LAist: THE COBRA SNAKE

ri

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:01:05 -0800

What happened to the LAist? No comment on the sudden worship of hipsters in LA (this blog is actually the first time I've ever heard anyone praise cobrasnake), but when did laist get so defensive?

Tony Pierce

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:32:10 -0800

nothing better than jealous haters who have no alternate examples of others doing it better than Cobrasnake. and Ed, if LAist is so bad please realize, nobody is begging you to stay.

bf

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:15:35 -0800

i don't find his hipster subjects very interesting, in fact they're boring, cliche and don't deserve the attention. party pictures are rarely interesting unless they're your friends. from a pure photography perspective, oliver said it best - "The reason you've never seen him look in the viewfinder or account for lighting is because he doesn't. He just puts that thing in burst mode and sprays it like a fire hose." the only thing he's got going for him is access and money.

Ed Nagol

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:55:41 -0800

i've seen some shitty stuff on the laist recently, but this has to be the worst. give me a break.

oliver

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:18:50 -0800

Prolific maybe, and he does manage to capture a certain hipster joie de vivre when he's at his best, but come on—Ansel Adams? The reason you've never seen him look in the viewfinder or account for lighting is because he doesn't. He just puts that thing in burst mode and sprays it like a fire hose. No gimmicks? Seriously?

geebee

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:46:21 -0800

empty, worthless, throwaway, hollow, meaningless, futile, insincere, vain. All in all, you have to credit Cobrasnake for consistently staying on point. Years from now, those looking at his collection WILL be transported to a particular time and place with this subculture...and be very happy they didn't have to bear witness to it in person.

Darnell

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:18:23 -0800

Cobrasnake takes some ill pictures and all, but I'm sick of seeing his bullshit self-promotion around town. He covered up a huge thought-provoking anti-war poster I'd drive by everyday in the westside with another one of his dumbass snake posters. Don't be covering up some other dude's shit, especially if you're not going to say anything but pushing your own image.

tomdog

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:59:39 -0800

hall is hilarious!

Spence

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:07:39 -0800

I hate this motherfucker. He needs to slither back up into the hills to whatever suburban gated community spawned him and take up the mantle he was supposed to carry into life, that of hanging by his parent's pool and smoking pot until he's forty. I never used to believe that jejune was a real word until he came along.

a hall

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 18:04:22 -0800

yeah she is great but i'm tired of skinny girls they sure do give you the run around

Tony

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:44:12 -0800

i think thats the typical criticism, normally from people who are turned off by the hipsters he often photographs. but artists can really only show you people who they hang out with. personally i dont really like the music played in clubs, i dont like the scene at clubs, and i dont like the attitude - but bro's pictures of it make me want to be there. thats a serious gift. plus how cant you love this shit: http://www.thecobrasnake.com/partyphotos/sidsekicktres/IMG_0655.html

a hall

Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:27:31 -0800

problem with cobrasnake is he only portrays the shallow fucking stupid trust fund party mostly girls who are fun but give a pretty narrow view of L.A. cobrasnake's L.A. is the L.A. you see in the pictures real L.A. is a little more varied works for a living and is populated by people who aren't always white and full of tats rock star boys and eastside girls are great but there is much more to this city than them but you wouldn't know it from the cobrasnake