The Camera Obscura that Charles Schwartz and I used for our New York Camera Obscura project was built on his roof overlooking New York City’s Central Park was built by George Keene, a brilliant man who was a scientist, engineer, craftsman and man of all ages. The Camera Obscura was beautifully designed, engineered, and built …
Blog posts tagged with ''lost''
Tag: lost
what existed but is now gone
Truth Justice and the American Way
Being the naive person that I am, I am always amazed when I encounter someone who is dishonest. I know, in today’s political world it seems like there is an epidemic of dishonesty and hypocrisy, but in the art world I innocently expect the best from everyone I deal with. And most of the time …
Taking Stock
The photos for this post should be shot through a hazy filter since the story sounds impossible in light of the current state of the stock photography market and the memories are unclear. I was thinking back to when I used to make a decent income from stock photography. Yeah, like Getty Images… but different, …
Lost and Found
I suppose I could thank Dave Mason. Yes, THAT Dave Mason, the guitarist, member of that great band Traffic, a rock n roll legend. Back in 2003 I took some photographs of him (it’s a long story and I’ll get to it later) and I couldn’t find them. I knew I had taken the photographs, …
Picturelife
UPDATE: Picturelife is dead, defunct and gone. It was taken over by smugmug.com and is no longer supported. Do you backup your photos? What about all those Instagram photos? The ones on Facebook? If you sign up for Picturelife your work, your life in pictures will be saved to the cloud… effortlessly. http://www.picturelife.com full disclosure: …