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Considering Human Hands (1)
Continue ReadingPictures of hands make a freestanding genre of photography. Some operators take older hands for subjects, making the work more likely to succeed; even relaxed digits of elderly humans reveal character and tell a personal story. An electronic search reveals pictures of human hands in the hundreds of thousands: for instance, feminine hands hold flowers […]
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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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Eyes No Longer Here
Continue Reading“The eyes are not here There are no eyes here In this valley of dying stars In this hollow valley This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms.” From “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot Mr. Eliot’s poetic image evoking a graveyard has stuck with me over decades — broken jaw of our lost kingdoms. […]
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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 Second Childishness
Continue ReadingYou get the feeling these grown men ache to be children again — playing dress-up. Kids will do most anything to bring fun into their lives, likewise with these characters.
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Random Notebook Entry #1
Continue ReadingI suspect this image cannot be deciphered and properly understood — not in a definite way. It brings to mind experimental theater of the absurd, or the surreal, deliberately opaque toward the routine mind. I took the picture at a venue where many unusual things happened; people were dressed oddly and behaved without normal […]
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An Emblematic Young Man
Continue ReadingEastern man — young, robust — lit by sulfur flames. In darkness among orange celebrations, He seems universal. Hittite King, Druid King, Ancient god with aplomb in loyal garments, A statue among loose companions. When he dies he leaves for home — Land of emblematic forms. (Photographed in Anatolia after a football match near […]
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Woman Having A Politely Bitter Conversation
Continue ReadingSome lack skill — or the energy — or simply do not bother to conceal what they feel. I am not sure which operates most strongly in our photograph. Our portrait subject converses with a taller woman of a different race, whose face and demeanor are hidden from us. Our lady has dressed joyfully in […]
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