photographs
October 16, 2009
- I bought a book of William Eggleston’s photographs recently at Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi. They are the photos collected in the book titled Paris.Eggleston’s photos, when I first saw them more than ten years ago, were disturbing and thrilling to me in the way that it was, many years ago when I first started writing, disturbing and thrilling to read the short stories of Raymond Carver ...
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September 10, 2009
- On 4 September, the AP okayed the distribution / publication of a photo of a mortally wounded Marine. The response from many was that it was sensationalist/insensitive/an anti-war tactic/inappropriate/cruel to the family. Others responded with the argument that the picture was horrible, yes. But so is war. Face it. Ian and I talked about it last night. It seemed important to have at least a ...
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September 7, 2009
- Feminists and academics are ready for a pound of flesh and a slice of vice. It would be delicious but I am a bit chary about the intent however luscious be the execution. I do not quite understand what it means to be a ‘feminist porn filmmaker’. Mia Engberg is one lucky chick. She has received $69,000 in public funds from the Swedish Film Institute to make Dirty Diaries. She explains, “Porn ...
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August 27, 2009
- Darlene of the Peeking Between the Pages blog shares a wonderful guest post today, written by Cathy. Read excerpts from The Day the Falls Stood Still, illustrated by dramatic photos of the Ice Bridge, the Scow Rescue, and more. And Darlene's review will be posted on Friday, August 28th.
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May 25, 2009
- Faith systems do not quite work for me, so I learn along the way. Travelling has been one of my biggest teachers. Devotion is not mere piety. It is belief in something outside oneself and also a deep bonding with the Self.Seeing it in places of worship is only one aspect. The most ordinary things in life are often imbued with a subsuming of oneself into another – be it Nature, be it work, be it ...
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April 28, 2009
- Before I post the link to the live auction, here are some pictures of the donated books (Hemingway, first-edition O'Connor, the cookbook with Andy Warhol illustrations). Hemingway has some faint rings on the cover. (The Edge of Sadness - front) (Warhol's beef cut illustrations in the Vanderbilt cookbook) Link to auction to be posted soon.
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April 4, 2009
- With the new gig as Seattle Theater Examiner, I'm not only worrying about words, I'm worrying about photographs. For years, I used to tell PR people who asked where to send the photos, "Please query the editor about photos. I just do the words." Actually, having also worn the PR hat for a high-faulutin' arts organization, I do know my way around a photograph and understand the ...
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February 16, 2009
- If one wanted to look at 1930s culture, a good way to start would be to watch two films:1. Tim Robbins' The Cradle Will Rock is a fun account of the government's failed attempt to censor Mark Blitzstein's musical- everybody shows up in the film from Diego Rivera to Orson Wells to Rockerfeller 2. John Ford's Grapes of Wrath- Ford was a great American film director and this film is an ...
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November 8, 2008
- 'What's wrong with that one?' seems to be a question I'm hearing a lot this last week.Not that I mind to be perectly frank as it has led on to some very funny conversations. The question refers to the fact that I absolutely hate having my photo taken and having just become a member of Red Room, the lack of a profile picture has created a little bit of a problem for me. I've filled out part of my ...
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August 12, 2008
- I've finally posted 17 of my photos from Djibouti on the Flickr page that's accessible via the linkon the right side of my Red Room home page. That makes for a total of 50 photos I've uploaded, a process greatly slowed by the tedium of scanning my slides. Prehistoric, I know, but I hate to give up my steam-powered camera from the 20th century, so long as I can still find coal to fire up the ...
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