Katie Sykes Photo Blog

new polaroids

2011-11-29T15:42:00.000-08:00

antichrist project 1-16

2011-11-01T13:55:00.001-07:00

I use instant photos as a means to express my rebellion against digital
photography. An instant photo is the only true, pure form of photography
left in an ever evolving digital world. A photo is the essence of truth,
you want to believe what you are seeing was at least real at one point.

“The Antichrist Project” is a series of 18 Polaroids of famous/infamous
personalities depicted with words and imagery through the use of
street graffitti. Cut out photos were pasted to pre-existing graffitti
found in Brooklyn NY to express humorous notions of certain individuals
I personally dislike for whatever reason.

Katie Sykes
www.katiesykes.com

ANTICHRIST PROJECT 1-5

2011-10-30T14:06:00.000-07:00

ANTICHRIST PROJECT 6-10

2011-10-30T13:50:00.000-07:00

ANTICHRIST PROJECT 11-15

2011-10-30T13:30:00.000-07:00

ANTICHRIST PROJECT 16-18

2011-10-30T13:15:00.000-07:00

TV APOCALYPSE SELF PORTRAITS

2011-10-30T13:00:00.000-07:00

abandoned kansas part 3 of 50

2011-09-27T17:51:00.001-07:00

abandoned kansas part 2 of 50

2011-09-27T17:44:00.000-07:00

abandoned kansas part 1 of 50

2011-09-27T17:37:00.000-07:00

new bird photos

2011-02-21T23:05:00.000-08:00

udall cafe

2011-02-21T23:03:00.000-08:00

SELF PORTRAIT :BEETLEJUICE TALKING TO AN ALIEN

2011-02-21T22:47:00.002-08:00

self portrait in progress COOKING

2011-02-21T22:47:00.001-08:00

self portrait

2011-02-21T22:28:00.001-08:00

new series 1 of 7 photos

2010-01-04T05:25:00.000-08:00

new thoughts for self portrait

2009-11-03T15:35:00.001-08:00

i am sitting here on the side of the road...waiting to go into work
looking at myself in he miror...
when i filter everything out in my mind that society tells us should make us happy...
Im so happy i can barely breathe...
so seriously (FUCK)

joyland joy

2009-10-30T04:52:00.001-07:00

house on oklahoma hill

2009-10-30T04:46:00.001-07:00

idea for new series

2009-10-30T04:41:00.000-07:00

what to do when your mind won't leave you alone?
It wants to kill me, take my soul...the only thing of mine worth any value.
It's pathetic, talking to itself...
Confusion in my head, or is it clarity?
Voices from past lives protect me from the mistakes made in a previous time.
Evil & good intentions fill my head.
What's true? Who's right?
My only real thing that's mine.
Soul sold?
No regrets.

2008-10-28T07:22:00.000-07:00

IM THE SLIME

2008-10-27T19:06:00.000-07:00

new work :collages part 2

2008-02-13T00:05:00.000-08:00

new work : collages

2008-02-13T00:00:00.000-08:00

closing of art show :new works by katie sykes

2007-12-27T00:33:00.001-08:00

In order to give everyone a chance to see the exhibition, the Nasty Clan will host a Final Friday extravaganza on December 28th. This will be your LAST chance to see the show! I HAVE ADDED 7 NEW SMALL COLLAGES TO THE SHOW AND WILL SELL THEM AT A LOW PRICE... THESE ARE ONE OF A KIND POLAROID AND C PRINT COLLAGES... GET THEM WHILE THEY LAST.......

FIREHOUSE GALLERY, 1402 W. Douglas, Wichita, KS
Exhibition: Uncle Nasty And The Forgotten Children
Featured Artists: Spike Hemans, Katie Sykes, Greg Turner, and Dustin Parker
Closing Reception Date: FINAL FRIDAY, December 28, 7:00 pm - Midnight

Spike Hemans - www.myspace.com/spikehemans
Greg Turner - www.artworkbyturner.com
Katie Sykes - www.katiesykes.com
Dustin Parker - www.dustinparker.com

new collages

2007-12-07T22:20:00.001-08:00

new series : no love

2007-09-25T07:59:00.000-07:00

whats going on?

2007-07-29T20:04:00.001-07:00

i went shooting today with my gorgeous boyfriend dustin, and here is what i found...

Help the Wichita Center for the Arts : Photo Department

2007-06-30T17:30:00.000-07:00

Wichita Center for the Arts Photography needs your help. If you have any supplies or photo equipment that you would like to donate contact me. We are needing lighting equipment, film, old cameras, photo paper, mounting supplies, polaroid film, enlargers, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DONATE WOULD HELP OUT.
You will get a tax write-off for this, a reciept of donation will be given. THANK YOU!

