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David Moenkhaus Photography

Chicago, IL, USA

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Untitled 4205 2017 - although this looks like it c

Untitled 4205 2017 - although this looks like it could be somewhere in the Middle East, it’s not. I photographed this series in #Markham #illinois, 30 miles south of #chicago. There is now a 500,000 square foot Amazon warehouse where this rubble used to be. And the rubble here was the remains of someone’s home. #illinoisphotography #suburbanrenewal #markhammetamorphosis #illinoislandscape

Untitled 9887 | 2017 | This image is part of my Ma

Untitled 9887 | 2017 | This image is part of my Markham Metamorphosis series I photographed in 2017, about 30 miles south of Chicago. Where there was once a very small community (buried in the brush and trees in the south Chicago suburb of Markham, Illinois) now stands a 500,000 square foot Amazon warehouse called IGQ1 #markhammetamorphosis #illinoischange #illinoislandscape

Untitled 9748 from my 2017 Markham Metamorphosis s

Untitled 9748 from my 2017 Markham Metamorphosis series 22” x 29” ed. of 3 | I’m so proud & excited that this image of mine was chosen for the upcoming @filterphoto Context 2023 group show. The show runs 3/10 through 4/22 at the Filter space in beautiful Chicago - The opening is 3/10 6pm-9pm! #markhammetamorphosis

Tear out 30”x20” - from Cardboard Code now on

Tear out 30”x20” - from Cardboard Code now on my website. I photographed graphic design layout symbols, printers registration mark & other symbols I found on cardboard packaging, at 5x life size #fuji #cardboardcode #macrosurface #graphicsymbols #symbols #offsetprinting #abstract

Pattern recognition 33” x 25” from Cardboard C

Pattern recognition 33” x 25” from Cardboard Code - a series I did 2019-2022 | you can see the entire series on my new awesome website at www.moenkhaus.com #cardboardcode #graphicdesign #elliotterwitt #graphicdesignersclub
“To me photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place. I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” -Elliott Erwitt

Radial & axial 2022- “Signs and symbols rule the

Radial & axial 2022- “Signs and symbols rule the world.” - Confucius | Yea that’s a real quote from Chinese philosopher Confucius and it’s a good fit with my series Cardboard Code now on my new website www.moenkhaus.com #cardboardcodephotoseries #abstractart #symbol #code #language #registrationmark #graphicdesign #toolsofthetrade

It was a long night - Happy Holidays everybody!

It was a long night - Happy Holidays everybody!

Some great work from Chuck Jones on the 1966 versi

Some great work from Chuck Jones on the 1966 version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas - I started out in Detroit back in the day shooting top lit cell animation on a huge Oxberry Masters series animation stand w/ motion control at a place called Illuminations. Chuck Jones is 1 of my favorite traditional old school animators along w/ Windsor McCay & Max & Dave Fleischer #nerdout #animation #chuckjones #cellanimation #oxberryanimationstand #Grinch #xmas #35mmfilm #filmanimation #gertiethedinosaur #kokotheclown #rotoscope #fleischerbrothers

Edmund Gwenn in a colorized version of Miracle on

Edmund Gwenn in a colorized version of Miracle on 34th St. I worked on the remake in 1994, & photographed by Julio Macat ASC. Original was photographed in B&W and Ed Gwenn won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting role. Both Santas were great I but I think Sir Richard Attenborough was a better Santa. According to the web, they had 9 cameras shooting the real 1946 Macy’s Thanksgiving parade scenes. Those cameras (which were probably Mitchell BNCs in 1946) and were pretty, pretty, pretty, huge #cinematography #mitchellcamera #santa #miracleon34thstreet #christmasimages #colorized

Deer in the headlights - 1/2” rubber deer from U

Deer in the headlights - 1/2” rubber deer from Uncle Fun munching on some deer moss inside a terrarium | #miniatureartisan #miniaturearts #miniatureworlds #smallworld #sandmarc #unclefunphotoseries

