Most know of the Independent Film Channel as one of the five, or so stops, on the tv dial (or sat menu) where you can enjoy quality independent films. Though, IFC has its hands in all kinds of stuff, from film, to music, to politics. One of the most impressive properties that IFC distributes is its web series. From IFC’s first web series Getting Away with Murder, to the quirky parody Good Morning Internet! the series are fresh and interesting.
Adding to the eclectic lineup is The Stagg Party, a documentary series of photographer Ellen Stagg. Snapping pictures since Ellen was 16, she went on to get her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Commercially, she has built her illustrious career shooting art, fashion, and celebrity pics. But her true passion is shooting nude shots. Ellen’s talent in this area made it hard for her to find a niche. Her collection was too artsy for porn mags, but to porny for sites like Nerve.com. So she started her own glam, nude photo site called StaggStreet.com.
With new episodes each Monday, The Stagg Party documents the Brooklyn photographer’s true passion, how it affects her dating life and relationships, and how she balances her erotic work with her mainstream clients. Most of all, it gives insight into the life of a woman who has designed a successful career on her own terms.
Check out episode 1: A Fine Artist. But, be warned it’s FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY!
What would be your one parting wish before you die?
Nicole Kenny and KS Rives are answering that by taking Polaroids of people and documenting the results. Add onto that the fact that Polaroid is a dying medium in it’s own right, and you got yourself a good thesis for a book.
And so put the question out to you, what do you want to do before you die?
(via Josh Spear)
We got three hot spots to check out photos from LEGENDmag’s recent BRANDED event! Thanks to Daniel Kokin, Tim Farris, and Tyler Mussetter for putting their time and skills out there for all of us to see!
** Pics from Daniel Kokin
** Pics from Tim Farris
** Booth pics from Tyler Mussetter
** BONUS: You can also see Tyler’s work featured in LEGENDmag 20!
Feel free to post your favorite ones in the comments, or if you have some good snaps from the night, post a link!
The Photo booth got really crazy, look for pics up soon! GO CHECK THEM OUT!!!!
Thank you to all the friends (new and old) who attended Branded last night. You made the night better than we could have imagined! We have lots more fantastic parties like this in the works, and knowing that we have your support pushes us to take things to the next level! Stay tuned!!
And extra special thanks to all the photographers, artists, musicians, DJs, bartenders, Club 6 staff, and volunteers. We are blessed to have all of you independent people in the LEGENDmag family and look forward to many more collaborations!
Photos and video should be up within the week… so check back! ARE POSTED NOW!!
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** UPDATE 1: Party was a great success, check out the coverage…
** UPDATE 2: PHOTOS ARE NOW POSTED!!!!!!
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Mark it on your calenders right now! BRANDED will be a night full of fun people, fun acts, independent business’s and artist and more giveaways then you’ve seen in a while. We’ll see you there!
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BRANDED (powered by LEGENDmag)
May 30th, 2008
Club 6 (San Francisco)
9pm – 2am
$5 @door
An event inviting the independent minded to come and see independent artist, musicians, DJ’s, clothing, and people.
MUSIC—THE GALLERY DJ’s
** JBoogie // SF / OM-records.com / J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science /
** Whooligan // SF / Ghettotechtronicboombap /
** Riff Raff // Berkeley / Northstar Zulu / Plumtree /
** Fooders // SF / Twelves Wax / Northstar Zulu /
** Rai-mon Nemar // OAK / Colored Section / Plumtree /
MUSIC—THE BASEMENT DJ’s
** PSOL // LA / Twelves Wax /
** Kozee // SF / Brapdem! / Redline /
** Ultraviolet // SF / Redline /
** Audio 1 // SF /
MUSIC—Live Room DJ’s
** DJ RockBottom // SAC / Colored Section /
** theMookieDJ // SAC / Colored Section /
MUSIC—LIVE ROOMMUSIC
** Moonshyne
** Live Manikins
** New Humans
TRAPPINGS
** Dry Soda Tasting
** Photobooth ft. Tyler Mussetter
** Floral showing ft. Aili Ice Designs
BRANDED GIVEAWAYS
** LEGENDmag
** Goorin Brothers
** Dry Soda Co.
** Tank Theory Clothing
** OM Records
PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW
** Norma Cordova
** Angela Decenzo
** Tiffany Eng
** Michelle Gibson
** Babak Gholamhossein
** Ken Goto
** Leon Henderson
** JJC
** Marianne Larochelle
** Amanda Lopez
** David Luraschi
** Dylan Maddux
** Jason Maggio
** Molly Mcdonald
** Austin McManus
** Tyler Mussetter
** Shane Nash
** Linda Nguyen
** OHW2007
** Nina Parks
** Matthew Reamer
** Adam Saake
** Kirstina Sangsahachart
** Tonya Silver
** Andri Tambunan
** Trevor Traynor
** Samuel Valensky
** Justin Visser
** David Walker
** Ohmega Watts
Amanda Lopez has been a staple in Sacto and the Bay Area for years now. You can check out her work in the new Mama Clothing look book coming soon to a retail establishment near you.
Thanks to D (What up bucho), Amanda Lopez (our Photo editor Submitted her photo to the Okayplayer photo month contest and got selected as being OK with the Okayplayers. One of the shots she used was one that graced the cover of THELEGEND, damn aren’t we lucky!
