Great Salt Lake Folio – 5
This is the final installment of the series on the Great Salt Lake. Vegetation around and in the Great Salt Lake does not impress the viewer with lush foliage or colorful flowers. However, the...
View ArticleFocused on Location
I visited a Web site based on what I read on John Paul Caponigro’s blog. The site is maintained by and features the works of Linde Waidhofer, Western Eye Photography. You will enjoy seeing her work as...
View ArticleVisit to Boston MFA
Yesterday we went to Boston MFA to see several exhibits, three photography and one glass art by Chihuly. Our friends Jude and Laura came with us and we had a grand time, even a fire alarm evacuation of...
View ArticleWhat exactly is H-D-R?
There are possibly millions of photographs floating on the Internet with the indication that they represent HDR photography. Many, if not most of such photographs manifest the tell-tale signs of “HDR...
View ArticleBenefits of Using a Local Photo Lab
Of the millions of photographs taken only a few get printed, that’s too bad. To me a photograph becomes a photograph when it is printed. Until then, it is a promise. I normally print my photographs on...
View ArticlePanagia Isodion Church
One of the most interesting places I visited while I was in Turkey this year was certainly Panagia Isodion Church in the Galatasaray district of Istanbul. Tucked behind taller building on the street...
View ArticleLandscape in Photographs
Above: Chichester Canal, Turner About a month ago I lead a round table discussion at a meeting of the Film Photographers Association. Starting with an overview of the abuse of technique in photography,...
View ArticleOrchis, Ballet Inspired by Photography
A while back I wrote about a joint project with the Festival Ballet Providence inspired by a series of orchid photographs I shared with them. I am very pleased to write now that Orchis will have the...
View ArticleKirlangic – Part I
(The photographs in the three-part post will appear in the portfolio section upon the completion of the series.) Left unkempt, devoid of basic maintenance, a lack of general respect for preservation...
View ArticleKirlangic – Part II
As I walked through the connecting short hallway and went under the hanging doorways overhead, I saw the building that is visible from outside, and that many associate with the Kirlangiç factory. I...
View ArticleKirlangic – Part III
A little further down another open doorway revealed a strong columnar structure, probably indicative of heavy loads were upstairs at one time. A steel stairway lead upstairs, I did not follow its lead....
View ArticleSix Dollars and 50 cents, not $6.5 million
As you can tell from my previous post, the article by Jonathan Jones in The Guardian really ticked me off. Then I started thinking about all the paint-by-number “paintings” and how they were not art,...
View ArticleSacred Spaces, II
I have shown the photographs of Hagia Sophia in several exhibits since 2010 and along with that you might have seen the photographs from Panagia Isodion church in Istanbul. If you missed the previous...
View ArticleAn Imaginary Conversation
I published this post originally on PetaPixel.com on 3/29/2015, I am posting it here for my record. We often get too set in our ways and our conversation remains in the same context which can blind us...
View ArticleCeramica Botanica
Roger Williams Park Botanical Garden had a great exhibit, Ceramica Botanica, featuring ceramic art of various sizes from a gigantic Manscape to often difficult to locate gnomes in between plants. Jan...
View ArticleCreativity
Are you creative? Of course you are, don’t let anybody tell you otherwise! The better question is “do you allow yourself to discover and use your creativity?” There are many facets to creativity,...
View ArticleSeeing
Photography is an analytic art form. We aim our lenses to specific parts of the world around us to pick a frame because, in our analysis that particular frame presents the photograph we wish to take....
View ArticleWays of Seeing Photographs
Look at a photograph, any photograph; look very carefully for a few minutes. Now, put it away and tell a friend what you saw (or write a comment here). The moment you start speaking or writing you...
View ArticleThe Americans
Over 60 years ago Robert Frank photographed with an outsider’s eye the Americans as he traveled from coast to coast over a year. The result is the seminal book, The Americans. I highly recommend the...
View ArticleSebastião Salgado: The silent drama of photography
I have been familiar with Salgado’s photography through magazines, newspapers, and the Web but I did not know him or his work as closely as many other photographers. During our visit to Istanbul in...
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