This is it, what five or six of y'all have been waiting for, photos from the Armory Shows. Even though the original one ended about ninety-seven years ago.

Photographer Philip-Lorca diCorcia, who allowed me to photograph him after I asked him. He complimented my suit I was wearing and I shook his hand for all of the work he has done.

More Armory Show photos after the jump:

Click "Read More" for a gallery of Midlake at the Bowery Ballroom!

I've known Valerie since I was sixteen. After leaving Bella Sun, Valerie began playing more guitar and doing gigs at Java Cabana in Cooper-Young. Valerie was my first subject when I started picking up the camera.... (click "Read More" for a gallery of Valerie June's performances in New York City!)

The days are winding down until I leave; back to the beginning. The end doesn't go out in a bang, or a whimper but perhaps with a "pop" - from the champagne. But nowadays, curating a show is an purest and rawest form of avant-garde; naming the show with twenty-one artists is another thing. Yet, in the course of other things to think about (i.e. "Am I making meaningful art?", "What goes in the show?", "Where the hell are my pants?" and etc.) a set of dilemmas comes up to exhume us into a realization of creative block and twenty-something alcoholism.

We played Brian Eno's and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategy (subtitled: over one hundred worthwhile dilemmas), which the 2001 edition introduces itself as:

"These cards evolved from separate observations of the principles underlying what we were doing. Sometimes they were recognised in retrospect (intellect catching up with intuition), sometimes they were identified as they were happening, sometimes they were formulated. They can be used as a pack, or by drawing a single card from the shuffled pack when a dilemma occurs in a working situation. In this case the card is trusted even if its appropriateness is quite unclear..."

I ended up with this:

And this card did help.

Our group exhibition is coming up in a timely manner (i.e. we're "hauling ass"). We will be the first group under the edited title of the program: "New York Studio Residency Program." Scrolling through the alumni list, I came across those who attended to the program. To name a few:

Alicja Trout Fall 1995
Matthew Melton Spring 2005
Hillary Harrison Fall 2005
Delbert Sisk Spring 2006
Miranda Powell Fall 2007
Anna Kordsmeier Spring 2008
Brenna Rae Dunlavy Spring 2009

It is a big honor to be the latest in the line of amazing artists that many know.

This week, I will be out photographing and printing but I will start posting photo-sketches to keep you guys updated in my going-ons.

Tommy "Set on you" Kha

It has been a crazy, few weeks. The one series project morphed into seven different side projects and almost standalone photographs. My fellow New York Studio Residency Program folks and I spent the last week finalizing our group exhibition title and showcards. We are the largest class yet and we are the first class to start using a new title for the program, which is "New York Studio Residency Program."

Around the time I left Memphis, my friends Elisabeth Callihan and Will Crabb decided to quit their jobs and travel to Central America. Now I'm inspired by their spontaneousness.

Follow their adventures here:

http://imaytellyoutorun.wordpress.com/

I have been fascinated by Photobooths since being in New York. Back then, there was the Photo Studio, the Photographer, the Operator (the one who took the photo) and then there was the Sitter.... (Click "Read More" for a gallery of Scout Niblett at Union Pool!)

Music has been a pivotal role for me becoming a photographer. I'm not sure many know I started out photographing Valerie June at Java Cabana (shortly after her stint with Bella Sun). But since then, I have been building a largely unseen series of photos of musicians I have come to know, performing in the dark, cloudy bars before after hours. Fortunately, I'm still remembered and recognized as that "Asian kid with the camera."

Click "Read More" for a gallery of Giant Cloud at Manhattan's Piano's!

It's been a busy since I started the residency. Dominique Nahas once said, "If you're not self-motivated, then you shouldn't be an artist." Since then, I have been working on three different self-portrait series. It is the first time I turned the camera to myself and been extensively researching, reading, layering, composing and photographing without having assignments given to me. This is on top of the fact that I have been seeing a wide range of exhibitions, gigs and sights.