Burke Heffner - Director and Cinematographer - Things to Look At

I have three pieces showing at the West Chelsea Arts Building. My friend, Joe the Shark has taken over the fog gallery with a show titled, The Unsung Heroes of Burlesque-the photographers. I don’t know how heroic I feel for photographing barely dressed girls (tough job, someone has to do it)…

The 3 pieces I choose are life sized prints, or larger. Everything just feels fancy when you see it that big.

One of my photos is composed of 96 small prints, which make one whole photo. I broke a large image apart and labeled each piece on the back, so it could be re-hung easily and quickly. Then I sent the pieces of to be mounted… covering the labels and giving me a 96 piece jigsaw puzzle. Turns out i kind of suck at puzzles. Fortunately, Joe loves puzzles, otherwise I might have given up and hung it randomly (I kind of liked seeing Betty Valentine half formed in a pile of loose body parts and dollar bills).

The show will be up for another week. If you are into art, photography, burlesque, or just pretty girls you should check it out. There are several burlesque photographers showing, everyone who’s anyone in a very small scene. Some really nice pieces have turned up. There’s a closing party on Dec 16th. I’ll be there.

West Chelsea Arts Building
508 W. 26th St. Suite 5G
Show closes Dec 18th.

…Joe tells me the same 96 piecer is curling off its mounts, so I guess I’ll be there before that as well. I should have left it flat on a giant table for the guests to complete.