Creative: Visual Notes From a Half Day

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So, I got a half day out. If you throw in the driving it was a full day, and then some. In fact, I drove six hours there and back, and then drove slowly for four hours while making pictures. …

Creative: Image Breakdown December 19th

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I do my best work in teal. It’s me again. Asking you to send me your photographs so I can give you my opinion. That’s really it, in a nutshell. Blurb Image Breakdown. This is good. That is perhaps not …

Creative: Stop Waiting

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Stop waiting for the other. Start working with the self. People are lazy and fickle. We are. All of the data supports this. It’s not that we don’t DO things. We do, and some do A LOT. But the masses, …

Read: Silverview

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When I think of England I think of Bletchley Park. I think of tweed, rain, tea, men in leather shoes, women named Lucy with white skin and flushed cheeks. I can’t help it. I’m a romantic. I think of the …

Creative: Why Do This?

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You have Kelvin to thank for this. Who is Kelvin? I’m not sure, but he took the time to write and ask me a question, so thank you Kelvin! A question I find pertinent, timely and something I am asked …

Creative: The Platform, Part One & Two

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Let me ask you this. What if I was to come up with a platform for putting my work into the world in a way that would attract more fans, followers, or readers. I’ve done some homework here, and it’s …

Read: In the Garden of Beasts

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They all knew and they let it happen. Who is “They?” Everyone from Roosevelt and his cabinet to the other world leaders of the time. Same for universities, the business sector, and even down to the ambassadors, and their families, …

Adventure: Residue

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There was no feeling of sadness. It was acknowledgment more than anything else. She was here. Now she is gone. Forever. Mom’s last place of residence. Her stand-alone casita where she retained her sense of independence even after her mind …

Read: Memory and Desire

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I first met Philip Caputo during “A Rumor of War.” And we were better acquainted during “DelCorso’s Gallery.” (About a photojournalist.) And we’ve since become good friends because I’ve read everything else too. Journalism, fishing, the Florida Keys, corruption, infidelity, …