Strolling through freeze dried peas | Some grocery

Strolling through freeze dried peas | Some grocery store freeze dried ramens have peas, corn and red peppers in them. Not cool. It’s filler so I jettison them. #miniatureartisan #unclefunphotoseries #sandmarc #miniaturearts #miniatureworlds #smallworld #giraffephotography In the wild giraffes can grow to almost 20’. This one is about 1/2”

Wooly mammoth - purchased at Uncle Fun in chicago

Wooly mammoth - purchased at Uncle Fun in chicago many years ago and part of an ongoing series I began during Covid lockdown. Those are arugula sprouts that the little 1/2” rubber figure trampled on to get this image. #miniatureartisan #unclefunphotoseries #sandmarc #miniaturearts #miniatureworlds

Zebra grass in ice - final image from GFX 50s will

Zebra grass in ice - final image from GFX 50s will print @ 36” x 25” with stunning amount of detail #gfx #icephotography #macroice #waterphotography #zebragrass “One of the reasons there are so many terms for conditions of ice is that the mariners observing it were often trapped in it, and had nothing to do except look at it.” - Alec Wilkinson

Zebra grass in ice close up - Happy Thanksgiving e

Zebra grass in ice close up - Happy Thanksgiving everyone! #icephotography #zebragrass #macroice #sandmarc #seedphotography #waterphotography “You’ve got ice in your veins, but you’re smart enough to keep it from freezing your heart.” - Tijan Sentiment Lost (A Whole New Crowd)

Zebra grass in ice - everything is locked in ice w

Zebra grass in ice - everything is locked in ice where I am so I’ve embraced it. This is a cell phone test for a stock image. I’ll use the GFX for the actual stock image. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -T. Roosevelt #icephotography #zebragrass #seedphotography #macroice #frozenwater #seedbank

NYC Marathon DVR glitch 2022 - #techpressionism #g

NYC Marathon DVR glitch 2022 - #techpressionism #glitchaesthetic #newmediaart #glitchartcollective #newyorkcitymarathon2022 #tcsnycmarathon

Crime show DVR glitch - Usually when I find glitch

Crime show DVR glitch - Usually when I find glitches with people it’s in the usual Cubist style where everything breaks up into blocks or pixels smear. I’ve not seen this rare one-time “zebra bar” style glitch since this one. #newmediaart #glitchaesthetic #pixelportrait #glitchedout #glitchartcollective #techpressionism #zebrabars #cubism

ESPN ports pundit - I’m definitely getting bette

ESPN ports pundit - I’m definitely getting better #glitches out of the old DVR lately. Moire is still the biggest issue w/ these - photographing a grid with a grid. Funfact: moire is French for ‘watered silk’ #newmediaart #glitchaesthetic #pixelportrait #glitchedout #pixelsorting #glitchartcollective #techpressionism

Chicago White Sox double portrait glitch - DVR gli

Chicago White Sox double portrait glitch - DVR glitch this time #glitchaesthetic #newmediaart #pixelportrait #newaesthetic #techpressionism #glitched #glitchedout #pixelsorting #glitchartistcollective #mlbphoto #chicagowhitesox

DVR glitch portrait 92 | Early on, most of the gli

DVR glitch portrait 92 | Early on, most of the glitches I came across were on talking heads cable shows. #glitchart #glitched #newaesthetic #techpressionism #glitchportrait #digitalart #glitchartcollective “A ‘bug’ is often cast as the weightier and more blameworthy pejorative, while 'glitch' suggests something more mysterious and unknowable inflicted by surprise inputs or stuff outside the realm of code." - Alex Pieschel

Recent glitches - TV pundit glitch #glitched #newa

Recent glitches - TV pundit glitch #glitched #newaesthetic #techpressionism | I’ve been documenting glitches the last few years, from an old PC graphics card & a slow DVR hard drive. Most glitches I record are Google Earth glitches which are data heavy & mostly architectural. But when you get a glitch of a person on digital media like the web or basic cable, then you might get an interesting portrait out it. This is one of my favorites from last year on some cable news network

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