About the Photographs

The purpose of art is to expand the ways a person experiences the world around them, broaden the horizon so to speak. In our daily lives we are enadated with images most of which do little more than numb the brain. Looking and engaging with visuals which are different exercise the visual muscle, the brain. The more various styles of art we ingest, the better equipped we are to engage and be moved by those artist who are looking to develop new ways of making art. By moving out of the comfort zone we allow ourselves to engage in a broader world. Becoming familiar with unfamiliar gives life meaning and purpose. If you see something you don't understand, come back and re-engage it with an open mind. If we don't use the brain is like any other muscle it becomes slack and narrows the way we see the world around us. The world changes and people need to change with it and in order to truly live, people need to explore change so they can understand how their lives are affected and to live free of fear.

The punk photographs are not in the book Punk77 but from the same era. Some of them did not belong because they were not part of the story, ie Dead Boys, Talking Heads. One group are photographs I shot in the mid eighties and some are here because I like them.

James Stark was one of the artist instrumental in the beginning of the punk rock scene in San Francisco. Utilizing his photographic and graphic art skills James designed posters and shot photos of bands and people who populated the San Francisco scene. His photos were published in New York Rocker, Search and Destroy and Slash, among others. Several of his photographs and posters later were published in "Hardcore California", Street Art" and "Art Rock." His posters for the band Crime have become classics and highly prized collectors items.

Pricing:Digital prints, printed with a Epson 2200 printer using archival ultrachrome inks

Paper Size: 8 1/2" x 11"$50.00

Paper Size: 11" x 17"$75.00

Paper Size: 13" x 19"$100.00

To Contact James
email: james@jamesstark.com
or
Phone: 559-591-5620

Mail: James Stark
PO Box 481
Sultana, CA 93666