“If a documentary photograph is to have any life in it, it’s very important that it exhibit certain characteristics. The photograph should, first of all, be about people. Nothing is more fascinating than the human face and the human condition.” — Bill Owens (click image for larger view)
Category Archives: Events
creative object as stepping stone to a realm of meaning beyond itself
“It should be possible for even the photographer — just as for the creative poet or painter — to use the object as a stepping stone to a realm of meaning completely beyond itself.” — Clarence John Laughlin (click image for larger view)
Watching the kids’ kids
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéy A dozen years ago I experienced the pleasure of watching Matt Maher play high school football (and grow up) along with Ann’s son, Tyler. Last Saturday afternoon I experienced the pleasure of […]
Lanterns for Peace, Milwaukee, WI, August 9, 2008
Last Saturday evening Pere Marquette Park, an intimate little park on the Milwaukee River in downtown Milwaukee, became a nucleus for Peace. The program for Lanterns for Peace, a ceremony (sponsored by Peace Education Project of Peace Action Wisconsin) in rememberence of the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagaski on August 9, 1945, states, “We […]
Followed the rivers to Ellie’s wedding; then, a damp day along the mighty Mississippi
Last Friday Ann and I packed a few things in the car and drove west by northwest on Hwy 60. We stopped in North Leeds for a bite to eat. The restaurant had what seemed like a romantic little room for two; it also had very little and very red light and quickly began to […]
Access to Awareness precedes Awareness itself
“The whole point of [making] pictures is so you don’t have to explain things with words.” — Elliot Erwitt (click images for larger view) Brady Street Festival, 2008. Slide show of additional images from this event.
Vistor from out of town, parks, families gather
“I have to be as much a diplomat as a photographer.” — Alfred Eisenstadt Ann’s sister, Teri, visits from Florida and the family gathers together at Menomonee Park, the 297 acre site of a water filled Lannon Stone quarry. Additional slide show of images. (click images for larger view)
A lesson in discipline, down time, respect and divine connection
“Some of us cynics say that ‘the quickest way to make a million dollars in photography, is to start with two million dollars.’” — Anonymous Saturday afternoon we found ourselves at Al Simon’s 70th birthday celebration at Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue. I managed to see and document two moments of fine light before being […]
Happy birthday Sophia. We remember mom and dad with a sail on the Great Lake
“In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality.” — Alfred Steiglitz Last Saturday Sophia, family and friends celebrated her third birthday. Slide show of additional images. (click images for larger vew) And on Monday we remembered Mom and Dad, together. Slide show of additional images. Huge thank you Doug. You’ve […]
Father’s day
“If there is a good thing about photography, it is that it can be easily enjoyed.” — Lord Snowdon (Grand) Father’s Day brunch – 08 – lucky me. (click images for larger view)