of the Spiral Jetty.
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1 Comment May 14th, 2009 by IanMatteson
It has been almost a year and my iPhone has snapped over 700 photos. From funny things that happen in my life to things I really take an interest in and this is the only camera I have with me. I make the most of it, it is better to have something to remember than nothing at all. This is a recap of the last year of my life, from traveling, being with friends, or just flat out living. They are in no particular order just put into a gallery for you to view. Please Click the photo below to view the gallery.
Enjoy.
