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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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The City That Never Sleeps
The Christmas holidays distort reality in New York City. For a short time, the visitors revel in the holiday spirit, the street performers cater to the holiday cheer and the windows on 5th Avenue are decorated to interest the tourist with a style that is all New York… Sigma Bf, Meike 55mm 1.8 Pro But…
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Some BS from the Bf
Speaking to self: “I’m going to use that 24mm I bought when I purchased the camera and try for some dramatic photos of landscape. And you know what else? Maybe I could stop off in a small town and come up with some interesting photos of the place on the way to the reservoir/lake.” Problem…
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Can you grab some bagels?
I woke up this morning to another grey sky day and it seems December is transforming into November. The Art of Noise has a wonderful song named Opus 4 and I suggest, when you have a chance (preferably in November), to play it on your typically cloudy mid-autumn leafless day. No sun, no birds, no…
Amateur in photography. Amateur in life. 