Stoked to see my first Flotography art show featured in Blisss Magazine. Here is a copy of the cover and article, you can read the text below the image. More photos from the show here and here.
SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG. WORDS BY WILLIE MARSHALL – PHOTOS BY ROSALIE TORRES.
On October 14th, we ventured out into the dark night, all the way up PCH to the Seal Beach ghetto to check out the Flotography Show, titles, Something Went Terribly Wrong at the Golden State Goods on Main Street. We were all sadden by the trafic event that had recently taken place just blocks from the venue – a crazy mad had recently walked into a busy salon and committed a mass midday murder, leaving eight innocent people dead. It was just a coincidence that Floris Gierman’s Flotography show was taking place later that week in a nearby venue, with good friends coming together for good times and a great cause to boot. DJ Wade was on the turntables and PBR was cold and free, making sure no one had any excuse not to come in off the street and check out the photos and the beautiful girls milling about.
Floris has been taking photos for some time now, traveling the globe while working for various companies within the action sports arena. A lot of portraits are of various industry folk, professional skateboarders, and weirdos alike. Some of the coolest photos were the ones of the “storm chases” that FLo has been on lately, a new hobby that consists of chasing huge storms across middle America, hoping to get eaten up by giant tornadoes and getting some incredible shots along the way. All of the art was reasonably priced and for a good cause, so whether you went for a free beer or just to say hi to your old friends, everyone left feeling good.
The proceeds from the art show help to benefit “Giving Children Hope”, a cause to help fight hunger in Africa. The money raised will be donated to buy food, medicine and medical supplies to help save lives in countries like Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan, caused by one of the worst droughts in 60 years in this region. Anyone who purchases the photos or donated to the cause was entered in a raffle for a chance to win some awesome prizes from Vans Shoes, Flip Skateboards and Volcom clothes. Check out more at flotography.com and goldenstategoods.blogspot.com
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