jeez, I was a little harsh on Jan in my last entry. Turns out there's an explanation for the meltdown after all...whew!

The only way this opening statement would make sense is if Jan Brewer was stumping for the legalization of marijuana. Folks, please f$%^&*ing vote. There are way too many Brewers, Bachmanns, Angles and Boehners gaining traction in our country.

Since I've mostly stayed in the host hotel for Photoshop World, it's no wonder it took me three days for my first Elvis sighting. This Elvis was posing statically on the street for tips and was making out fairly well. Les King is his name. He was on his way shortly after this photo was taken for another gig.

There was an article in Salon today about the indestructible nature of McDonald's hamburgers. New York photographer Sally Davis let a Happy Meal set on a table for over 100 days and nothing much happened to it. It looked pretty much the same and critters seemed to steer clear.

This takes me back to a series of sculptures I did in 1988 while living in Lawrence, Kansas, that dealt with the same idea. I made three large sculptures using Big Macs, frozen pizzas and Little Debbie Snack Cakes in acrylic resin. I dried them out for several days then coated them polyurethane and the resin. It took about ten years for the gases to finally break the resin. You can see all three pieces here. You can also view a video made of the burial of the Pizza Sink, made 10 years later in 1998 in Tucson, Arizona, here.


©1988 gary mackender

I'm attending my third Photoshop World Conference this week in Las Vegas. Attending classes by day, shooting by night. Here's one from last night...