new works

2007-02-28T19:05:00.000-08:00

so i started really asking myself why im taking my work to this juxtapozed, fragmented, hockney style.....
I was inspired by david hockney a few years ago and his style never ceased to get out of my head. i was intrigued and captivated by his approach and also by his immense desire to still refer to himself as only a painter and refer to photography as a hobby of his.....the more work i saw of his, the more i was inspired.
i started going back to all my familiar shooting places and re-evaluating what i wanted to say about these places and these objects....i started thinking how one single image can be mundane...something that can be easily looked at for a minute and passed on in a gallery.... i started thinking about how you could stare at a Rembrandt painting for several minutes, even hours maybe and appreciate all the layers of paint, all the detail and time that went into the piece...but what time is spent in a photograph? isnt it essentially just a fragment of a second?.....the shortest amount of time possible? its the opposite of effort essentially.... though the printing process of a photograph can be time consuming, typically it is not for me....now one can send off a digital file and recieve a print in the mail in a mater of days...so you can take a picture in a millisecond and recieve the image in the mail without so much as batting an eye lash...
i started thinking about how with one single image, sometimes you can see things that only a lens can see (wide angle lens for example)...sometimes a photo captures an image that the natural eye cant comprehend (for example an action shot)....i started thinking about if you combine several images to create one cohesive image, the viewer is forced to recognize all the individual images insteaed of focusing on one single image, and BAM,,, intrest from the viewer and time (how long it took to complete the art) are now effective in photography, not only painting now....
also the concept of capturing several seconds in time and connecting them is really interesting me..... instead of capturing a fragment of a second, im capturing several individual fragments of seconds and putting them together..I LOVE THIS SHIT

solo show

2007-01-31T10:48:00.000-08:00

one of the first things people ask me, especially photographers is "what kind of camera do you use?" To me thats like asking a painter "what kind of paintbrush do you use?" I know that seems like a retarded comparison but they are both irrelivant. It is not the camera that is used that means anything, its the process, the artist, the shot itself. I have a Hasselblad. I bought it mainly to be professional. If someone ever wanted me to shoot a wedding (got forbid) or a funeral (why dont we hire photographers for funerals?) or personal portraits i wanted a professional medium to offer. I didnt get the camera for myself, I got it for the prestige of it all, to show people that I should be taken seriously. I cant go on a professional photo shoot with my $200 sony digital camera (Thank you dustin pookie bear), or my polaroid sx70, though i would love to.......I have always been about minimalism. Not focusing on the technology of it all. I dont care about mega pixels, quality of lens, the only thing i care about is creating a photo that makes people recall a memory or changes the way they see the formal monotinous beauty in the world. I have only recently become obsessed with archival preserving methods. But even more than that, I have been concerned with the idea of the Holga. I know this toy has been around for a long time, its a huge trend right now in urban art. But I personally have never experimented with one. I am planning a solo show consisting of all brand new, never before seen photos using a holga with/without color lens'. I want to create photos that are raw, unperfected and full of vibrant color. I love the concept of a toy camera because it prooves (just like the use of a polaroid) that the camera is not essential to create a photo...its the eye of the artist that does ALL the work. the camera is a sidenote

new abstract birds series

2007-01-30T06:21:00.000-08:00

new bird series

2007-01-21T20:17:00.000-08:00

new self portrait in progress

2007-01-21T12:52:00.000-08:00

I am experimenting with using multiple images layered on top of one another to show the element of time. David Hockney experimented with this but from what I have read he was never really satisfied or very fond of his photography work. He considered himself a painter. He took photogaphs and layered them on top of one another as studies for his paintings. He is my inspiration for this new series im working on. I find it appealing to show how time effects the single image. I find it interesting to capture three different poses (as in this self portrait) to exemplify (did i spell that right?) the essence of time. I have been trying to do that with a single image but I do not feel its as strong as using multiple images. You can tell a story, create a character, movement, esscense......Its about capturing multiple seconds in one single scene. This self portrait im still working on. . . . . .

KATIE SYKES THIS WEEK IN JUXTAPOZ

2007-01-09T06:38:00.001-08:00

THIS IMAGE APPEARS THIS WEEK IN JUXTAPOZ ART!!! CHECK IT OUT!!!
CLICK IN THE LINK BELOW

http://www.juxtapoz.com/jux/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=22&Itemid=59

new fluttering eyes series!!

2007-01-07T22:04:00.000-08:00

katie sykes published

2007-01-03T15:01:00.000-08:00

click on the link below to view photos by katie sykes which were recently published in Iniciativa Colectiva. This zine is a online Art publication featuring young, up and coming artists from around the world!
Posted here are a few photos included in the magazine

http://www.iniciativacolectiva.com/IC/ICzine.html

sections from SELF PORTRAIT : OCTOBER

2007-01-03T13:44:00.000-08:00

here are a few photos from my self portrait collage i did in october 2006. I wanted to create a scene that made people recall memories or experiences within themselves. Art should be an experience between the artist and the viewer. I find it easier to relate to the viewers when I put myself in front of the camera lens. The day I took these photos, i was feeling like an old lady from the 1960's, dont ask me why. I am a sober person so drugs do not play any part in the eccentric, random being that I am. If i feel something or get an idea in my head, no matter how weird or unusual, i have to see what that idea would look like on paper, so I make art!

new work in progress

2006-12-27T07:30:00.000-08:00

self portrait in progress

Self portrait

2006-12-26T12:28:00.000-08:00

im working on a new self portrait.....here is the last one i did, ill post the one im working here in a few hours...