barefootphotography

If you're a long-time follower of mine on DeviantART you may notice how I haven't been active for the past three years. Life shifted gears for me in several ways: I graduated from the University of the Arts with my BFA in Graphic Design, and now I'm in the process of finding a new place to live (or a way to justify staying where I am.) I built my web site (www.johnbaccile.com) and am working on getting it linked to my print store here. I've also began entering more online art contests in hopes that some of the exposure I receive might just spill out into the "real" world and relieve me of my current night job (loading trucks for UPS.)

Art Takes Times Square is an online art contest that gives selected finalists exhibit space in Times Square, NYC, as well as in the promotional video they're producing. I would strongly recommend my fellow DeviantArtists enter their own best works, and if you scratch my back (click "Collect Me" on this page) I'll be sure to return the favor!

It's good to be back. Looking forward to the dawn of a new age of exposure for everyone.

Ever since the 1970's, mysterious plaques have been appearing in the asphalt streets of major cities all over North America. They read:

</B>TOYNBEE IDEA
IN KubricK's '2001
RESURRECT DEAD
ON PLANET JUPiTER</B>



I'll be having a solo photography exhibit at the Bonte's Wafflerie on 17th and Sansom Streets in Philadelphia. Pictures should be going up around Feb.12 and be there for a month or so.

Bye-Bye Jersie
My parents somehow managed to finally sell their home in Woodbury. I'm not Catholic or superstitious and neither are they, but the old "bury a St. Joseph statue in your yard" custom seems to have done the trick. Their new house in Galena, MD has 2 acres of land and the farm across the street is likely to see the end of civilization before a Wal-mart gets built on it. My mom and dad aren't the only ones pushing south; this Friday is the opening reception for my first art show in Delmarva, specifically Ocean City, MD (94th & Bayside). I also finally decided to give up my old landscaping business that I've had since 2000. This year I began sub-contracting my lawn jobs to a kid who lived up the street from my parents, and he'll be able to assume full power as mexican-in-chief once I can secure a source of reliable income here in Center City.

I'm Gonna Double My Gallery!
I just finished my classification system for albums in my gallery in preparation for the impending blitzkreig of photos I'm about to upload. For example, while you were doing something far less interesting (and illegal), some friends from the Photo Society and I went up to Pennhurst, a mental hospital for children that's been abandoned since the 1980's. With over 300 interior shots alone, some are bound to end up here, and they ought to be easy to locate in the gallery.

The Last Summer Vacation Ever
Schooooooool's out. For. Ever. At least for the class of 2009. I on the other hand still have another year here at Uarts in Center City Philadelphia. I'd originally planned on taking classes over the summer, but they ended up being more expensive than I'd originally thought, and I since I plan on spending the time from the 4th of July through  my 21st birthday drinking moonshine in North Carolina, I don't want to miss that kind of class.