Black & White
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Way back when I used to go visit people…..
When I look back on this photo in early February, I had no idea how things would change and for how long. I always enjoyed going on visits to see clients. Getting out of my home office and go down to the big city was always a treat. It’s now been 7 months since I’ve… Continue reading
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Once upon a time…
We would travel to places and see things. Ah, those were the days. Continue reading
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ULF Fun
Ultra Large Format. This image is part of a new collection of work using a paper negative process to make intimate portraits. Continue reading
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Zombie Moose?
A stylized moose head, in the fashion of Native American art, peers over the top fence the campfire circle of the Culver Woodcraft Camp in Culver In. Continue reading
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Slide or Sculpture?
It depends on how old you think you are. This image was taken in downtown Chicago at the Daley Plaza. The sculpture by Pablo Picasso is one of the city’s best know landmarks. My two and a couple of others sure had a fun time sliding on the sculpture’s angled base. The graphic shadows… Continue reading
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Need a Hand?
Must be hard to hold your tuba and the music at the same time while playing. I couldn’t do it, like patting your head and rubbing your tummy at the same time…. while in scratching your feet too. Continue reading
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955