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OutrageUS_001

February 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Images, Uncategorized

  Military Seeing More Applicants read the story headline on the front page of the 7 February 2009 Lansing State Journal. In the report, by Ryan Loew, the broken economy was cited as a principal reason young men and women are joining the armed forces of the United States. In fact my nephew is now [...]

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Pretty, Petty and Profound Pictures

February 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Images, Uncategorized

There are millions, probably billions, of images on the Flickr website. They run the gamut from the sublime to the idiotic. It is a picture library sans catalog—a de facto giant screen and projector and anyone can be the projectionist. On Flickr there are no editors, art directors, researchers, photo-librarians, historians, theorists, philosophers, or social [...]

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Photojournalism is Nearly Dead

January 25th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Images, Uncategorized

Like most photographers, I have made the transition from film to digital—at first grudgingly—but now I accept the inevitability and embrace the new creative opportunities it brings. However, I lament some of the changes. Since a digital image file is comprised of code, it is infinitely alterable. Using programs like Photoshop, the photographer can adjust [...]

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Somewhere In the Story

January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I am sitting in a narrow hall at a tiny 2-person table just across from the men’s room. The wall next to me is a dingy green and the carpet at my feet is reddish brown adulterated with cookie crumbs, mud and oil stains. I hear many voices and smell the competing aromas of several [...]

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Law Cannot Confer Justice

January 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

The American practice of law requires acting, guise, knowledge, guts and chance. It is an adversarial system, which largely reflects the prevailing opinions and biases of the legal community, the corporate elites and the politically powerful. Success at law is measured by wins and billings and is therefore amoral—a game played much like poker—replete with [...]

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