Searching for the music in my head
This image is one on which I have been working on and off for several months. There are so many ways to print it, and most of them have found their way into the trash can.
This is a Bromoil image from a series of images I took of people in New Castle, Delaware.
When it comes to photography I do like to have control. There are times when errors enter the image, which normally result in lost opportunities. However, there are rare occasions when these same errors offer opportunities, and this happens to be one of those. The last time I visited New York City I did a fair amount of street photography with my Holga, and looking at the negatives on one roll I was rather confused. Apparently I must have been looking at the wrong number when advancing the film, because I ended up with a series of overlaid images. Most are trash, but I did like this particular, if we can call it, diptych.
New York City is an interesting place, and one where everyone should at least experience. When I go there I leave behind the standard images and shoot on the street. It has got to be one of the few places in the world where one can shoot people and the subjects take everything in stride.
This one is of the ubiquitous vendors seeking to collect tourists for a bus ride. Whereas most of us drive to work, this person carries a sign to work. I keep in mind that this was on a cold day where I was wearing gloves, but this hearty individual carried this sign by the metal stand without any sense of discomfort of the temperature.
I also liked how the lines in the image are all vertical or horizontal, but the sign he is carrying breaks all of that up.
This is another in my series of pinhole sieve images, taken this past weekend. A pinhole sieve is similar to a zone plate in that there is a central pinhole, which is then surrounded by numerous series of progressively smaller pinholes.
Embassy Theatre in Cumberland, Maryland reclaims a 1931 Art Deco movie house, sole-remaining entertainment edifice from bygone Queen City life, that has now become a multipurpose center for allied arts. With original motifs re-applied to maintain authenticity, the Embassy renovation was featured on Bob Vila’s “Restore America” for HGTV. Thanks to enthusiastic patrons who have lent support and donations, the New Embassy Theatre is able to offer an eclectic repertoire of classic film art and live music, theatre and dance.
I have posted images about the Baltimore Aquarium before. This is the sort of place where one can lose themselves for a day just having fun roaming throughout the building. This is the bridge that connects two buildings of the site.
This is an expired paper photogram. What I have done is to place objects, in this case leaves (I also dribbled water on the paper), onto photographic paper and place this in the sun for a couple of hours.
The paper is not fixed because that removes the color, so the image is scanned. I then played with levels and curves to bring out the colors that exist within the paper.
I have been taking pictures of forgotten places and abandoned items recently, and this is an example. Behind a store lies discarded items that meant something in the past, but are part of the rubble of the present. I decided to print this as a Bromoil, which turned out to be one of the more difficult images to print, but I think that the intention properly fits the process.
I had an opportunity to spend some time on the campus of McDaniel College, in Westminster, Maryland. This was a rather quiet place during a period of inactivity, so I was able to wander about with my camera without having to worry about being in anyone’s way. One of the more interesting buildings was the President’s house, which seemed to nestle itself quite nicely into a corner of the campus.
I have written about Henryton in the past and it remains to be a source of diverse imagery. This is the detail of a larger image that was taken within the power station below the center.
