Category Archives: portrait

“A Portrait…”

Having generous friends who indulge me and cooperate with me on my photo projects is a real gift which I treasure. I found out that having an 8 GB card in the camera can be dangerous. I don’t stop making … Continue reading

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“From The Archives…”

Whenever I get a case of ‘camera envy’ it is instructive to take a look through my archives and come across a Holga photo like this one of my friends Jonya and Milinda. – A cheap camera will do – … Continue reading

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“Some More Cyanotypes…”

This morning I had the satisfying experience of producing a 15 print suite of Cyanotypes. The prints are small – 5″ x 3.25″ on 5″ x 7″ Strathmore Mixed Media paper. I took my time and coated each piece twice, … Continue reading

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“Reprinting Volume 1…”

I am in the process of reprinting the ‘artist book’ version of volume 1 of my WaterWomen book. Again, I am using 11″x13.5″ Strathmore Drawing paper. I really think it works well for that purpose, although high quality inkjet paper … Continue reading

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“A Portrait…”

There is no beating around the bush about it. Cyanotypes continue to totally fascinate me. I just did this one – the thing that strikes me about doing Cyanotypes is that in a way the resulting images are removed from … Continue reading

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“Taschen, Trains and Cyanotypes…”

I believe I am just about to bore you to death by Cyanotype. This morning I re-did several of my small 5″ x 3.25″ images on the Strathmore paper I have been using. I had come to the conclusion that, … Continue reading

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“Diana Driving her Boat…”

and drying her hair, while in the channel between Atsena Otie and Cedar Key. This is another one from my WaterWomen portfolio that I am working up to include in my Documentary Photography Grant application. I am getting a pretty … Continue reading

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“What! No Detail in the Shadows…”

Well, I think perhaps sometimes one can get away with it. This is an older portrait of Diana which I just reworked a few minutes ago. The original is a 35mm Neopan 1600 negative, and I was never quite able … Continue reading

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Nadav Kander

Nadav Kander is without a doubt one of my favorite contemporary photographers. There is a fine interview with him here also:

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“Heather…”

I am still going through my files to select photos for the submission I am working on. This is one of them. Heather had invited me this Sunday morning to go out with them [her Dad and brother] to pull … Continue reading

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