photography
January 21, 2009
- From a series I'm working on:And from ANOTHER series I'm working on, Called Border Songs:At the GateAt the gate, we remove our shoes.We take off our belts. We giveshort men our keys and our keysare held in grimy red baskets.We don't talk; we don't lookat each other. The room is filledwith the smell of diesel fuel and nervous sweat. The boat engine rumbles in the distance.It sounds as if it ...
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January 11, 2009
- Every year about this time, in the darkest, coldest, cruelest part of winter, my eyes become color-starved. The reason I know this is because when the gardening catalogs start arriving just about the time the lights and glimmer from Christmas fade, it’s all I can do to keep myself from poring over their pages for hours. Not only do all of the flowers and sample gardens indulge my eye, but ...
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January 1, 2009
- Hanshi Warrior Press is proud to announce the release of a major addition to the catalog, Portraits of the Living Tao. The astonishing visions of naturalist photographer Peggy A. Thompson and the words of world-renowned author and poet Hanshi Stephen F. Kaufman are combined in one glorious exhibition of 44 marvelous visions of the American northwest to give you the pleasure of seeing, reading ...
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December 14, 2008
- Annie Leibovitz, whose latest book, Annie Leibovitz At Work, just earned a positive, full-page review in the New York Times, and is already a best-seller on its hit parade of books, was our wedding photographer. That’s right. Annie, whose subjects have ranged from John Lennon and the Rolling Stones to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Queen Elizabeth II, chronicled Dianne and my wedding day, May ...
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December 7, 2008
- We may explore the beauty of the human form in photography through a study of archetypal postures observed in anonymous humans. We may look at the fascinating possibilities by positioning their bodies in different postures in silhouettes.But there is another aspect to it. Instead of in a silhouette we may look at the individual as a speck of light in the darkness of the universe.The light is of ...
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December 2, 2008
- It was waiting on my porch yesterday--my Christmas shiny to myself!! And I couldn’t wait to tear open the package. It didn’t take me long to greedily consume award winning photographer, Andrew Eccles book, Ailey Ascending A Portrait in Motion, just released by Chronicle Books. And what a treat it was! Andrew’s lavish book, Ailey Ascending A Portrait in Motion, is painted poetry in ...
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November 30, 2008
- While digesting on Thanksgiving I sat down with a photographer friend of mine (http://www.louiskapeleris.com) and talked with him about the convergence if images and text. He is a very talented photographer, but relatively new to the world of photojournalism and we talked about how collaborating with a writer can be a very good experience for both.When I was a newspaper reporter I often would go ...
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November 21, 2008
- A tender-hearted friend who loves cats, and who bears some resemblance to Jim Morrison, just told me that he was prevented from visiting Jim's grave at Pere Lachaise in Paris. Sounds as if his ex didn't want him to slide into some darkly romantic fantasy. (Honey, poets are going to go down that slide one way or another, "on extended wings," or with a "woosh!" Just get out ...
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November 18, 2008
- Tuesday, November 18, 2008Eye,Eye, Eye! The eyes tell all! No matter if you are taking pics of humans or pets, the eyes tell the story. Capture the eyes, and you capture the soul!
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November 14, 2008
- I've lived in California for more than 7 years, and last weekend I went toLake Tahoe for the first time. I know. Shame on me! But honestly, most of what I heard about Lake Tahoe was less than appealing for me: casinos, crowds, and traffic. I've seen lakes (heck, I lived in Minnesota for 10 years). I've seen mountains. I've skied all over the Mountain West. Why go to Lake ...
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