Donald Miller
Words per Mile
Writers, unlike actors or musicians, often cultivate a quieter brand of fame. Still, it was a bit surprising when Don Miller walked into The Ugly Mug—one of Portland’s most bohemian coffee shops—the morning of our interview and the whole place didn’t erupt with shouts of recognition. This being his neighborhood, it seemed certain that everyone there must know him as the genre-busting, best-selling author of several books, most notably Blue Like Jazz
I’ve worked with RISEN staff photographer Bil Zelman four times. Each session came complete with its own difficulties: There were 20 minutes allotted to shoot Ozzy Osbourne at his Beverly Hills castle. (The images were so good that the Oz publicity machine purchased them.) This issue’s feature on ... MORE>>
If they were taken alphabetically, aardvarks would have been first to enter Noah’s ark. Already among God’s strangest creatures, one particular aardvark named RV is made stranger still with the addition of a wheel and a racing stripe. In her book Eccentric Racing Network: RV the Racer Aardvark... MORE>>
When our own Aaron Chang was profiled for this section of RISEN, he had only one request: “I’d like my portrait to be done by Robert Maxwell.” Chang, who is at the top of his field, elaborated only by saying, “He’s one of the best photographers I’ve ever seen.” Maxwell humbly bats the co... MORE>>
I call Tim McCormick America’s most important artist because I believe in the man. I have been following Tim’s painting for years as he’s gone from an absurdly talented, hard-working, budding art-star to taking on the international scene with the grace, confidence, and courage of a bullfighter.... MORE>>
It seems the art of live concert photography might have gotten a little lost along the way with the advent of digital technology in cameras and, of course, camera phones. The concert-going experience is now marred with kids holding up cell phones instead of lighters, snapping pics which are immediatel... MORE>>
On the second floor of the 12 story faded green, 1931 art deco structure known as the Pellesier Building, in plain view of each of the letters of the world’s most famous sign, located in the heart of Sam Spade’s Los Angeles, is the home of an art enterprise known as Obey/Giant.
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The work of artist Rick Griffin crosses through at least three worlds—surfing, music and Christianity. His surf art, which began in Hermosa Beach with illustrations for bands like The Bel Airs and surfboard manufacturers like Greg Noll, led to a post at Surfer Magazine. There he perfected his cartoo... MORE>>
The history of surfing in the last 40 years has not been so much recorded in words as it has in photographs. The days when the North Shore of Oahu roars to life, massive swells on reefs miles from shore, two foot sunny afternoons with a few friends, little has escaped the lens of the surf photographer... MORE>>
From the earliest cave paintings to the kid who is right now drawing an unflattering stick figure of his math teacher, art is a basic human expression. The definition of good art changes with the times, moving from attempting a perfect representation of someone’s likeness, to seemingly random dots a... MORE>>
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