Art Crisis

Start Tidying Up

And the print …

Here’s the Van Dyke print from the negative scanned the other day. Not too happy with the contrast so I guess I’ll re-print the contact neg with some more adjustments.

He Completes Us

Dry Film

Fresh from my hi-tech drying room come these choice images. As promised yesterday, more photos of the father-in-law.

In-Laws

Over the weekend I went on a trip. Not a particularly fun one, funerals seldom are. But it gave me an excuse to lug my new 4×5 camera across the US (Spokane, WA). Not to cover the event but rather to photograph my father-in-law. An interesting character to say the least. So here’s the first in developing line (and the only one dry at the moment). More to come.

Send me an Angel

More on Copyright

I watched this earlier today and it was extremely interesting to hear various thoughts on the subject. It’s about an hour so get a good cup of tea and settle in.

Julius Schulman

If you like architecture and/or photography then you know who this guy is. What you may no know is that he’s still alive. And a quick search on Youtube shows some recent videos he’s been in.

Here’s one of my favorites.

Pieces of History

Ever wanted to know who took some of the most iconic images of our time? Tim Mantoani does. So he’s photographing the images and the image makers with 20″×24″ Polaroids. Check it out.

Book Expo America

Everyone in the world who is trying to sell a book in the US is at this thing. Including but not limited to: Arianna Huffington, John Hodgman (the PC guy), and some author with an enormous line of people waiting for an audio book.

While I’m on the subject of food …

Here’s a photo I shot a while ago for a client’s web site.

Food Fotos

Currently I’m working on some photos of a local chocolatier’s wares. Here are some preliminary shots.

Large Format

I’m finally getting some use out of my 1942 Speed Graphic after a couple of years of ownership. Here are some results.

Free Cameras From Corbis!

You just have to build them. But they sure are pretty. Get ‘em Here!

Tom Waits For No Man

But when he speaks, the world listens.