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People Who Died

Posted on September 19, 2009 by webdev

Just learning today that Jim Carroll died on September 11, I slipped down to my basement vinyl music stash. There it was, his 1980 album, Catholic Boy, containing the only piece that I had remembered: “People Who Died”. Carroll may have … Continue reading →

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Green Porno

Posted on September 5, 2009 by webdev

Several months ago, niece-in-law and fabulous designer Chika told us about Isabella Rossellini’s wonderful scientifically-accurate videos of insect and marine sexual life. Here’s an example: See more: http://www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno/

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Faces, Mostly Familiar and Most Welcome

Posted on September 3, 2009 by webdev

Last Saturday I visited the Charles A. Hartman Gallery in Portland. A rather special exhibition was just winding down in this small, relatively-new-to-the-area (I think Hartman is a transplant from San Francisco) gallery. Called “Faces: Vintage and Contemporary Photographic Portraits”, … Continue reading →

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Sky with Wires – 2009-07-27 15:49:26

Posted on July 27, 2009 by webdev
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Toyota Designs A Font

Posted on July 21, 2009 by webdev

To promote its new iQ model in Belgium, Toyota commissioned the services of graphics designers, a pro racing car driver and a software programmer to create a unique font, based on movements of its car, as seen from overhead cameras. … Continue reading →

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The Death of Kodachrome

Posted on June 23, 2009 by webdev

Kodak will no longer produce Kodachrome, once its flagship film offering. Many of us grew up with Kodachrome. Paul Simon famously sung about it. While I mostly shot black-and-white Tri-X in my film days, I can feel the sense of loss … Continue reading →

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Olivier Laban-Mattei

Posted on June 15, 2009 by webdev

Friend and fellow photographer John just helped me discover a great photojournalist in AFP’s prize-winning Olivier Laban-Mattei of France. See a sample of his work at http://portfolios.afp.com/photographer/olivier-laban-mattei.html. Also, his images from Iran following the recent election are appearing almost everywhere, including here.

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D-Day, Another View

Posted on June 13, 2009 by webdev

This week we commemorated the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Europe. Most of us are familiar with the Omaha Beach landing photographs of Robert Capa, regarded as perhaps the greatest war photographer of the era.  One of my very favorite … Continue reading →

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Besting Hemingway

Posted on June 11, 2009 by webdev

Friend John sends along a link — passed to him, I gather, by a participant in the photo shoot — of Felice Arenas’ portraits, coupled with appropo Ernest Hemingway quotes, that try to go beyond Hemingway’s challenge of avoiding big words to … Continue reading →

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Driftless

Posted on May 19, 2009 by webdev

This one hit home. Literally. As a native rural Iowan and decades-long fan of Robert Frank (who wrote an introduction for this project, and whose The Americans book of mid-fifties photographs seems to be a definite spiritual predecessor), I was immediately taken away with … Continue reading →

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