Reflections on a puddle
I turned the corner into a dim alley and this scene lay at my feet. Like a portal, or a corpse.
black and white photograph
Unfulfilled
“The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening to us, to transform all of these things into symbols, into music, into something […]
Wandering with a camera
This photo is of some metalwork in front of an old building that I’ve wandered past from time to time. The sun was throwing a […]
“Skyward” (black and white photos)
Here is a gallery (embedded below) of black and white architectural abstractions from a series called Skyward. Click on the first thumbnail and using your […]
“You Are Here” (black and white photos)
Hello! Check out a new gallery of photos, You Are Here, embedded below. Black and white photographs capturing people within the concrete and metal urban […]
Mirrors and Windows
Recently I’ve been thinking about John Szarkowski‘s idea of photographs as either windows or mirrors. It’s interesting to think of one’s own work and the […]
Hope/Faith
Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that […]
Feedback loop
“Technique must be solid, positive, but elastic, must not fall into formula, must adapt itself to the idea. And for each new idea there must […]
“Grata Non Grata”
A new series called “Grata Non Grata” can be seen by clicking below.
Beauty rests in the expression
“Artists are sometimes asked, “Why do you paint ugly and not beautiful things?” The questioner rarely hesitates in his judgment of what is beautiful and […]
All good drawing or painting is compositional
“Here is the model with light on his face, a white collar, a brown coat, black tie, black hair, gray background. I have named enough […]
It takes wit, and interest and energy to be happy
“Appreciation of life is not easy. One says he must earn a living — but why? Why live? It seems as though a great many […]
