Some Thoughts on Instagram
Earlier in the week, I was angry. Instagram deactivated my account stating that I had violated their legal terms of agreement. I could not figure it out. While I have seen many images on Instagram of illegal activities (underage drinking, lewd...
All The Moments I Have Missed
Imogen Cunningham once sanswered the question, Which of my photographs is my favorite? with the answer: The one I’m going to take tomorrow. I would add that my favorite photographs are the ones I have not taken, the moments I have missed for any number of...
The Pinhole Camera: Some Instructions
I have been asked to post a blog entry about how to use the pinhole camera from the Pinhole Project. The Pinhole Project is completely donation based. No one will be denied a camera due to lack of funds. If you know anyone who would like a camera and can't afford a...
The Pinhole Project Continues
I am happy to post this solstice to solstice pinhole image done with two cameras outside my front door. One faced due west, the other due south; they were placed at right angles to each other. I put them up on the winter solstice, which was December 21st and took...
The Solstices and the Pinhole
The two most important days of the year to me are the winter and summer solstices. Both of them a beginning and an end. Last December, on the Winter Solstice, I placed two pinhole cameras outside my front door, one looking west, one to the south. I had seen the...
An Homage to Constance Parriott
My dear friend of 39 years, Connie Parriott passed away last week after a courageous battle with cancer. She was an inspiration to me, a wonderful artist and a true friend. She was also an amazing cook, creative and spontaneous and could literally feed a crowd with...
The Red Hook Archive
The images in my portfolio, Red Hook Stories, 1980-1992, are now officially a part of the Red Hook Archive at Kentler Gallery in my old Brooklyn neighborhood. Florence Neal, a long time resident of the Hook opened the first gallery on Van Brunt Street in the...
My Father at 90
Since I am working this week on my Mother's 90th birthday book, thought I would add a link to my Father's 90th birthday book which I made 3 1/2 years ago for him. This is a blurb.com book and can be found on their website at...
My Mother turns 90
I am working on a blurb book this week for my Mother who turns 90 in May. It is a book of photographs of only her and all about her. This book is not a eulogy; she is not dead but very much alive. She has always hated to have her picture taken and the only time...
An Eighty-One Day Exposure
Today when I got to work at Bainbridge High School, I found the pinhole camera the students and I had put out on 12.21.2012 intending to leave it up until 6.21.2013, solstice to solstice. At some point, the camera fell off the wall. The tape and metal were both...