conceptual typography,
aspect ratio and
imaginating are a changing series of newsletters that are covering all aspects of my work: graphic design, photography, street art, illustration and so on. Issues will be posted here as they become available or if you wish them to be e-mailed to you please contact me and write signup in the subject line —MAX
CONCEPTUAL TYPOGRAPHY | FALL 2014—
the typographer as wordsmith
quoted: max singer's typographic sketchbook
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IMAGINATING | SUMMER 2014—
sobé days sobé nights
photo-impressions of south beach miami
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IMAGINATING | SPRING 2014—
urban flotsam survey
an exploration in words and images
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IMAGINATING | FEBRUARY 2014—
meet the no-bodies
new work by the artist maxy
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IMAGINATING | JANUARY 2014—
photographic deconstructions
experiments on the edge of photography
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IMAGINATING | DECEMBER 2013—
christmas countdown
twelve days and counting
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IMAGINATING | NOVEMBER 2013—
spring street boogie
a walk across spring street
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IMAGINATING | OCTOBER 2013—
75 views of the chrysler building
a new york icon revisited
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IMAGINATING | SEPTEMBER 2013—
silence
an exploration in words and images
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IMAGINATING | AUGUST 2013—
homage to monet
impressionistic photography.
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IMAGINATING | JULY 2013—
food glorious food
restaurant supergraphics
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IMAGINATING | JUNE 2013—
fotorap #2
fdrive-by shooting.
snaps from the backseat of a nyc taxi.
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IMAGINATING | MAY 2013—
neurotic t-shirts!
flaunt your diagnosis!
free vector download!
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IMAGINATING | APRIL 2013—
max singer: award-winning brilliant, extremely cool, rockstar graphic design, editorial illustrator and artist seeks gig$!
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IMAGINATING | MARCH 2013—
fontasia: experiements in typography.
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IMAGINATING | FEBRUARY 2013— they saw something. they said something. Since I began my “all we are saying is give peace a chance {john lennon} the edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place {rachel carson} you are never strong enough that you don’t need help {césar chavez} my only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work {rosa parks} . READ ISSUE: HTML version
IMAGINATING | JANUARY 2013— rebranding a civil rights icon LatinoJustice approached me to develop an identity and communications design package to reflect the new brand. My creative brief was deceptively simple: “Latino justice is one word.” READ ISSUE: HTML version
DECEMBER 2012 — yorkville: river. street. park! New York City has a slew of unique neighborhoods that attract 1000’s of tourists year around: Soho, Harlem, The Lower Eastside, the Theater District and many others. My neighborhood, Yorkville (see sidebar for more) is not one of them. The few tourists that do find their way here are usually stragglers from the museums of Museum Mile or the high-end shops on Madison Avenue... READ ISSUE: HTML version
OCTOBER 2012 — 500 tweets! 10,000 narratives ! Since I began my “career” as the street artist known as @angstville (at the beginning of March 2012) I have completed nearly 500 chalk drawings which I call “Street Tweets.” Over 400 have already been posted on @angstville’s twitter feed or tumblr blog. My goal is to complete 1000 drawings by March of 2013. (Good enough for a Guinness record?) . READ ISSUE: HTML version
AUGUST 2012 — chawkman speaks. At last, the true voice of The Street People will be heard and their tales told — albeit very briefly — before being erased from human memory by time, the rain, and cranky people who don't like Street Artists.. READ ISSUE: HTML version
JUNE 2012 — from yankee to yat: the new orleans work. Oddly enough, one of the best things about my NOLa years is an outgrowth of one of the city’s downsides for creative professionals. It was/is a small market and there was/is not a whole lot of paying, creative work to go around. As a result, in order to make a living one can’t be too much of a specialist, one has to be flexible, and wear many hats. READ ISSUE: HTML version
MAY 2012 — deju vieux carré. That's the whole point of this endeavor: to see The Vieux Carré, The Old Square — more commonly known as The French Quarter — with new eyes, once again, for the first time, every visit, every year. After all these years of living, working and playing in the Quarter I think I probably know her inside and out. READ ISSUE: HTML version
APRIL 2012 — the angstville chronicles. Ironic? Post-modern? Non-linear? Am I serious? To be quite honest I’m not entirely sure myself! I started this "Genre" with some stream of consciousness drawings and text in a sketchbook about a year ago and the whole thing, including the "Street Tweets," just sort of fell into place. READ ISSUE: HTML version
MARCH 2012 — come ona my house my house. What’s the point of stuff anyway — other than the very anal act of accumulation? Freud would trace it all back to toilet training, depending on the rigors of which, one turns out either to be the type of person who likes to save their, well, s--t, and those who want to dispose of it as quickly as possible. You can easily figure out which type I am. READ ISSUE: HTML version
FEBRUARY 2012 — quotations from chairman mitt. A re"Corporations are people, my friend… of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People's pockets. Human beings, my friend."—Mitt Romney to a heckler at the Iowa State Fair who suggested that taxes should be raised on corporations as part of balancing the budget (August 2011). READ ISSUE: HTML version
JANUARY 2012 — rolf myller's erocktica A really fun assignment for me, as well as an interesting change of pace, was the opportunity to photograph and design Rolf Myller's EROCKTICA — a book picturing 185-plus miniature masterpieces of erotic art painted on stones of every shape and texture from smooth to rough, perfectly reflecting the myriad forms and emotions of human sexuality. READ ISSUE: HTML version
DECEMBER 2011 — the ebony hillbillies live at lincoln center. WHEN Traversing the subway system of New York City, you're likely to encounter all kinds of curiosities; but one thing that's going to inspire a double take, even among the most jaded city dwellers, is the Ebony Hillbillies. You'll hear them before you see them, the haunting sounds of banjo, fiddle, and washboard drifting down the hallways over the constant hum of rushing trains. . READ ISSUE: HTML version
NOVEMBER 2011 — food glorious food. "Food, glorious food! We're anxious to try it. Three banquets a day — Our favorite diet! Food, glorious food! What is there more handsome? Gulped, swallowed or chewed — Still worth a king's ransom. What is it we dream about? What brings on a sigh? Piled peaches and cream, about Six feet high!...Then food, Once again, food Fabulous food, Glorious food." READ ISSUE: HTML version
OCTOBER 2011 — offferings for the dead "If at the cemetery there be any unusual delay in burying the dead, caused by any unlooked for circumstances, such as the tomb proving too small to admit the coffin, it is a sign that the deceased is selecting a companion from among those present, and one of the mourners must soon die." READ ISSUE: HTML version
SEPTEMBER 2011 — ai weiwei zodiac heads grand army plaza nyc. those born under the chinese zodiac sign of the dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with tiger or horse. READ ISSUE: HTML version
JULY/AUGUST 2011 — w is for wall. WALLS CAN BE: wannabe wanting wanton watchful weak weathered weightless welcoming well-defined well-ordered well-preserved whimsical whitewash wide-open wild windbag wingding wiry wistful witless witnessing witty wobbly worn woeful womanly womblike wooden workmanlike worldclass worthy wow wry... READ ISSUE: HTML version
JUNE 2011 — wolfman | dba | frenchmen a photo rap. Wolfman is New Orleans bluesman Walter "Wolfman" Washington, a bluesmaster and local favorite. D.B.A. is a great bar and music club down the street from Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro located on the Frenchmen Street strip just across Esplanade Avenue at the edge of the French Quarter. Frenchmen is Frenchmen Street is where the locals hang — with a dozen or so bars, music venues and restaurants set on this four block strip. ... READ ISSUE: HTML version
MAY 2011 — my year in pictures june 2010 to june 2011 It’s been just about a year since I began showing and promoting my work online: 1 new website (with the help of my consultant, Louisa Curtis), 8 maxblasts, 9 newsletters, 5 videos, and 26 photo-essays. As I recently began “publishing” my photo-essays as flash-based flipbooks on isssuu.com, the leading digital publishing platform, I thought this 1-year anniversary was a good occasion to introduce my readers (new and old) to this very cool technology... READ ISSUE: HTML version
APRIL 2011 — 75 views of the Chrysler Building she is the child of jazz and industry In a homage to Japanese woodblock artist Hokusai's 100 Views of Mount Fuji, artist/photographer Max Singer doffs his hat to the Queen of the New York skyline in this book-length (102 pages) photo-essay... READ ISSUE: HTML version

