Author Archives: imagist

The Occupy Message

Do not ignore the [extreme] income disparity Get smart Take the money out of the politics End corrupt government Help those in need Recall corrupt officials when and where you can Keep corporate hands off government Stop greed Wake up End corporate “personhood” Stop funding war Start funding education, health and safety Repair and maintain […]

“Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” — Oscar Wilde

“Although I know it’s unfair I reveal myself one mask at a time.” — Stephen Dunn “If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks.” — Sidney Lanier “A good photograph is knowing where to stand.” — Ansel Adams Additional photographs from Occupy Milwaukee 10/15/2011 (click photograph for larger view) Canon 5D, 24-70 mm L […]

Let’s face it. We threw the jobs out with the adoption of new technology

For the last month I’ve engaged in the process of going through and throwing away almost 4 decades of color and black & white negatives, transparencies, polaroid prints, layouts and key line mechanicals on illustration board, as well as final separation films for advertisements, catalog sheets, posters, and annual reports. Each of the thousands of […]

Letting go of “back in the day”…

…  when every single subject was photographed with Polaroid proofs, 3 – 4×5 (or 5×7, or 8×10) Ektachrome brackets, 2 – color negatives and proof prints, 2 – black and white negatives and proof prints, and 3 – 35 mm Kodachrome brackets for slide show use; all neatly filed near the light box. (click images […]

The Free (and the phoenix)

For the past ten days I’ve been clearing 45 years of accumulated “stuff” out of my 1600 square foot quonset hut. This includes long forgotten “projects;” 40 year old client files from the days of reproduction art on illustration board; silk screens and squeegees; potters wheel and kiln; sculpting clay and tools; frames and glass; […]