LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS
For the past week, I have felt this intense need to look at photographs. I don’t mean to look at photographs-in-the-making, those being exposed; I mean to look at photographs…
For the past week, I have felt this intense need to look at photographs. I don’t mean to look at photographs-in-the-making, those being exposed; I mean to look at photographs…
When you make an image, is it of what’s in front of the camera or what’s four inches behind it?” ~ Dewitt Jones I read this story long ago in…
One of my favorite photographer-bloggers is David DuChemin. Just after I had read his recent blog post, “Image or Imagery?”, written (and tagged by him as a bit of a…
No matter how many times I stroll through the alleys in Mount Vernon, the lyric of these narrow liminal spaces always trips my senses. I love the old brick…
All you need is love. ~ John Lennon (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980) The deluge of news about acts of terror at home and around the world makes…
I just spent several days in Port Townsend. The main reason for my visit was to make images. In particular, I wanted to photograph Fort Worden’s extensive system of large,…
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. ~ Lao Tzu Going is important, not arriving. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh We left today for a…
The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. ~…