Photo Galleries
About the Galleries
These galleries are the whittled down collection of moments and ideas that were supported by the continuous depletion of my bank account over time and the perennially futile search for something interesting to look at. At the time each one was taken I felt certain that what I was seeing was important. They still are. Enjoy the viewing.
Ansco:
In keeping with a tradition found in photo circles of using cheap plastic cameras with sub-par lenses, years ago I found a perfect candidate from the once mighty Ansco Company. When loaded with 35mm film, it takes a unique panoramic photo by simply cropping the top and bottom of the film frame from inside the camera. Combined with a lens of average performance, the final image has an unpretentious and simple quality to it.
Rural:
Using a camera, I look for unobtrusive visual balance in the natural world. Spectacular vistas and breathtaking sights for calendars or post cards should be taken by modern day Bierstadts looking for their own Storm in the Rocky Mountains. I crave milder dynamics.
Urban:
Living in Brooklyn, New York since 1980 with a camera; photos of town; photos of town folk. I've taken so many over the years that this represents only one edited set.
Scanner:
No big secret: open the scanner lid and use it like a camera. The width and height are set by the scanner bed, but with time as a third dimension — the duration the scanner takes to move the sensor from one end to the other — all sorts of things can happen.
fourBYfour
Digital cameras have a substantial toy factor built into them. A unique setting found on a camera I own is the 16 frame multiple shot. You press the shutter and one after another, 16 photos are taken. They are lined up next to each other — four photos across, in four neat rows to reveal patterns and arrangements that would otherwise be lost if taken individually. It stands in good company with sequential mosaic photography, multi-shot injection molding, and a World of Warcraft marksmanship technique. Who knew.