Using the phone for more than just setting appointments: Patrice Elmi is exhibiting art she created with her cell phone.FINE arts photographer Patrice In English, Patrice is a feminine first name. In French it is used as a masculine first name. It is related to the names Patricia and Patrick. Popularity In the United States, the popularity of the name Patrice peaked in 1958 as the No. 212 most popular name. Elmi refused to go digital for years. She held onto her 35 mm camera and scanned the negatives into her computer. "It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have like taking a paint brush away from an artist and giving her Photoshop A popular high-end image editor for the Macintosh and Windows from Adobe. The original Mac versions were the first to bring affordable image editing down to the personal computer level in the late 1980s. Since then, Photoshop has become the de facto standard in image editing. ," Elmi said. For her, it was more like a cell phone. Elmi's first solo installation show features 100 abstract photographs of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. alleyways and storefronts taken with her 1.3 mega pixel camera on a cell phone. "Views From a Cell" runs until May 19 at drkrm. Gallery in Glassell Park and organizers say about 300 people have come through the exhibition since it opened on April 21. Elmi uses rich colors and a playful play·ful adj. 1. Full of fun and high spirits; frolicsome or sportive: a playful kitten. 2. mix of shapes and shadows in her photographs cut in 6-inch squares. It all began one sunny afternoon last year when she spotted a green staircase staircase - jaggies on a walk to dinner. She had left her camera at home, but remembered a digital camera on her cell phone that she never used. Since then, she has captured about 1,000 images with her LG ZX8100 cell phone, Elmi said. When it came time for an exhibition, Elmi needed a sponsor. "It dawned on me, 'Oh my god, I took the photos with an LG cell phone'," she said. LG jumped on board and now Elmi's work can be seen on LifewithLG.com along with tips on how to be a better "mobile artist," such as setting the camera's white balance to "automatic" before taking pictures indoors or keeping an eye out for vibrant colors, textures and shadows. "Views From a Cell is about empowering consumers to utilize the camera function on their phone to capture life's good moments whether they are urban abstracts like Patrice's work or images of friends and family," said Melissa Elkins, spokeswoman for LG Electronics Mobile Communications Co. "It can all happen on an LG phone." Since then, the company has given Elmi a new phone with a 2.0 mega pixel camera phone and with it, she has taken 800 additional shots. "I am constantly taking pictures. I can't stop seeing these things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video The music video stars Shirley Manson, lead singer of the band Garbage. Track Listing 1. "These Things [Radio Edit]" - 3:17 2. . I see visual urban abstracts wherever I go," Elmi said. For more information, go to www.drkrm.com. |
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