KERRY SKARBAKKA: 10 Years of Falling at Kopeikin Gallery

 Blue Tree © 2002 Kerry Skarbakka

 Reflected © 2003 Kerry Skarbakka

 Studio © 2003 Kerry Skarbakka

Ten Years of Falling 

July 20 – September 7

Ten Years of Falling is a significant selection of work from Kerry Skarbakka's long term project, The Struggle to Right Oneself. "Skarbakka photographs himself perpetually falling to an uncertain fate in a series of ambiguous narratives. These images stand as ominous messages and reminders that we are all vulnerable to losing our footing and grasp. Moreover, they convey the primal qualities of the human condition as a precarious balancing act between the struggle against our desire to survive and out fantasy to transcend our humanness."(Kopeikin Gallery)

KERRY SKARBAKKA

Kopeikin Gallery, L.A.

JOHN EDER: Football Fever

Photograph (c) John Eder /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) John Eder /All Rights Reserved

Photograph (c) John Eder /All Rights Reserved

Eder's signature free-falling images
Photograph (c) John Eder /All Rights Reserved

I met JOHN EDER several years ago when he shot two covers for us for David Lauren's classic Gen X Swing Magazine ("The Magazine for People in Their 20's, the Age Group that Swings the Vote"). One of the covers was an Eder signature image of a young business man free-falling, and the other was of Matthew Fox, a cool guy long before "Lost".

The Football Crowd (above) was commissioned by Getty Images back in the day when they still commissioned photographs. "We had 65 extras in a stadium in Glendora going through all the motions. It was totally artificial, not a real game. I really enjoy directing large crowds. I kind of amazed myself by memorizing the names of all the cast so I could direct them. At the time, I was moaning about how I wasn't making much dough on this mammoth gig - 65 extras, a stadium, six assistants, tons of equipment, etc. etc., and my editor said oh you are gonna make money! Sales were UNBELIEVABLE for the stadium shots."

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