… 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 […]
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Starfish Foundation – New Site Launched
The Starfish Foundation supports our military veterans and their emotional healing through sponsoring the Vets Journey Home program, a non-profit program staffed entirely by volunteers. One hundred percent of the funds raised go to program delivery, making it possible for veterans to attend at no cost. The Starfish Foundation has funded $250,000 worth of scholoarships as […]
A small funeral for Medicare and Medicaid
Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 12:00 Noon, Glendale, WI ~ In observance of the 46th Anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare Citizen Action of Wisconsin Staged a Medicaid/Medicare Anniversary Funeral Event in front of Wisconsin State Senator Alberta Darlings campaign office at 311 W. Silver Spring Drive. Medicaid and Medicare as we have known them for five decades are […]
Love and loyalty.
Decades ago I photographed the children of friends. As the children grew up many years passed between the few occasions that I saw the children. Yet grow up they did; and married; and gave birth to their own children. When the time came to celebrate their grandmother’s 85th birthday these grandchildren decided to gift their grandmother […]
Casual candid portrait: granddad and granddaughter
(click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 80 mm Summilux
Casual candid portrait: mother and daughter
(click photograph for larger view) Leica R8/DMR, 80 mm Summilux
Shift culture through language and attitude. Be the change you want to see.
So many speak, of the current labor awakening in Wisconsin, using war and sports terminology – winning and losing – battles – fighting for rights – kill the bill – etc. Fact: wars, battles, and yes even some sports destroy, damage, and cause pain and suffering. Believing that something of value can arise through fighting for […]
Valentine card design
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Wabi-sabi Wednesday (continued)
Consider this: Men mine iron ore; smelt it; turn it into steel; form the steel into sheets; transform the sheets into heavy equipment. At each stage labor and resources add value to the ore. People then use the heavy equipment to transform the earth; plant and harvest food; process that food; transport that food to […]
Fireplace Surround by Nathaniel Reinartz
This past Saturday I had the opportunity to photograph the beautiufl fireplace surround, hand forged by Nathaniel Reinartz; and installed in an equally gorgeous arts and crafts style home located on Milwaukee’s East side. Nathaniel brought many of the formal details of the original woodwork, as well as the masonry, into his metal work. Additional […]