burnesingman

not my circus. not my monkeys

SOME TYPOS, WORDOS

& thinkos

  • color field, east jesus, texas

    “Color Field”, East Texas, 2020, burnesingman (c) more ›

  • summer night, east jesus, texas

    Summernight, East Jesus, Texas, 2020, burnesingman (c) more ›

  • the guarneri string quartet

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  • practicing scales

    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 surrounded the property. I became friends with David Soyer, the… more ›

  • “make sure they know what they mean!”

    “Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean––make sure they know what they mean!” ― John Irving,  A Prayer for Owen Meany more ›

  • “all I wanted to do was get back to Africa”.

    “All I wanted to do was get back to Africa. We had not left it, yet, but when I would wake in the night I would lie, listening, homesick for it already. Now, looking out the tunnel of trees over… more ›

  • the difference between large format and others

    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 good to great images, the pleasure of the two generally… more ›

  • the wait

    It is more than the grain and image. Infinitely more. This is my favorite photograph of all time and was taken by Jo Ann Santangelo, a brilliant documentary photographer. This image combines everything a photographer must simultaneously be superb at… more ›

  • the horror of a forgery

    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 is not. It portrays a country scene located in the… more ›

  • leizer burstein, zhitomir, ukraine, 2005

    One of the most striking, deeply personal, and moving photographs I own was taken by the incredible documentary photographer Loli Kantor who photographed the remains of Jewish life in Ukraine in 2005. Mr. Beizer survived the Shoah by hiding out… more ›