tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492Mon, 21 May 2012 06:19:33 +0000Emily BeuFacesPortlandNikon D80Nikon PnSRoad-to-WorkRoad TripEmily AbbsOCFOregonMuffinsBeerK1000MikkellerTravelParisBoppersDucksNotre DameBuckle UpHolga 135BCItchBlack and WhiteContentVincent Van Gogh HouseDaniel JohnstonWeddingDiana +GraffitiJewish QuarterNew ProjectInstantCorvallisDinoMusicScreen GrabBasilica of the Sacré CœurChristmas DayTodos SantosBandsVignette for AndroidCross CountryArtCollege FootballFalafelPolaroidChristmas DinnerVanishingEiffel TowerHippiesElephantsCraft BrewImpossible ProjectCivil WarMontmarteAdam BeuMexicoThailandFootballBeavers<center>the bent moment is a photography blog | images © matthew jasperson - if you want to use an image, please just ask | <a href="http://www.matthewjasperson.com/">www.matthewjasperson.com</a></center>http://www.thebentmoment.com/noreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)Blogger400125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-5281106249721500817Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:31:00 +00002012-04-15T20:31:27.305-07:00http://www.thebentmoment.com/2012/04/swing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-8304391762028750399Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:21:00 +00002012-04-05T09:30:14.302-07:00MuffinsRoad-to-WorkNew ProjectCross CountryItchRoad TripVanishingContentW H E R E I S A L L M Y C O N T E N T , Y O ? Hey All You Kid Capri's - I've got busy on my hands and in my eyes and ears. I've got busy all over me and to be honest, it itches a bit. So my hands are itching, not posting. The itch is over at WWW.ROAD-TO-WORK.COM and most of my time will be devoted to that project for the immediate time & future. Posts may happen here when the mood and http://www.thebentmoment.com/2012/04/missing-posts-are-like-vanashing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-5702442241702977303Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:56:00 +00002012-03-22T21:56:18.781-07:00N e c k i n g Some product from Harper | Birch neckties. Classy.http://www.thebentmoment.com/2012/03/harper-birch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-4735788395628083946Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:42:00 +00002012-03-17T11:42:35.965-07:00H A P P Y S T . P A T R I C K S D A Y A day like today deserves some special bread. Irish Soda on the table. http://www.thebentmoment.com/2012/03/from-kitchen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-3969573990085861147Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:48:00 +00002012-03-08T21:48:16.311-08:00B R E A D A N D C I R C U S E S A self portrait as a sad clown after pondering our current acceptance of panem et circenses. http://www.thebentmoment.com/2012/03/panem-et-circenses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-5535644180155613308Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:07:00 +00002012-03-08T21:07:49.379-08:00E A T W E L L Bacon wrapped pork chop, grilled leeks with rub, cornbread; that was dinner. http://www.thebentmoment.com/2012/03/its-just-dinner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-3311394923253331815Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:16:00 +00002012-05-14T14:59:56.854-07:00R E A C H & I N S P I R E Lately I've been thinking a lot about the boiled down process of creativity, creative niches, and the ideological enclaves that these niches develop. Someone recently asked me what I wanted out of life, what I felt I needed in order to be happy and successful on my own terms. My response was simply this; I want to live a creative existence. It seems that this http://www.thebentmoment.com/2012/02/look-and-inspire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-2747495274106189208Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +00002012-02-10T11:32:19.172-08:00P I O N E E R : A D A P T This morning I attended Portland Creative Mornings, a monthly presentation and discussion about creativity, where guest speaker JD Hooge from local digital craft studio Instrument talked some basic and simple truths about making good work. It was a really great short presentation filled with concise simple ideas and cleanly designed supporting visuals. Above are a http://www.thebentmoment.com/2012/02/portland-creative-mornings-jd-hooge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-3221172446056075493Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:14:00 +00002012-02-01T11:15:32.359-08:00N E W S P R I N T There's something about grainy black and white that says there's news to be reported. Well, this is my blog and I'll be self serving if I wanna be, right Lesley Gore? This week has been a pretty good one for me. Here's what's up, newsboy. 1. I was asked some months ago to to work with Feast Portland, the newest, biggest, and baddest food festival around. The request http://www.thebentmoment.com/2012/01/news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-1332004477868302336Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:38:00 +00002012-01-26T21:38:18.173-08:00B D A Y P A R T Y @ T H E J U N K S P O T I've been slowly working on a collaborative project revolving around homeless camping in the urban environment. In search for homeless camps, here are a couple of shots from a junk spot we came across several weeks ago. The juxtaposition between family photos of youthful moments found inches away from syringes suggests that there's a story ready to behttp://www.thebentmoment.com/2012/01/junk-spot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-7426088368868885293Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:59:00 +00002012-01-09T16:48:03.895-08:00I K N O W T H A T G I R L I've got a friend who just picked up her degree in apparel design here in Portland. Part of her final was to make these tops which she then needed to shoot for a presentation. She asked me to show her some interesting locations around my neighborhood in North Portland that might allow for unique backdrops. While showing her around I stood to the side and http://www.thebentmoment.com/2012/01/fashion-editorial-tests.