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Modeling Patriotism
Continue ReadingEach tribe or nation-state shows off its pride and determination. Many parade their army, navy, air forces. I made this photograph at an early-18th century frontier encampment along the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky. There is a twist here: these armed militia men express their patriotism for a nation not yet in existence — it […]
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Photo Sequence — The Turkish Saleslady
Continue ReadingI share four portraits made in a Turkish market — ordered consecutively — beginning with our subject’s salutation. The lady had linens for sale: table-cloths, scarves, bed sheets and other pieces, some expertly embroidered. She was an accomplished actress; at her command she had an array of facial expressions, from greetings to allurements to frowns […]
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Taking The Easy Shot
Continue ReadingOn occasion effortless images become my favorites. I call this shot easy because photographing children in poor countries creates only modest challenges. The youngsters lack suspicion; they might feel important owing to a stranger’s interest in them, so they press forward naively rather than drawing back from the lens. The difficult task for the camera […]
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Imaging Layers of History
Continue ReadingI show one entrance to a ruined basilica named after John the Apostle, resting on Ayasuluk Hill in the modern nation of Turkey. I stylized this image hoping to reach a more transcendent meaning. A more primitive place of worship preceded this brick and stone construction. The former church was also dedicated to the The […]
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Unexpected Scenes in the Arizona Desert
Continue ReadingThis is neither a movie set nor a palace grounds in the desert Middle East. Rather, it is an intricately designed and diligently maintained garden sanctuary at a Mediterranean-style monastery not too far south of Phoenix, Arizona.
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The Dinosaurs Are Everywhere
Continue ReadingThere are probably more dinosaur figures — ranging from modest statues to gigantic sculptures — now on display in our western states than total organisms of this kind who actually flourished and died throughout the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of deep history. The modern representations come in metal, plaster, stone, rubber, plastic and fiberglass […]
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Traces — Natural Or Sentient?
Continue ReadingI daydream and I am prone to conjecture about other worlds with atmospheres like ours, having wind and rain and erosion. I wonder who might exist there and how if I landed in an empty, uninhabited place I could tell whether any native organisms were gregarious or not, or even intelligent. Living creatures generally leave […]
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In the Old Church of Holy Wisdom
Continue ReadingThe floors are marble, worn smooth from human footsteps, billions of them made across one thousand four hundred years by worshipers and unbelieving visitors alike. Unconscious minutes pass while you orient yourself, then at once you recognize the enormity of the structure you have just entered. Under a massive dome space unrolls and widens around […]
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