Opening Reception Invitation – Friday August 2, 7-10pm
I’m having an opening reception for my exhibit, “The Colors of Night” on Friday, August 2, from 7-10pm at Mad Momos Restaurant, 3605 14th Street NW. The exhibit runs from August 2 to the end of...
View ArticleFinished!!!
After a LOONG weekend of playing with my printer to get it to cooperate (running out of four different inks @ $60/cartridge, figuring out how to solve problems with head strikes on my prints, running...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Color and Black and White
Here are two images of the same scene, one in color, one in black and white. I’m sharing them together to demonstrate how the change from one to the other totally changes the way we feel about the...
View ArticleAnother Neighborhood Walkabout
Just four random shots from around the neighborhood. These first three are small local businesses managing to hang on in the face of growing gentrification. EJ’s Hair Designs I don’t know what’s going...
View ArticleFirst in a Series: People Who Ask About the Rolleiflex
Truth be told, I’m a bit of an anxious street photographer: I’m not terribly good at asking total strangers to pose for me. So I’m getting started as an exercise by setting a new rule: if you see me...
View ArticlePlaying with Panoramics – Triptychs
I’ve got this really cool little toy that goes with my Rolleiflex – a panoramic head adapter. It’s basically a little plate with a disc in it divided into twelve segments, and an integrated bubble...
View ArticlePlaying with Panoramics – Diptychs
Ok- here are some twosies I did, still with the Rollei and the panorama adapter. The first one is a shot of a street corner with the skeletal remains of a police call box from the first decade or so of...
View ArticleChanging Neighborhood – Chickas Jeans
A sign of the times? A year and a half ago, I ran across this display of mannequin bottoms outside Chickass Jeans. The name was highly politically incorrect, and the mannequins seemed equally so. For...
View ArticleNeighborhood Walkabout – 9/21/2014
I’ve been past the PanAm Market for years and wanted to photograph the outside, but never got around to it. Several times I’ve walked past and been on the verge of taking a photo but gotten the hairy...
View ArticleNeighborhood Walkabout, Rainy Day
This was the result of a rainy-day walkabout in my neighborhood. Yet another style of Siamese stand-pipe – this time beaded with rain water. It will go into my collection of ordinary objects. Siamese...
View ArticleGhost Man, Columbia Heights
This is a case of where the mechanics of photographing lead to something emotionally resonant in a powerful way – the blurred moving man under other circumstances could be considered a flaw, but here...
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