{"id":5818,"date":"2012-02-16T10:05:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T18:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=5818"},"modified":"2012-02-16T10:15:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-16T18:15:18","slug":"the-ink-soaked-street-photographs-of-jack-hubbell-aka-cyclops-optic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/16\/the-ink-soaked-street-photographs-of-jack-hubbell-aka-cyclops-optic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ink Soaked Street Photographs of Jack Hubbell (aka Cyclops-Optic)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jack<\/a><\/p>\n

(From\u00c2\u00a0Song Tan and Seoul, South Korea<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a9 Jack Hubbell 1981-1983) – Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n

Eric’s Note<\/strong><\/span>: Today I am glad to feature the work of Jack Hubbell (Cyclops-Optic<\/a>) on the blog today. Charlie Kirk<\/a> turned me onto his work, citing the unique way he saw the world.\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Jack<\/strong>: To have something in common with Eric Kim. What? Perhaps you think it Photography, but no. Further back than that. Further away than that. Off to a nation called Korea. Whilst Eric\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s connection lies with ancestry, mine deals with birth. And by that I mean birth of vision.<\/p>\n

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There was a time in my twenties when the US military chose to send me to South Korea. Before this moment, I obsessed with landscapes and nudes. That whole f64 Group<\/a> vision. But it was shortly after my arrival in Korea that the notion of both documentary and street photographer was born to me.<\/p>\n

To have stepped into a library at this exact same time, and upon shelf found both William Klein<\/a> and Daido Moriyama<\/a>. There in an instant, my mind was either corrupted or clarified. You may argue your point of view, but I somehow feel I came out for the better. And there on the silver print, not composition as oil on canvas but rather, that of a splash of Kanji ink on paper. The brutality of the blacks dominating white. To see the world not in tonal scale but as calligraphy and there find joy in it.<\/p>\n

The best critique of my artistic vision I ever received was when my mother said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You know, you could make Disneyland look depressing.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Oh how I wish I had the chance, but I imagine they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d stop me at the gate.<\/p>\n

And finally, something I do not have in common with Eric Kim. He has the amazing ability to smile while he is photographing. I do not.<\/p>\n

-Jack Hubbell<\/p>\n

Photographs by Jack Hubbell<\/h2>\n
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ZOMBIES_8922<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ZOMBIE_0644<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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WHITE_7764<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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WHEELS_2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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WHEELS_1895<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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WANT_1065<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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TOOFLY_1248<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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TAROT_1643<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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SUPERHERO_8186<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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SMILE_9715<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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SKELETON_5905<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jack<\/a>
ROPE_5368<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Jack<\/a>
PRIDE_5618<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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MARQUEE_7121<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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GRAB_1903<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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DODGESTREET_6383<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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DodgeHate_7810<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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DEADHEAD2666<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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CONCRETE_6058<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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ATMOSPHERE_6479<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Follow Jack<\/h2>\n