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Building Bridges
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”- Rita Mae Brown Recently I have been culling through old photos and came to the conclusion that my photography, and its subjects, hasn’t dramatically changed in the past 10 years. It’s as if I am a mad man,…
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Architectural Vulnerability
by James V October 24, 2020 Urban architecture has always fascinated me. From when I was eight years old, I dreamed of designing a high rise. I still do and the ideas for one continuously gestate in my mind. I wanted green terraces in the late 1980’s, floating in the middle of a skyscraper. Actually,…
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NYC Street Portraits
Technically flawed, spontaneously captured, “run and gun,” trying to keep up with the hustle and bustle. I present those that visit, those that work and those that live…in NYC. December 2025 All images taken with the Sigma Bf camera and Sigma 45mm 2.8 lens.
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Quantum Photography
by James V (originally from October 31, 2020) Forward (Present Day) My initial paragraph is lost from this post. In a nutshell, I was reading and exploring the photography of Henri Cartier-Bresson, whom, among other talents, was a famous street photographer from the 20th century. What I find interesting is the ability of HCB’s photos…
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Ten Minutes in Two Places
(From October 25, 2020) Edgewater, NJ 2020 Sometimes we have had an urge to go out and capture an image. Midday light? Too cloudy? Little content? Familiar, mundane surroundings? I refused to capitulate to the gods of indifference and thought about emphasis on perspective, color or composition. It didn’t go well. I have recently begun…
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Nostalgic Word Salad
(October 19,2020) Chuck Klosterman, writer/author, published an essay about nostalgia in 2011 and re-published it in a collection of essays with a prologue written in 2017. In both works, he references music and photographs to make his argument: the experience of nostalgia has changed. If I interpret Klosterman correctly, these experiential changes were a result…
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A CROSSROAD
In the ever-evolving world, the art of forging genuine connections remains timeless. Whether it’s with colleagues, clients, or partners, establishing a genuine rapport paves the way for collaborative success.
Amateur in photography. Amateur in life. 