Aaron Rose

Los Angeles.

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“There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.” -Marlene Dietrich

Los Angeles.

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I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of death, I don’t want to die humiliated or deceived.- Osama bin Laden

Los Angeles.

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“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” ― Andy Warhol

New York, 1993.

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I’ve contributed to the exhibition, “New York 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star” at the New Museum in New York City. It’s part of the project RECALLING 1993 where 5,000 public pay phones in the city have be rewired with recordings of people’s memories of the neighborhood during that time. I read a few pages from my 1993 journal, which is playing on certain payphones on the Lower East Side. If you’re in New York, please listen!

Pasadena, CA.

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“One photo out of focus is a mistake, ten photos out of focus are an experimentation, one hundred photos out of focus are a style.” — Author Unknown

Los Angeles.

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“It’s alright, just wait and see, your string of lights is still bright to me. Who you are is not where you’ve been. You’re still an innocent. It’s okay life is a tough crowd, 32 is still growing up now.” ― Taylor Swift

Los Feliz, CA

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When skies are cloudy and grey
They’re only grey for a day
So wrap your troubles in dreams
And dream your troubles away

Until that sunshine peeps through
There’s only one thing to do
Just wrap your troubles in dreams
And dream all your troubles away

Your castles may tumble (that’s fate after all)
Life’s really funny that way
No use to grumble, smile as they fall
Weren’t you king for a day?

Just remember that sunshine
Always follows the rain
So wrap your troubles in dreams
And dream your troubles away

Your castles may tumble (that’s fate after all)
Life’s really funny that way
But no need to grumble, smile as they fall
Weren’t you king for a day?

Just remember that sunshine
Always follows the rain
So wrap your troubles in dreams
And dream… dreeaaam your troubles away

Detroit, MI.

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“All the dreams you show up in are not your own.” -Gil Scott-Heron

Detroit, MI.

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“Our program is cultural revolution through a total assault on culture, which makes use of every tool, every energy and every media we can get our collective hands on…our culture, our art, our music, our books, our posters, our clothing, the way our hair grows, the way we smoke dope and fuck and eat and sleep. It’s all one message. The message is freedom.” -John Sinclair

Levi’s Vintage Clothing / A Tribute To The Hot Rod

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Here is a short film I recently did for Levi’s® Vintage Clothing. It was produced in conjunction with a really cool new collection that digs deep into the Levi’s® Archives to reproduce iconic garments from bygone eras. For Spring 2012, Levi’s pays tribute to the golden era of the American Hot Rod, and the sharply dressed car owners and spectators who sported Levi’s. For this film, we decided to focus on the origins of Hot Rod culture in Southern California back in the early 1950′s. We pulled from hundreds of hours of painstakingly researched archival footage ranging from old “juvenile delinquent” movies and Life Magazine drag-race films to home movies unearthed from personal collections. We also interviewed some of the surviving founders of the scene, including legends like world champion drag-racer “TV Tommy” Ivo and master painter, cartoonist and car enthusiast Robert Williams, whose name is almost synonymous with the culture. Rather than interviewing our subjects on camera, we decided to use audio only. Structuring the film more like a radio play than a standard documentary, the result is a striking and fast-paced film that captures the style and attitude of the uniquely American post-war subculture which continues to influence the worlds of fashion, music and mechanics to this day. Produced by Jon Barlow and Sue Yeon Ahn, Archival Research by Alexis Owens, Music Supervisor Cali Thornhill-Dewitt, Sound Mix by Eddie Kim, Editorial and Motion Graphics by Thomas McMahon. Enjoy!!!