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Is This The California You Imagine?
Continue ReadingWe are far from the emerald cities along the Pacific Coast — very much detached from their knowledge industries and mythology factories by the sea — surrounded by hundreds of square miles of farmland reclaimed from desert, watered here by the Coachella Canal and its concrete tributaries, tended and inhabited by a population of brown-skinned […]
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The High Cost of Having Fun
Continue ReadingThere is a universe of sand in Southern California and a four-wheel weekend army to exploit it. The glare you perceive in our photographs gives just a foretaste of the rigorous atmosphere awaiting as you cross this arid land. The boy in green with relaxed forward-sloping shoulders might be our subject. However I think we […]
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This Says It Better
Continue ReadingAges ago I made a straightforward monochrome rendering of this photograph. The image above created recently expresses better the lightness of that afternoon by the Aegean Sea, in a higher emotional key — closer to the lived experience — which included lots of fun alloyed with a definite recklessness.
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Environmental Self-Portraiture, 1970s Style
Continue ReadingI pushed from Las Vegas to Santa Fe, New Mexico stopping once to spread blankets on the ground and nap under vivid constellations; eating nuts, jerky and raw vegetables, drinking flawless spring water I drove a foreign car which steered like a tractor, rolling with barely space for a suitcase, ice chest and spare tire. […]
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Decoding An Obscure Sign Board
Continue ReadingWe expect a billboard to proclaim a clear message — the more transparent the better — especially when it stands above an interstate highway in a zone where family vehicles and industrial trucks stack and jumble up at velocity. Compare this to a soft drink advertisement, or a sign directing you to a restaurant, or […]
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Random Entry #3
Continue ReadingSculpted Forms At A Remote Location Once Deep Under Water Planet Earth
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A Monster From Deep History
Continue ReadingThese are realistic skulls — not fantasy props, they evoke sea creatures once alive on Earth. The monstrous head belongs to an extinct fish, an animal you would not enjoy meeting today during your afternoon swim; front teeth appear designed to rip flesh in many varieties, and the jaw no doubt had colossal muscles attached. […]
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The Turkish Restaurateurs
Continue ReadingI admire Adem’s nose. It makes a straight vigorous statement. I met him in Selçuk, a town on the Turquoise Coast. A few days prior to posing for this portrait, he opened his first business — this restaurant where he now stands. Next to him on a warm grill in cast iron pans he has […]
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