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Being Brad Pitt

I lied in my previous post. I have done a few small pieces lately, including this Brad Pitt make-over, painted over The Hollywood Reporter cover with Frank W. Ockenfels 3′s portrait of the actor/producer. In a time of photographs being “upgraded” with Photoshop, it’s nice to be able to “downgrade” one with “finger paint”, which is pretty much what oil pastels feels to me. “Happiness is oil pastel in your fingernails.” Of course, as always, this piece is work in progress.

Sorry, Brad. Really. Especially after all the good work you do in New Orleans, building the neighborhood with sustainable homes, through Make It Right, which, by the way, it’s going global.

I was lucky to meet and photograph other people who are making it right in New Orleans. The story was published in different publications, including El Mundo. You can see a gallery of really cool people in the Mercury Press archives: Rebuilding New Orleans five years after Katrina

A touch of humor to end this post:

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LA Auto Show video for Autoweek Netherlands

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I worked with Roy Kleijwegt at the Los Angeles Auto Show to film this video, which was then edited beautifully by Jelmer Meijer. Time to catch up on your Dutch.

Edward O. Wilson Video

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Edward Osborne Wilson received Carlos Fresneda and I at his office in Stanford University on the occasion of being recognized with the BBVA Prize on Conservation Biology and Ecology. I prepared the short video seen here, which Pablo Jaúregui, from El Mundo, kindly translated and narrated in Spanish in the El Mundo Ciencia website. My environmental portrait of E.O. Wilson was also published alongside Carlos Fresneda’s entry in the EcoHeroes blog. Mr. Wilson, 82, is an optimist and a pleasure to be around. Congratulations on your prize!

 

The Seven Lives of Julio García

The children, sister and widow of Julio Garcia. Photo: ©2011 Isaac Hernández

The New York Times published a wonderful story about a man who died and saved seven lives in the process, thanks to the organs that his wife made available to people in the transplant waiting list. You can see the story here.

The photo by Béatrice de Géa was also published in the story that Carlos Fresneda did for El Mundo Crónica, the printed weekly supplement, alongside one of my photos. Carlos wrote another story for elmundo.es, along with the video I prepared. And I wrote another piece about what a movie about Julio could be like, directed perhaps by Iñarritu.

Mirtala is an amazing woman. She shared her home and her love for her husband with us. She even showed us a video of her husband giving a sermon at their church.

 

Willemstad trailer

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A little video to celebrate the birth of The House of Six Doors by Patricia Selbert, with original music composed and performed by Stefan Selbert and photographs by moi, Isaac Hernández. Chapeau!

“The End of Rainbows” Casting Call

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The End of Rainbows Casting Call from Isaac Hernandez on Vimeo.

OAS Middle School presents: “The End of Rainbows”, an original play, written and directed by Isaac Hernandez, in collaboration with David’s 6th-8th grade class. World Premiere: March 24, 2011. La Colina Auditorium, Santa Barbara.

I’m supposed to write a play loosely based on the kids’ invented characters. I’m typing away as you view this. Do not disturb me this weekend. :)

Video About Video Art

During my last trip to New York, I filmed a short for El Mundo, which I quickly edited

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Scan Me, Wikileak Me

I’m going to give you a piece of my mind. Given the full exposure to which citizens and government have been subject to in the last few days Read more

JournalbytheSeas.com redesign

JournalbytheSeas.com has a new look. This time I worked from a template by GraphPaperPress, again under the direction of author Patricia Selbert, and with technical assistance from Alicia St. Rose. If you would like a simple and beautiful website like this, we can help.

PatriciaSelbert.com launches


I’m proud to announce the launch of Patricia Selbert’s author website, which I designed, starting with a FlipBlog template, under the direction of Patricia, with the technical assistance of Alicia St. Rose.