Cogs - 2003

kinda gotta see this poop big

i did it for a band that shall remain unamed, they didn't like it, which made me like them less.

fuckers.

now you know why i dont work on spec.

pearls before swine dood.

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rafmad says:

Magritte went nuts!

btw: socialism?..what the...!?
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

MathewS says:

Communism works on paper...
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

padraic woods says:

cool
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

regularjoe says:

wow dood. there's a crapload of work there for spec.

spec sucks

this doesn't
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

DrQ2 says:

How fantastic... Very cool indeed

Q x
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Luis Montemayor says:

This its really great! They don't know what they are missing
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

wimdejonge says:

well, i like it! does that mean you like me better?

(oh no that doens't work 'cuz i don't pay, hehe)

it's cool to see something else than the stuff you do normally. must've been a shitload of work to clone all these guys in there, sorry you didn't get properly rewarded
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

BLCKMRKTLOVE says:

Merk...That shit is hot!!!
Musicians are GAY...(~..+)
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

lenaah says:

this rocks.

stupid band.

what kinda person wouldn't like this?!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

chris mathias [deleted] says:

well... I like it.... :D
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Alex Edouard says:

SOBs - looks like a lot of hard work and I like the end result. Most bands are posers anyway! Photography is the new rock and roll - you knows it!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

PhotoGsy says:

This is superb!
Much as I love your noods, its great to see some other stuff from you; awesome work.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

japanese forms says:

Like this, maaaan. Makes a change from tits 'n' ass.
I remember taking part in an anti-nuclear demonstration in Glasgow some years ago where the thousands of participants wore paper bags on their heads to show just how uneffective UK defence would be in case of nuclear war.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Tomasz Nowak says:

Well done!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

btezra [deleted] says:

~size matters, you are right~
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

=Thomas= says:

Looks absolutly brilliant - very well done dude. Must have been a lot of work. Fuck the band!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Drome  says:

is that a basketbal hanging on the arm of the 9th guy from the right :)
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

nolimits says:

Actually... Pearls Before Swine was an obscure psychaydellick moo-sic as art rock band from the gone but not forgotten Sixties but, most of you wouldn't know that because you'd have to be born in the fucking fifties just to be old enough to have made this trivial mental note. I'm not sure if that applies here, though. Kinda makes you nostalgic for album cover art that you could actually see. (what's an album??)

Otherwise, the photographer in me is of the opinion that he likes this shot and that Merk should have received (at least) some currency for his efforts (whatever currency is legal in the land of Merkly Free Speech)
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

bclarkesmith says:

fuck em - it rules!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Giorgos~ says:

O.K. you are a great photographer but (at least in this occasion) a louzy dealer... Get some advice from a pro and maybe in future put some clause in the spec that will get you some $$$ (at least) for all this work (I am not a pro...hehehe).....keep on man.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

RoninVision says:

Forget 'em, this is great!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

TjF Photography [deleted] says:

This is fantastic...Perhaps the would have liked it more if you would have put bags over their girlfriends heads!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

drewbic says:

this rocks way more than their music does. no question about it.
Wankers.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Pierre Beteille (Monkeyman) says:

Excellent! It reminds me the place where I work, around 8 AM....
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

!Shot by Scott! says:

its good to see something different in your portfolio. I like it
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

AW-Photo² | Castro69 says:

very cool......
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Neil Fitzgerald says:

All that effort and they don't like it? Their loss as this is a great image.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

daily_orb says:

Straight up depressing. Provocative but depressing - not that that's a bad thing. I guess its my assumption that I'm not one of them and then wondering how exactly does one prove that. Anyway, very cool photo and thanks for the larger size.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Darny says:

you're damn right pearls before swine. Jesus, some people deserve to be drop kicked.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

sharwest says:

oh hell yes!

i want this printed for my office!

fuckers.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

tabrandt says:

This is awesome! Stupid band.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Why Not Studios says:

Hey... what ta fuk do audio heads
know about visuals?... great image...
reminds me of the hipgnosis covers!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

brentdanley says:

This is an awesome shot!! Amazing like all your other shots. You're a god.

Too bad it isn't what they were looking for...
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

schjonhaug says:

Exceptionally nice I don't even dare to think about how many hours you spent putting it all together..
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

markwithnohair says:

nice work!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

I'm Brian Fellow says:

What, no tits??
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

FlorinC says:

After all this set-up they didn't like it? Fuckin'A! This is a cool shot, and u gotta respect the time that went into it.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Superchou says:

very freakin cool :)
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Captainvideo [deleted] says:

The unknown salarymen!! Very cool.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

wild deer says:

this so-called band that you speak of has no taste. clearly. this is brilliant!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

bikebreath says:

Excellent!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

dElay says:

funny suit
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

deeplydubbed [deleted] says:

super neato, reminds me of the "in my secret life" video from leonard cohen
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

AluminumStudios says:

Must have been a hillbilly band or something equally as unsophisticated to not love this.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

_Hans van de Vorst says:

Capitalism works on paper too.
Brilliant
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

romanedirisinghe says:

Nice!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

NJS Photo says:

Pretty spectacular, only a mad man wouldn't appreciate this.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Neil Fiddleton says:

everything is good, except the dudes mall shoes.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

antebios [deleted] says:

It has a modern Pink Floyd quality. I like this photo.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

- Nahum - says:

Soberbia, Real Real Goood the details of the guys playing basketball are increible asome WOW
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

PAИ says:

They don't have taste or criteria...

