Odd.
A curious exhortation in Union Square, SF, considering that retail dominates the area.
Panny GX7, 17mm Zuiko.
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Yearly Archives: 2014
Locomotion
Bike and skateboard.
On Market Street, SF. Where else?
Panny GX7, kit zoom.
Charles Marville
Paris in transition.
French photographer Charles Marville (1813-79) documented Paris before Baron Haussmann tore down the old city and built what we now know as the most beautiful city in western civilization. The narrow streets and crowding gave way to Haussmann’s magnificent Avenues and Boulevards, and Marville’s images are a fine record of the Paris of old.
The show is currently running at the Met in New York though May 4, 2014, and you can read more about the man and his mission in the NYT here.
Update March 2014: A fine piece from the NYT.
Jill Freedman
The real thing.
Classical photojournalism may be dying, replaced by the noise of Instagram and cell phones, but one of its greatest exponents, Jill Freedman, is still going strong.
Click the picture for the NYT Lens story.
The length to which she would go for a story or a good picture are remarkable. Click through to her blog here to read about her well known book Firehouse, documenting the tough lives of Bronx firemen.
Vase and candlesticks
Carmel at night.
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This exquisite piece of window design is from Carmel. Taken at night, the image takes on the guise of one of those realist paintings of the Dutch school.
The tonal range in the 18″ x 24″ print on my wall is to die for, in no small part thanks to the superb job done by the HP DesignJet dye ink printer.
Nikon D3x, 35mm Sigma, tripod.