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ColorLines Spotlight: Jay Smooth

Check out our profile of Jay Smooth at ColorLines.com. An excerpt:

Before videoblogging, Jay Smooth didn’t even have a mirror in his house, except that tiny mirror in the bathroom near the sink.

“Being aware of how I look or relating to myself [visually] didn’t come naturally to me,” says the self-taught video producer who these days spends upwards of 10 hours staring at various shots of his face, splicing together expressive close-ups ranging from manic contortion to heavy-lidded serenity.

Posted at 12:07 PM, Jul 21, 2009 in ColorLines Features | Permalink | View Comments