:P
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

quebon2 says:

Love the men playing basketball in the BG. Funny stuff. :D
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Pattay says:

i dig these for reals merkley??? the band must've sucked if they didn't like this.

fabulous, as always.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

sinuhe xavier says:

Thats the way i feel
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

gainesp2003 says:

This needs to be a centerpiece in the museum of modern art or something. Extremely cool!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

kelco says:

that is so completely bad ass - I can't believe it.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

KAGoldberg says:

If they didn't like it, then I say they should have gotten PLASTIC instead of PAPER.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

merkley??? says:

thanks everyone.

neil fiddleton,
i agree. i was bummed at the time, still am, i should have made him change them.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Limegirl says:

This is the hotness.

PS) Mall shoes?
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Dexter Colt says:

Spec work is rape...
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

mattlandia says:

Unbelievable. This is great work Senor Merkley. Almost as good as my ratty Swim H Swim Tee Shirt hanging around somewhere...
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

poopee shmoopee says:

maybe they just weren't gay enough.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

JR Studio says:

cool theme
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

snoopygirl says:

really reminds me of Storm Thorgerson, the Pink Floyd guy.

I'd LOVE to see what they picked instead!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

merkley??? says:

what they actually ended up using was in my opinion so awful that it simultaneously insulted and completely relieved me.

if you know what i mean.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

dElay says:

we know what you mean
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Max Lumens [deleted] says:

It's a great work, you should publish it as a poster. I'd like one in my office!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

latindog says:

Awesome. This would make a nice poster.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

lucy96734 says:

This is cool!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

smoothdude says:

Its the unknown comic!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

potatomato says:

Great concept and execution.
The only small caveat is the slightly messy blending.
But not being a 'final' draft, I'm sure time and effort spent were nominal (post processing).
It does suck that the band (or whoever) decided against it, but that's just how it goes sometimes, ey? At least you came away with a great image (what else is new...).
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

rajue says:

Extraordinary! I love it!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

l@mie says:

yeah this is cool... this isn't one shot, is it?
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

ZaksterNT says:

band or no band, it's great work and obviously took some doing.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

mrmatt says:

I think it is great.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

mooseonthemove says:

Holy crap. That is awesome work. The big version is just fantastic (all the dudes out there waiting for the free throw to be taken and everything). How long does it take you to get something like that done?

Fantastic work.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Danny North says:

nice work man, that band must be nuts.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

thrumycamera says:

The picture's great....... they must be pricks...... talentless, tasteless pricks.....
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

anwesha013 says:

i actually love this!
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

nisi* says:

Very magritte-esk.
In case I will release a record, I will buy this.Very cool stuff.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

s_p_a_c_e_m_a_n says:

Holy shit. This is wicked.

@(-<
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

john curley says:

i have sat on those very benches waiting for my B&W prints to dry. Did you use the Harvey Milk center at some point in an earlier life?

As far as the band goes, I grew up in Jersey, and I know a bunch of douche bags when I see them ...
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

merkley??? says:

i never used the center, but duboce park was where I used to take the late Senator Ron "Chico" Lopez to poop.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

dinerdog says:

hey merk, it reminds of all the cool album stuff those guys from "Hipgnosis" did back in the 60s & 70s. The Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel stuff. You are definately creating some 'modern classics". : >
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

jennyruth11 says:

They are nuts! This is awesome...and so are you.

xo
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Kaká says:

really cool
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

silviothemilvio says:

looks like a kozyndan panoramic. nice!
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Karsoe says:

Just shows to go you, it's impossible to thump good taste into people... Their loss, Flickr's gain.
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

arnehepp says:

hey wish I were stupid enough to make music with a budget... but wait, then I would be stupid enough to turn this shit down... damn!
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

flyinmoses1234 says:

i like your poop
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

MHGau says:

Great idea!!
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Kasimir Szekeres says:

:D cool done!! also like the composition and colour
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

fluffy lovely says:

Was it a salsa band?
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Cedric Thual says:

Well I LOVE it ! :o)
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

thirdgradevocabchamp says:

rad
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Jon Haynes Photography says:

did they say why?
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

sanabria says:

it remains me some "northern exposure" chapter... do you know what I'm talking about?
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

Ulrich Rozier says:

Great... Magnifique !
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

mikeyfreedom says:

hardest thing to communicate to a client is sometimes that they just have no taste, no clue and that they should shut up and trust the artistry of the photographer etc etc etc!

don't worry dude! ~ sometimes they come back realising the errror of their ways wanting work done, its then that you say, it costs double now!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

korestore says:

Too bad for 'em, this one is f*cking gooood ! ! ! Really great job !
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

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