It occurs to me that, very often, the excitement I feel when looking at photographs that I love is often related to the fact that the photographer has taken a found scene from real life, the real world, and arranged it within a frame in a way that is extremely aesthetically and/or conceptually satisfying. It’s […]
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I look up at the sky, wondering if I’ll catch a glimpse of kindness there, but I don’t. All I see are indifferent summer clouds drifting over the Pacific. And they have nothing to say to me. Clouds are always taciturn. I probably shouldn’t be looking up at them. What I should be looking at […]
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“Let’s go.” “We can’t.” “Why not?” “We’re waiting for Godot.” ― Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot “You go back, Jack, do it again. Wheel turnin’ ’round and ’round.” – Steely Dan, Do It Again The start of another year. They’re accelerating mercilessly now. For some of us, the most intractable things that imprison us are […]
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In the past, I’ve published a few books through Print-on-Demand (POD) publishers. Although the results were generally good, I found the quality of the reproductions could be inconsistent, and the books themselves are not cheap. Still, I’m a book lover, and a photo book in particular is an ideal, intimate way to present and enjoy […]
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. —Marcel Proust Although my next issue of Qualia will be comprised mostly of photographs made during my recent Montreal trip, there will be several photographs in that issue that I made in Ottawa that are really among the first […]
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Over the last couple of days I shot my first few rolls with my newly acquired Diana F+. I haven’t shot film in over ten years. I’m using expired 120 film that I’ve had in storage since the early to mid 2000’s. Results are so-so, thus far, both in terms of the photos as I […]
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Something’s happening, don’t speak too soon I told the boss off and made my move Got nowhere to go – Elliott Smith, Son of Sam When I was doing photos from my car, I’d always have the same feeling before setting out. An excited feeling of heading out upon the open road, full of possibilities, […]
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A small pocket of light in an otherwise dark alley. A window throwing it’s light onto a shuttered one, one that’s incapable of accepting it or providing any of it’s own. One of the things I wrestle with is trying to step back from my generally insignificant troubles and to focus on the positives I […]
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Sometimes straight forward is no longer an option, the pavement has run out on the dead end you’ve been rolling along.
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It was announced last night that Leonard Cohen passed away a few days ago, on November 7. It’s been much publicized over the last few weeks that Cohen’s health was failing. He was quoted in a New Yorker article, published a few weeks ago around the release of his latest album, You Want it Darker, […]
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