75 Views of the Chrysler Building now online at issuu the leading digital publishing platform or download the complete book in an expanded, i-Pad friendly pdf version. (For a quickguide to loading pdfs into your ipad, click HERE.)
MARCH 2011 — aspect ratio introduces max singer's fotophunnies issue #1: new yorkers speak their minds Inspired by a long-time fascination with the Photo Novellas so popular South of the border, Max Singer's fotophunnies are a mashup of his current work in digital photography with his background as a cartoonist... READ ISSUE: HTML version

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FEBRUARY 2011 — bayou deco, beachhouse bauhaus: the "commercial vernacular"of new orleans? When one thinks of the architecture of New Orleans, one usually thinks of wrought-iron balconies, Neo-classical plantations, or gingerbread Victorian geegaws and gimcracks... in “the pocket,” boynton beach, fla. Opposite Briny Breezes (one of America's unique permanent trailer park communities) is a deliciously authentic, city-square-block-sized, isolated beachfront community ... READ ISSUE: HTML version

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JANUARY 2011 — experiments on the edge of photography: what is a photo when a phone is the camera, a computor is the darkroom, and photos are pixels on a screen? including what is a photograph? and when is a photograph not a photograph? READ ISSUE: HTML version

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DECEMBER 2010 — one hour at the newscafé and other pictures taken while sitting on my keester including 7/20/10—3:41 to 4:41 pm (one hour at the newscafé), homage to robert frank (a ride on New Orleans' St. Charles streetcar on a cold grey day), and homage to ruth orkin (from my bedroom window).READ ISSUE >
NOVEMBER 2010 — from mali to mississippi and back: portraits of world music from africa and the blues diaspora including toumani diabaté (the mali connection), trans-atlantic recipe (orchestré poly-rhythmo), afrissippi (an unexpected surprise), black peru (hidden music), paranda (black carib/red carib), world music (in the big easy), bluesmen of new orleans, and behind the picture (faces in the crowd). READ ISSUE >

OCTOBER 2010 — reflections in a digital eye: looking through the lens at a world that's looking back at you including glass curtains (reflected glories), silly monkeys (shiny objects of desire), living dolls (windows of the soul), eyes in the sky (reflected identities), eyes without a face (got no human grace), and behind the picture (mirrors on the ceiling). READ ISSUE >
SEPTEMBER 2010 — photography in new orleans: five years after katrina, the big easy is more than ever a photographers paradise: including the beat goes on (if it ever stopped), out of the mire (the ninth is reborn), tradition reigns (not cigarstore indian), and off the beaten path (get out of the quarter). READ ISSUE >