Lecture 4-13-09

Derick Holt

I'm not sure that his work was really my style, but I can say he's definitely invested in integrating a concept on every level, such as using food to make prints for a food magazine. What I did get out of it, was the way you can get work where you least expect it. He went to NY looking to get Graphic Design work and couldn't even get people to respond to his emails and such. So then he struggled just to get a restaurant job. He worked in a restaurant for 3 years, all the while bugging them to let him do graphic work fro them. Then the day came he got to design a T-Shirt - Live Free or Diner - I laughed. He essentially became the local restaurant guy and now designs regularly for three different restaurants, runs a website, and is in charge of designing the Diner Journal magazine. He also mentioned that the restaurants want him to design new T-Shirts every few months. This is slightly renewing my hope for the idea that I can use my art even though I won't necessarily be hired by anyone specifically for photography. Viewing his work also further strengthened the idea that the poster for our show was entirely legible and made me really wish that everyone hadn't decided on the simple black and yellow abortion that I threw together in five minutes in an attempt to show what kind of poster we DON'T want to have. Oh well.