Category: Thoughts

• practicing scales

  Mar 5

  In my teenage years, I spent time during the summers at my aunt and uncle’s home on the water of the Great South Bay of Long Island. Broad wooden docks… more ›

• the difference between large format and others

  Feb 28

  This gets complicated. Ultimately, a discussion about large format photography depends upon whose pleasure we are talking about – the photographer’s or the viewer’s experience with a final image. With… more ›

• the horror of a forgery

  Feb 24

  Look closely. Very closely. This is a real artifact. Now look closely again. Even more closely. This is a complete forgery. The scene looks bucolic on both stamps. But it… more ›

• imposing nature on art

  Feb 24

  Nick Brandt is arguably the best contemporary nature, animal, and conservation photographer in the world. His BIG LIFE Foundation is committed to anti-animal poaching in Kenya and Tanzania. “I’m waiting… more ›

• “I saw that she was not saying no”.

  Feb 23

  My favorite portrait photographer is Richard Avedon. This image precisely defines what the act of portraiture consists of at its core. “For hours she danced and sang and flirted and… more ›