Another Giant Gone
Elliot Erwitt died late in November. My favorite quip from him is "You can't make funny pictures if you don't live in a funny world." ...
A photograph is only a collection of brightnesses.
Boy, did Ansel Adams get that one right! A person whose opinion I respect recently said to me "You certainly pay a lot of attention to...
The Sacramento River at Flood
When I first learned photography, I carried a little Post-it around with the camera that said: Remember to ask yourself: What is your...
Lunch at the Oasis with Marvin
Marvin and I met through a highly improbable connection. He was writing a speech for some company big shot and needed basic information...
The Wedding Photographer (from the 7x14 project)
This is another candidate for my "7x14" project -- to use a stack of 7x14 black metal frames. I plan to use 3, 4, maybe 5 photographs...
Serious about not being serious.
Elliott Erwitt is one of my favorite photographers. He said this about his fellow photographer Marc Riboud but it works for him also. ...
Camera Shy.
John Loengard, Life magazine photographer and later photo editor, said of photographing the great Andre Kertesz "He was a very difficult...
"It is the photo that takes you."
"Sylvia in a Shadow" Sylvia, violinist, artist, museum docent, and I were lunching with an art historian mutual friend. We were...
Pictorialists? Me?
A short while back I went on a walk/photography tour of Seattle's Japan Town -- along Main Street and Jackson in the International...
In the manner of Edward Hopper?
The name "Edward Hopper" immediately suggests his signature paintings -- "Nighthawks", "Chop Suey" ..... I was pouring over the catalog...
