Occasionally I just like sharing something inspirational. I just discovered this site and it is so cool! gotopublicschool.com This photo is part of a project they featured by Chris Engman
Category Archives: Thoughts
Haiti Pro Bono update
Luke Laczak, a volunteer I photographed in Haiti during a pro-bono project for Physicians for Peace recently wrote an opinion piece for The Post Standard in Syracuse. It’s a thoughtful piece worth reading as we approach the one year anniversary of the earthquake.
How I almost met Elliott Erwitt
I was in New York on Monday and Tuesday. The initial motivation for the trip was to have a Fine Art print made at Laumont Studios for an exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center in March 2011. Laumont has printed for Stephen Shore, Mitch Epstein, … Read More →
Signed with Wonderful Machine
I thought my next post would be about Haiti, but I am still trying to wrap my head around that experience and avoid posting a blabbering mess. The first week back was eventful. I was in a minor fender-bender at an intersection. Initially, this was … Read More →
19th Century Photo Collage
My wife sent me this story from the Rumpus that loosely fits with a few other posts I’ve written about photo manipulation in the 19th Century. There is a show right now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York featuring collages made by … Read More →
More Manipulated Photos
I have written a little bit in the past about manipulated photos. Today, the NYTimes has a short story with some good examples here. In the slide show, slides 3 and 4 about a 1902 Ulysses S. Grant photo are particularly interesting because of the … Read More →
Look3 Festival
I attended one day of the Look3 Festival this past weekend thanks to John Loomis who kindly gave me two tickets for free when he learned he could not attend. I went mostly to hear Gilles Peress speak. It was definitely worth it. Some of … Read More →
Playing with large format 5×7 camera
I have known for a long time that my dad had an old wood field camera up in the attic. I know this because I broke it when I was a kid. I was running around the house in my socks, slipped on the hardwood … Read More →
Election Day Sign
On the way to the polls today, I saw this sign. It was kind of funny so I had to take a picture. I know for a fact that signs have been stolen from both sides. This is the first election in which I have … Read More →
Flashed by a fairy
I have not posted in a while. Got busy and distracted. Anyway, today I was going through my archive, and I found this photo I had forgotten about. For anyone wondering what is going on here, I slowed my shutter speed to 2.5 seconds so … Read More →