Author Archives: imagist
Friday: First flower blooms found in yard; then cut; then arranged; then enjoyed in the kitchen…
(click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 60 mm Macro Elmarit
Friday’s Flower Found at Rocket Baby Lunch
(click photo for larger view) Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph
Diversion… by Dan Nauman
Dan Nauman delivered his new sculpture, Diversion, to Edgewood Orchard Gallery in Door County last week. Before loading it into the truck we photographed the work at his shop. The work stands 88″ tall, 48″ wide, and 6″ deep. (click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 60 mm Macro Elmarit
Air porting…
…at General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, WI (click photo for larger view) Leica M8, 28 mm Summicron Asph
Corridors: Form follows function
“It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic, Of all things physical and metaphysical, Of all things human and all things super-human, Of all true manifestations of the head, Of the heart, of the soul, That the life is recognizable in its expression, That form ever follows function. This is the law.” […]
Water’s rising
Most days I enjoy casting my gaze on the Milwaukee River; usually after a decent workout and a bit of Yoga at my local YMCA; where the lower parking lot sits a dozen feet from that very powerful river. Last Friday not so much… Today they’re predicting all time high water levels — as the river flows through […]
Bread lines
It seems that I love to knead it, form it, cut it, bake it, photograph it, read about it, smell it, touch it, eat and taste it… with honey, with peanut butter, with humus, with tahini, with cream cheese, with salsa, with chutney, with tomato, with onion, …or all by itself. “Peace goes into the […]
Friday: Fading Flowers
The rather spectacular flower arrangement arrived. We enjoyed it’s lively beauty for weeks. Though I did not photograph it until the end of its life – its story now complete… soon to be forgotten. “It is not what I see outside that makes my images, it is what I feel on the inside that comes […]
Thanks for the memories: The Avant Garde, Negative Movement, Milwaukee Organizing Committee, Viet Nam, the Draft, Race Riots, Assassinations, Music, Poetry, Sit-ins, Be-ins, Marches.
In 2010, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee embarked on a long-term, multi-departmental research project focused on the Avant Garde Coffeehouse, a local landmark and center of the folk/blues revival in Wisconsin from 1962 to 1968. There were places like this in other areas, but, in Wisconsin, none as important as the Avant Garde. It presented local […]