January 10th - Half Way...

A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation.  - Tahir Shah *All images are property of the artist, Stacey Kalkowski. Please respect the copyright. If you use images, please credit the artist.

December

Criss Cross

PROJECT INFORMATION:

I teach art in Los Angeles and have been living in San Luis Obispo since July. Once a week I commute each way by train on the Amtrak Surfliner.  This project is an attempt to capture and document my journey with photographs, mental wanderings and train trivia.  

I enjoy the 'snap-shot' like quality that happens as when I use my point and shoot Cannon camera (the reflections and blurring of the foreground, etc.).  Taking photos on every ride functions not only as a travel log, but an observation of the changing landscape over a nine month period of time.  This spatial-temporal study is a montage of a year of my life looking out of a train window.


*All images are property of the artist, Stacey Kalkowski. Please respect copyright. If you do use an image, please give the artist credit.

November Rollin'

“Love is the coal that makes this train roll, 

Let me be your everlasting light.” 

—The Black Keys

LAX - SLO, Oct 2012

"I admire people who do things."

-(Bruno Anthony) Strangers on a Train, 1951

     

Late October 2012

Amtrak Surfliner: San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles

*All images on this blog are property of Stacey Kalkowski. Please respect the copyright, using images only if credit is given to the artist.

Tom Thumb

It was Peter Cooper, an inventor, philanthropist and manufacturer, that invented the first U.S. steam powered locomotive operated on a common-carrier railroad. The Tom Thumb was built in 1830 for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.