Tyler Shields Wows Guests At "Collisions" Party

May 3, 2010 1:07 PM

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Between no valet at the downtown warehouse, gunfire at human targets, and naked girls, Tyler Shields' party for his highly anticipated photography exhibition, 'Collisions,' on Saturday night, was a truly unique experience loaded with surprises. 

Guests who came out to support the outrageous photographer were met with a guard in full military regalia holding a very large and scary shotgun at the entrance of the gallery. And he was for real you guys, the publicists at the door said so. Another splattered in fake blood lurching around the entrance greeted guests upon entering the gallery space.


And a lovely day to you, sir!

After that sort of entrance, guests with the immediate "Christ, where's the bar, definitely going to need a drink for this one" reaction were met with yet another surprise: no alcohol. NO. ALCOHOL. No what...?? NO ALCOHOL! Have you ever even been to an event meant for adults that wasn't serving alcohol, or heard of such a thing? Neither have we. It's blasphemous! When the bartenders, if you can even call them that, dropped that bomb everyone was in utter disbelief thinking it must be one of Tyler's stunts for the night, but no such luck.  Apparently there was some issue getting a liquor license for the event. Major party foul, people... Like, epic.

News like this to a crowd that just schlepped downtown and scurried through a poorly lit alley littered with glass and an assortment of other detritus that we wished we'd never seen (i.e. a used condom) prompted a beeline to the patio for chain-smoking and bitching.

So how the eff do you save a party with no alcohol for which most of its guests are dependent on for shmooze juice? You don't really unless you're Tyler Shields. The shutterbug has a way with pushing the envelope and guests knew he would never disappoint them with a dud. Let's take a look at some high points of the night and surprises that we knew we could count on...


There really wasn't any dancing, save for a handful of folks with heaps of confidence, like this guy. He is really feeling that beat and doesn't care who knows it.


Edible art! From the distance this just looks like your requisite cupcake tower that no event can be without these days, but a closer inspection reveals frosted renditions of the artists photos.

Around 11pm Shields stood at the front of the gallery asking everyone to gather 'round for a moment so he could show us something.  Finally, the moment we'd all been waiting for. Soberly.

Okay... We're here, what's happening?

Uh, guys, is that at bulletproof vest...?


...That is totally a bullet proof vest!! Holy shit, is he for real right now?!

As everyone stood there in suspense, Shields urged his guests to "remain calm" and pleaded, "do not freak out!!"  After asking the crowd to part just a couple of feet down the center, he walked towards the back wall, gun in hand...


OH MY GOD!! WAS THAT REAL??? DID HE JUST SHOOT THAT GUY?!!

Yeah, he totally shot him. With a gun, not a camera. From the back wall between the crowd.  The bullet hit the guy square in the chest as planned, the impact of which knocked him off his feet.  Shields opened fire in a room full of people who stood and watched. Canyousay Chutzpah...


A gun-wielding Shields moments after his stunt

The fact that there was no alcohol was probably for the best, as you can imagine the drunken hysteria this sort of thing would provoke.

A few minutes after the shooting, two girls who had been dancing by themselves the entire night reemerged and resumed their spectacle, except now one was stark naked and donning a mask. Didn't really get the purpose of the mask, seeing as we all saw her before and know exactly what she looks like.

Tyler Shields' Collisions
Dude! That girl is naked!! I told you this party was gonna be sick!


You wanna hold my gun?

Who says you need alcohol to make a party interesting when you can just get naked and shoot people? Well done, Tyler Shields.

To contact the author of this post, email emily.green@guestofaguest.com

Henry B

May 4, 2010

12:43am

FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD Tyler Shields Collisions is nothing more than a double exposure of sorts. All he is doing is projecting two images onto a projector screen and take a photo of the resulting double image. This is not original, people have been doing this for decades. Proof: You can clearly see this in some of the shots where the lenticular pattern of the projector screen shows up. You can also see this in the behavior of the light and photos, the light areas where white light can show through washes out dark areas of the other photo. This is very apparent in the "mouth" photo where the white wall behind the subjects legs washes out the middle of the mouth in the other photo.  

Henry B

May 4, 2010

12:44am

The shooting was clearly a hoax. I am a 15 year veteran marine and also a gun expert and consultant. I've consulted for movies, projects and the military. This was a clear example of a blank be fired out of that weapon. 1. Look at the recoil on Tyler's arms, there was almost none, this is a clear telltale of a blank. 2. the person who got hit then flinched to the side was clearly acting. Only a few people know what it's like to be actually shot with a bullet proof vest, it distributes the weight and it's like being hit in the chest with a sledge hammer. This person was not hit with a real bullet. 3. It's pretty obvious that when Tyler goes up to the person with the vest on to check them, he pulls out an already shot bullet. Maybe fired against a vest. 4. The man shot is covering the spot where he was hit, you never see the impact mark on the vest again showing that this was faked. 5. The carefree environment where they just tell people to "clear" then shoot a live weapon would be EXTREMELY dangerous. Tyler is not a trained gunsmith, someone very well could have been hurt or an accidental discharge. There is no way this was a real bullet indoors. The sound, the behavior, the result, no recoil etc.. This was faked.  

aeds

May 4, 2010

2:36am

A friend was at the event at said it was EPIC. I would like to one of these on my wall please!  

Batman

May 4, 2010

7:39am

Henry B's real name is James Franklin and he's the FRAUD. He's a local photographer in LA who has zero talent and is doing his best to go after Tyler Shields because he's pissed that he'll never be like him.  

Robin

May 4, 2010

12:43pm

Batman is Tyler Shields.  

christian bale

May 6, 2010

1:00am

i'm batman  

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