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A blog is a diary.
I made this art and used it on posters in 1971.
It undoubtedly helped me become Student Council President in my senior year of high school. Nike subsequently incorporated a similar “Just Do It.” logo in their ad campaigns from 1988 on, for different reasons. Continue reading “”
FROM COURT AND SPARK TO NIGHT RIDE HOME
Released 40 years ago this month, Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark was her first album in almost two years.
Mitchell infused her singer-songwriter folk-rock music with jazz inflections played by session musicians. The result was her most successful commercial effort ever. The album reached No. 2 in the United States in 1974 and eventually sold over 2 million copies. The recent WB 180 gram LP is a sublime reissue. Continue reading “”
AN OBSERVATION
“We live in a world that values easy solutions to complex problems. And buying [photographic] gear on specifications is such a solution. Further, instant pop culture has destroyed the ability of most people to appreciate nuance, delicacy and detail, values which require dedication and emotional commitment, and which are only revealed over time.” Continue reading “”
THE ARCHITECT
I guess it can be told that I had a walk on part in a film called “The Architect” to be released in 2016. Directed by Jonathan Parker (a very nice man), I played a photographer of all things!
My wife volunteered me for the small non-speaking extra role, and I was somehow chosen. “The Architect” is about a husband and wife who are longing to build their dream home only to have those plans crushed when their architect builds his ideal home instead. Continue reading “”
BACK TO BASICS
“Knowing what you’ve got, knowing what you need, knowing what you can do without – That’s inventory control.†– From the movie Revolutionary Road.
PERSONAL WORK – 2013
One of photography’s purposes is to confirm the sentiment, “I was here.” Dating back 40,000 years to European cave paintings, there’s been a desire to capture an elusive moment and somehow make it stay just a moment longer. That’s happiness for me.
