Thomas Hawk Digital Connection

Somewhere Over America

*The Photography of Kevin Balluff*

_"i spend my free time sitting in traffic. it's sport to me. with nowhere to go, i'll prowl the concrete arteries of the city, counting women doing their makeup in the rearview, men eating an artery-buster burger, kids throwing a tantrum in the backseat like chimpanzees in a shitfight. ahh, i love los angeles."_

Kevin Balluff posts to Flickr under the handle eyetwist. His photos are deep rich colorful Americana. He shoots real film and has a flair for photo processing. The rich bold nature of his cross-processed images show the full potential of what a California beach can be and he's probably got the best lifeguard station collection of images I've ever seen. Like me he also seems to loves signs, and letters, especially the vintage commercial history that litters the great American landscape.

You can find him on Flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyetwist/ The set below is what Flickr considers his 20 most interesting photos on Flickr.