I spent nearly two weeks traveling through Nevada and California. Coming home to my little desert town of Torrey always feels wonderful, no matter where I’ve been, and this time is no exception. The large cottonwoods along Main Street greeted me with a warm golden glow. The tourists are mostly gone and despite the sunny [...]
Creating art is not the same as turning on a dishwasher or microwaving a frozen dinner. Art is about meaning; about expression; about concepts conceived of the complex contemplations of the human mind; about emotion and skill and experiences and interpretation and desire; about joy and agony and challenge and riddle. Art is about many [...]
Is “photography” no longer enough? SLRgraphy? iphonography? droidography? gadgetography? gizmography? They’re all cameras. Just make images. Sorry, but I will not sit by as the value of my art and life’s work is reduced to “there’s an app for that”.
While it may not need saying, please be aware that this is (mostly) a tongue-in-cheek post and not meant to be taken (too) seriously. ~~~ Cameras built into smart phones and other gadgets are nothing new, but leave it to the iPhone to inspire a new trend: iphoneography. Strange. Over the years I have used [...]
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