In 1968, at the age of 18, I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Four years later I was honorably discharged at the rank of Sergeant. I did not serve in combat but I did serve overseas. I am proud to have been a Marine.
Occasionally I meet people who, upon learning I was a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'digital photography'
Thank You For Your Service
November 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Editorial, Politics and Social Issues, photography
Tags:American·Atomic Bomb·digital photography·dissent·dissent decree·Los Alamos·Marine Corps·Meaning·military·New Mexico·Oppenheimer·photograph·photography·politics·soldier·Trinity·veteran·veterans day·War
Carmina and Tony Elucidate the Ineffable
April 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Art, Tony and Carmina, photography
“Why should I explain it? It’s art and if it’s any good it doesn’t need explanation. I’m a painter. My pictures speak for themselves. Words can’t explain the ineffable.” Said Carmina, her voice replete with protest and doubt.
On this day Anthony (Tony) West, a photographer, and his friend Carmina Sfumato, a painter, sat in the [...]
Tags:art theory·Artist·carmina·digital photography·dissent·dissent decree·dissentdecree·Painting·photograph·Robert Adams·Tony·Walker Evans
It’s spring!
March 20th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Images, photography
Tags:botanical·digital photography·dissent·dissent decree·Flower·garden·Spring·Tulip
Snapper’s Disappointment
February 26th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, photography
Snapper figured if he bought the best he’d be the best. So he made the call and ordered himself one of the finest digital single lens reflex cameras money could buy. This puppy came with 24.5 megapixel full-frame capability, a magnesium body shell, a carbon fiber composite shutter, a 922,000 pixel LCD monitor, and it [...]
Tags:Art·Avedon·digital photography·dissent decree·dissentdecree·Edward Weston·Henri Cartier Bresson·photograph·Photoshop·Robert Mapplethorpe·Walker Evans
Civilization as Digital Ephemera
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Design and Communication, photography
As ever more information (text, sound and image) is shifted from the printed page and onto hard drives and servers, its long-term survival becomes uncertain and problematic.
Where information exists only in digital form many questions of originality, intent, context, and veracity, must go unanswered. For example, after a digital photograph is downloaded from the camera [...]
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