“…the age of Photography corresponds precisely to the explosion of the private into the public, or rather into the creation of a new social value, which is the publicity of the private.” – Roland Barthes, 1980 (click images for larger view) So I opened my virtual eyes/ears to the twittering world; the virtual equivalent to […]
Category Archives: Events
Our man won and fresh snow fell
“A good photograph can penetrate the subconscious – but only if it is allowed to speak for however much time it needs to get there.” — Ralph Gibson (click images for larger view) The first moment after MSNBC declared the first Irish-African-American winner of the 2008 presidential election. first snow fell last night this morning, cold, […]
Grant Park — 40 Years Apart
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, Grant Park, Chicago Illinois: 70,000 ticketed guests, with who knows how many additional participants, gathered to listen to President-elect Barack Obama; elected just minutes before. This group of hundreds of thousands of young and old, rich and poor, of all colors, genders, and ethnicities gathered to hear our first Irish-African-American President inspire […]
Trick (or treat) 08
“In our society, most of us wear protective masks of various kinds and for various reasons. Very often the end result is that the masks grow to us, displacing our original characters with our assumed characters.” – Clarence John Laughlin (click images for larger view) Click this link for a slide show of additional photographs from […]
Poetry, Pictures ‘n Politics
Headline about sums up my life. Forty (or so) years ago poet Philip Whalen wrote: Our main difficulty: fear and distrust of freedom In America we’ve been fighting each other 100 years We pretend we’re unimaginably rich But we’re poor and afraid of the poor who must become The Army to defend us against right […]
Out and about with Bert and camera
“Photography is not about cameras, gadgets and gismos. Photography is about photographers. A camera didn’t make a great picture any more than a typewriter wrote a great novel.” — Peter Adams (click photos for larger view) yesterday afternoon, lunch with Bert Stitt then a walk about the “east side” looking and a drive to see Sophia
Indian Summer Festival
“No matter what you talk about in life there seems to be a scale: left to right, top to bottom, right to wrong. I can now add a new one… journalism to design. These are the two ends of the scale that I exist in as a photographer. At one extreme my work is pure […]
Careless time
some days people flock to the edge where water meets sand they sculpt, toss things back and forth, and mingle with birds A dad, sculpting sand on the beach with his daughter, Mia, said to me, “It’s all about the kids.” I think, perhaps, it’s all about returning to childhood for a brief, careless time. […]
Photographers love the way the world “looks”
“I believe that photography loves banal objects, and I love the life of objects.” — Joseph Sudek one of Dad’s vises (click images for larger view) “I have no way of portraying the lives of others. I portray my own.” — Jan Saudek Scheme to put yourself in the path of beautiful landscapes, buildings, art, and creatures.
Nathaniel Reinartz creates friday flower
Recently I’ve begun to work with Nathaniel Reinartz. We’re upgrading his presentation portfolio and discussing possibilities and usefulness of web sites for blacksmiths. This young man’s work certainly demonstrates attention to detail, impeccable craftsmanship and a fine aesthetic sensibility. “Oh my son’s my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter’s my daughter […]