It seems the label “Fine Art Photography” is quite liberally applied these days. Perhaps most perplexing are those instances in which a photographer will present their work as “art,” while at the same time go to great lengths to proclaim they had little to do with it other than travel to (or by chance find [...]
As I’m approaching the 500th follower milestone on Twitter, I’d like to test the proverbial waters and get a feel for how many followers are also readers of this blog and vice versa. To that end, I’m offering a signed copy of my book Exposures to one Twitter follower who will be chosen at random. [...]
I’m working in Las Vegas this week. To say that I’m not the “Vegas type” would be an understatement. Thankfully there is room service, and for company I have the colorful characters in my newly-acquired copy of “Desert Rats” by the infamous(!) Chinle Miller. For sanity, I keep in mind the words of Ralph Waldo [...]
I fully acknowledge the vital importance of marketing and self-promotion to the financial success of an artist. Still, as a person, I hold in higher esteem those who engage in it reluctantly than those who do it with fervor. To me, the penniless desert rat staring silently into the dancing flames of the campfire is [...]
I discovered a new pictograph today that I had not seen before. It was very faded but the daubs of colorful pigments, carefully drawn, were still evident. It was obvious that considerable time, skill, and thought went into the drawing, the materials, and the location. This style of painting is generally associated with what people [...]
Every so often my brain feels overloaded with all too many different threads — thoughts, epiphanies, worries, discoveries, regrets — well, you get the point. Normally I try to let things settle before attempting to distill one or two useful subjects to explore further and to write about. But, after yet another sleepless night (not [...]
A reader reminded me of this article I first published last year and I thought it would be useful to share again on this journal. ~ In his book “The Proud Robot,” 1940s science fiction writer Henry Kuttner tells the story of an eccentric inventor who wakes up from a drunken stupor to discover that [...]
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