Posts by Clarke Condé

Trump, the HR Department and a New Hope for the Inexperienced
Now, because of one man, there is hope for me and others like me throughout the country yearning to work jobs they have previously found themselves barred from simply because they have no experience. Who is this Chuck Yeager; this Jackie Robinson; this Harvey Milk of the inexperienced?
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I’m Writing a Novel This Month. You? Getting on board with National Novel Writing Month
I don’t think I’m alone. I think there are plenty of people that have a novel in them worth reading, if only they could find the time to write it. This is where November comes in.
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DECADE: Ten Years of Albuquerque’s 516 ARTS
I visited this week to take a look at the process of installing 516’s 10th anniversary exhibit DECADE, and the artists and staff that make it possible.
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Backstory: Photographing Hillary
I began to understand some of the day-to-day challenges of the job of being a politician and I really began to feel sorry for Ms. Clinton. She must have had to do this same photo shoot with a pack of locals in damn near every county in New York.
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Music Video Premiere: ‘Ya Ya’ by Prison Bitch
Bassist Lauren Poole says the video came together quickly because everyone involved was immediately on the same page—a page, it’s worth noting, where the characters have an affinity for high concepts, sweaty costumes and stabbing people.
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Backstory: Press Conference on the Pier
Standing among a pack of the usual reporters, camera in hand, I was trying to think of some way to make someone standing there talking look interesting—always a challenge.
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When Their Present Shades Your Past: When You Should Abandon Your Work
Who would have ever thought it would suck to be a Cosby kid?
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Exposures: Nancy Zastudil at Central Features Contemporary Art
Nancy Zastudil recently made a big upgrade. She moved her gallery, Central Features Contemporary Art, from its original cozy space on a side street in Downtown Albuquerque to a vast, sleek, modern gallery right on Central Avenue.
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How I Get Shit Done Let me introduce you to a technique I created called The Nine
I start with a list of nine items. I pick one and spend 20 minutes on it. After 20 minutes, I pick another task on the list of nine and spend 20 minutes doing that. I don’t answer the phone. I don’t look at Facebook.
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How to Photograph the Most Photographed Event in the World
The Balloon Fiesta offers a photographer a challenge unlike any other – How do you photograph the most photographed event in the world? Why would you, some may say, but does an actor ignore Shakespeare because it has been done before?
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Music Video Showcase: “The Answer” by Savages
Director Giorgio Testi has found a way to capture absent solid footing that a good show creates. Trying to dissect the shots on this video, I am convinced he often just strapped a GoPro onto a raccoon and threw it into the crowd.
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What’s Your Deal, Mark Beck?
Mark Beck is an American painter whose work draws from the landscapes of this country and echoes in the tradition established by the great nineteenth century Hudson River School. I sat down with Mark to talk about painting and the changing economics of being a painter in America.
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How to Build a New Dishware Collection, Part III Albuquerque food photographer Clarke Condé's New Dish Project
I had no dishes. I had no plates. No flatware. No pans. No cups. No glasses. No nothing. Zero.
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How to Build a New Dishware Collection, Part II Albuquerque food photographer Clarke Condé's New Dish Project
Among beer aficionados and some barkeeps, there is much debate about glassware. I am not a picky man, but given the choice of glass, I’ll take a tulip.
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The First Time a Magazine Stole My Photo
I was an angry teenage photographer who had little interest in doing anything that didn’t involve causing some kind of trouble that I could then photograph.
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How to Build a New Dishware Collection, Part I Albuquerque food photographer Clarke Condé's New Dish Project
The challenge: to begin to build a new collection of dishes that complement the food and add something to the aesthetics of a food photograph.
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