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I really enjoyed Walker photographer Gene Pittman’s recent post about his portrait of skateboard videographer Ty Evans.  I immediately got excited when I saw that old school Powell Peralta ripper graphic, and I commented that the graphic was one of the images that got me interested in art.  As a fiery young dork imprisoned in [...]

I really enjoyed Walker photographer Gene Pittman’s recent post about his portrait of skateboard videographer Ty Evans.  I immediately got excited when I saw that old school Powell Peralta ripper graphic, and I commented that the graphic was one of the images that got me interested in art.  As a fiery young dork imprisoned in small town USA, I was riveted by the danger and recklessness that the image represented.  As an added bonus, Ma absolutely HATED it.  It got me thinking about other images that inspired my creative path in life.  Here are some, in no particular order:

 Picasso's Guernica

barrel

Oh no, what have I started?  I had better stop now.  What are your influential images?  Post them in reply.

  • eugenio says:
    August 12, 2009 at 10:30 am

    “If the Mona Lisa were in the U.S., I’m sure it woulda been a Big Gulp cup” Phrase of the day. Brought a big smile.

    This comment was originally posted on C-MONSTER.net

  • marshall says:
    August 12, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    I think if the Mona Lisa were in the US, it would have been a hail of bullets (and the shooter would plead insanity using the “Big Gulp” defense).

    This comment was originally posted on C-MONSTER.net

  • Joseph Rizzo says:
    August 13, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Okay, so I’ve discovered you can’t post an image as a reply, which totally kills my plan for a endless string of images in this post. You shall reply with links to images instead. Sigh.