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-4014585316032216318Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:15:00 +00002011-12-04T10:15:02.018-08:00W H A T S I N A N A M E ? Over at my totally official website www.matthewjasperson.com I've got a new series of photos posted. They're located in folder #1 with the current name of Haze Days. A little wavy and hazy with an edge of eerie, I've also toyed with the name of Phantom Sands. Admittedly, this sounds a little bit like a golf course, but still, I like it. If you, kind viewer, http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/12/phantom-sands-vs-haze-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-837072507395263537Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:09:00 +00002011-12-01T13:20:18.463-08:00http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/12/some-abstraction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-6696138374369984097Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:41:00 +00002011-11-11T15:42:16.095-08:00 I hope it's a good looking Friday wherever you are. http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/11/fall-fridays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-1179563854410218288Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:15:00 +00002011-11-28T23:09:29.297-08:00P R O T E S T . H A S . A . F A S H I O N http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/11/look-part-occupy-portland.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-2026640288180905904Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:43:00 +00002011-11-08T16:41:05.530-08:00B E A C H W A V E P O P P I N G B U B B L E G U M This Sunday I ventured out with friends (what up Eric & Brian!!!) to catch Real Estate at the Doug Fir Lounge here in Portland, Oregon. As in the past, they put on a great set that showcased music old and new. Cop their albums and I bet you'll find yourself in a bit of happiness. http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/11/real-estate-doug-fir-lounge-rose-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-1428011198756568884Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:30:00 +00002011-11-07T11:45:41.355-08:00M U S I C P E O P L E : T H E B L A C K S O F T Some outtakes from hanging around with the band The Black Soft.http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/11/black-soft.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-9016090373973675231Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:52:00 +00002011-11-07T11:32:35.105-08:00T H R E E S H O T S T A K E N @ N I G H T http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/11/ny-dark-by-b.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-2228255985260339882Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:14:00 +00002011-10-07T18:11:25.924-07:00C A R D B O A R D C R E A T I V E S A day with the mobs proved to yield too many pictures to post at one time, so here's a slide show. In it you get a sense of the many messages, opinions, and points of view that people are attempting to share and discuss through the Occupy Portland / Occupy Wall Street protest platform. The last image, the black and white one, is from their camp at http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/10/signs-signs-everywhere-are-signs-occupy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-4756472077071713551Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:20:00 +00002011-10-06T10:43:07.903-07:00C L E A R I N G O F F T H E P H O N E Oh, I was just clearing some storage space in my phone and ran through these various photos taken over the last year. 1. Drinks in NYC. That's what they can end up looking like. Back Patio at Trophy Bar in Brooklyn. 2. Daniel Johnston Space Ducks Installation at Wieden Kennedy, Portland, OR. 3. Some Zucchini Bread I baked and was proud of. 4. http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/10/free-storage-space.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-125446022421465638Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:23:00 +00002011-10-03T17:23:20.761-07:00O N T H E S C E N E We saw Bill Cunningham in NYC the other week. I actually had no idea who he was but luckily my special lady keeps herself knowledgeable about the world and pointed him out to me. I then snapped and edited this photo. An interesting and amazing New York fixture, he's been working the fashion world for years, the majority of them at the Times. I actually just heard that http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/10/bill-cunningham-runs-streets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-4402604024319699005Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:24:00 +00002011-09-30T12:25:37.105-07:00P O L A R O I D E D I took two cameras to the Factory by Erik Hart Spring '12 show for New York Fashion Week. Here's the outtakes from that second camera, my Polaroid Spectra. These were shot on softtone spectra film, purchased from the Impossible Project, and feature the use of a red ring filter. While at the show, which took place in the lovely highline room in the Standard, NY, I was http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/09/erik-hart-polaroid-outtakes-spring-12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-5030763681007287246Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:23:00 +00002011-09-28T12:58:09.037-07:00W O R K I N G G A L S Another post from New York Fashion Week, this one a brief look covering the TIBI show. I have to be honest, the entire week was such an event that I was pretty burnt by this show, and some of the details slipped right on past me. It was another packed house full of a,b, & c listers and the largest host of photographers so far (second image, left). The stage sethttp://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/09/tibi-spring-12-new-york-fashion-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-3468685113833111478Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:25:00 +00002011-09-22T14:31:39.225-07:00I C O N I C L A D Y B E A U T Y After a couple of smaller shows earlier in the week this Badgley Mischka show was a large scale production which was very fun to see. Everything from the music to the models was spot on and I've got to say, the hair was incredible, done by Peter Gray for Moroccanoil. I've read reviews of what the vision of the show was trying to attain, and I think http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/09/badgley-mischka-spring-12-new-york.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449904016123109492.post-2112770188855796517Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:18:00 +00002011-09-19T17:28:05.509-07:00E R I K H A R T F A C T O R Y ERIK HART shows a preview of his spring 2012 line at the Standard during New York Fashion Week. It was a great show with clean production in a wonderful venue. The look was great, the models were fitting, and photogs were out in force. I'd like to know who the music was, as that's the only thing I haven't been able to recall. http://www.thebentmoment.com/2011/09/erik-hart-spring-12-new-york-fashion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Matthew Jasperson)0