James V
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Rushing to Meet the Blue Hour
Before….. And after….. I tried shooting these as JPG files and they just didn’t have the same density, gradations and flexibility as the RAW files. So I used RAW for the editing, having shot the scenes in both JPG and RAW. Images taken with Sigma Bf and Sigma 35mm F2.0 DG DN lens. Location: Waterfront…
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An Elegant Lazy River
The pavilions within Grace Farms River Building, beautifully nest themselves under the roof of this sensitively designed and inhabited sculpture that flows across the landscape of New Canaan, CT. The building, designed by SANAA, is an elegant exploration of building siting and design. Its shape is sensitive to sunlight and shade, its interiors and exteriors…
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Miami Children’s Book
Miami is a study in dichotomies. Covid still runs through the city like joggers on the Miami Beach Boardwalk. Miami in summer is Chicago in winter. Miami is a study in intensities. Miami is the materialistic lifestyle imagined more than 70 years ago and perfecting itself since. Miami is full of the fake, the real,…
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In a New York Moment
To walk New York, along its grids of streets interrupted by their expansion into public spaces (far too few) is to realize that the city makes up for its vulnerabilities and insecurities with a certain overcompensation. A mass onslaught of density and scale. It is a city of contradictions which reinforce the whole. Our gaze…
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Therapy
The past two months have been a difficult time for our family. We tragically lost a loved one and the rebound has been difficult. This person embraced their family with all their heart. They made me, in particular, feel a part of the immediate family, as if I had known their family for years. In…
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What Makes a Good Photographer?
Is the good photographer the person that can discover a unique perspective or scene in any environment? That can create a piece of art in an instant? Or go out on a jaunt and come back with something inspiring? Or easily delete or discard any photos they determine as unsuccessful in a quick glance (be…
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When Tulips Reach Middle Age
A two and a half hour jaunt through the New York Botanical Garden during their annual orchid exhibit, this year designed by the artist known as Mr. Flower Fantastic, was characterized by a beautiful early spring day. It is always at this time of year, during the exhibit, that the cherry blossoms have just passed…
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Good Intentions
I have already posted about Tim Carpenter’s (author, photographer, philosopher) book “To Learn to Photograph is to Learn to Die” but I continue to revisit this book and share ideas about it with the hobbyist photographer. Essential to Carpenter’s argument, that photography can prepare the photographer for death, is the act of “decreation.” In a…
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The mental stumbling block. The creative impasse.
Down By the Hudson, 2026 Sigma BF Monochrome Mode, Sigma 35 DG DN, edited Under the Bridge, Kingston, NY 2026 Sigma Bf, Panasonic 85mm Years ago, while in college and trying to design a high rise building (or was that the redevelopment project along the Monongahela?) I was given great advice by a professor: Stefanie…
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Protected: Is photography political?
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