George Lottermoser, imagist.com/blog

Duncan moved on out of this life Wednesday evening.
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Mary Kelly stopped by to show me
that 10 years after receiving a print from me as a birthday gift
she decided to frame it.

I was most impressed with my multi-color inking on my chop

Last Sunday (father’s day), before a lovely brunch, Sophia presented me with
an abstract expression titled ”fireworks” (from her fever series)

after which Ann and I headed for her son Josh’s farm
where Cadence and Cassidy rode around the barrels and Clyde chewed on T-bone’s ear
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This past Wednesday Sophia and I walked down to Doctor’s park beach on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Why do we all love to look for and pickup water-smoothed rocks and stones? What makes throwing stones into water so enjoyable? I understand the challenge of skipping; but the kids seem extraordinarily happy with a throw and kerplop.

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Stopped for a few groceries and found this in the market parking lot. Some vehicle designs simply take one’s breath away. The Shelby Cobra qualifies as one of them. And this Excalibur variation on that theme actually does better. Something about the the added length and width makes a classic even lovelier.

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Mary Kelly called and said we needed a birthday celebration invitation; and in a few weeks we had this delightful album invitation off the press and in the mail. Then of course we celebrated with Mary.

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beneath the lid
of the steel cans recycling bin
I found this fellow
building a major condo project

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Sonny Carter, over on the Leica User Group (LUG), began a tradition some many years ago. He decided that Fridays were for flowers. And he’s provided flower photographs to the list every Friday ever since. Over time other members have added to the LUG’s Friday flower bouquet. Ric Carter contributes steadily; as does Philippe Amard.

Only occasionally do I contribute. Always thought dandelions quite lovely — don’t even know if weeds count as flowers; often I can’t tell the difference between a weed and flower. Maybe this one should be on Wednesday weeds rather than Friday flowers. A minute ago Ric Carter informed me that Mr. Pollock in agriculture class back in Gates County High School said ”A rose is a weed, if it’s in your peanut patch.”

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Last friday I also contemplated some flowers

with more views of these in a slide show here

“Photography is universal language; it doesn’t need translation. Its collective memory is a mirror in which our society continually observes itself…” — Sebastiao Salgado

“Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today’s events.” — Albert Einstein

This memorial contains, among other things, what looks to me a WWII sailor’s uniform. The memorial remains up for most of the year. This home, with its strong visual commitment to memory and national colors, stands uniquely within a working class neighborhood. Additional views can be seen in a slide show here.

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A couple days ago
the following poetograph arrived,
uninvited, to my mind:

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I announced its viewability on twitter and received a request for a poetic collaboration from Parasputin.
I went to his site and reviewed the last year’s work; the following poem struck my visual mind:

I must say that these twitterized collaborations truly hold promise for international, creative communications — let’s keep them alive and healthy.

“Photographers may be concerned, conceptual, confrontational, candid, casual, constructing, but what is important is that they have a point of view.” - John Loengard, Pictures under discussion by John Loengard

“Taking photographs, taking candid photographs, means that the photographer is an invisible man. Whereas there is still a feeling that in having a photograph taken there is loss of face: something of the soul is gone.” - Bruce Davidson - talking on Beautiful Beautiful, a BBC film shown on 5 October 1969 [cited in: Creative Camera February 1970, p. 41]

“My pictures are not escapes from reality, but a contemplation of reality, so that I can experience life in a deeper way.” - Bruce Davidson - 1968 [cited in: Creative Camera April 1970, p. 104]

Grandfather’s point of view
after applying scissors and pencil
to paper
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