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Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
16.12.23

Snapshot of History: Unveiling Maxime Du Camp's Salt Print Masterpiece at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Discover a rare Maxime Du Camp salt print at the Met, a pioneering work of travel photography with ties to Gustave Le Gray and Eugène Violle...
22.7.22

Heat Stroke Diary #34876: The Summer of 2022 and My Oscillating Fan is on High Alert

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In this post, written during the 2022 heat wave, I wonder if I have ever done anything special. And hope that I have. Collage of the Author ...
11.7.21

Journey to Willow Lake in Queens (And There and Back Again, Out of the Bog)

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In this post, I take a walk to a hiking trail next to Willow Lake in Queens. It's a marshland in the middle of a metropolis. View of Wil...
6.7.21

Brief Philosophical Thought: On Everydayness and How to Live One's Life to the Zaniest

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In this post, I tussle with Martin Heidegger's concept of "everydayness," — all the while having fun in the town of Catskill, ...
11.12.20

Photograph: A Scene of a Winter Gloaming in Queens

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A million years ago I spotted the gloaming on a Summer evening in Brooklyn near the Gowanus Canal. Fast forward into the future and here I ...
19.9.20

Travel Diary: Jones Beach in September (When Jupiter and Saturn Are Visible in the Evening Sky)

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Where setting sun meets lapping waves — John, a friend, and colleague who is an amateur weather guy, tells me that the cloud formation in th...
8.12.19

Photograph: Ernie Childhood Toy Spotted at the Museum of the Moving Image

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I had this Ernie puppet toy growing up — it was manufactured by Topper Toys in 1972 — mine was a handme down from my older brother. I l...
3.12.19

To Thine Ownself Be True

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I'm not pensive. Usually. Read what I write . Comment. Rant. Share. But, whatever you do, remember to support  teachers ,   writers, an...
28.11.19

Photograph: Looking Out the Window at Night

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Windows. Side windows. Curtains. Basketball bounces define the streets of the city. Conversations. Night walking. Visions. Of Joanna. PD...
8.9.19

Getting Ready For A New School Year (And Seeing Lots of Dog Walkers in Jackson Heights)

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I love this photograph (even though I took it). If you look at the image carefully you may notice I used “tilt-shift”. By shifting focus a...
12.7.18

Throwback Thursday: My Mother at the Anubis Carnival Ball in New Orleans (Circa the 1970s)

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Mom at the Anubis Ball in New Orleans, Louisiana (circa 1970s)  Throwback Thursday:  A few Thursdays ago, I posted a Throwback photog...
25.6.18

Planespotting at the Planeview Park in Queens

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From a bench in Planeview Park spectators watch commercial jets take place and land at La Guardia Airport in Queens. *** Today, I took ...
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3.7.17

Self-Portrait at the Simatai Portion of the Great Wall of China: Photo Post

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It was friggin' hot that day ... just saying (at the Great Wall at Simatai in China). Squinting at the Great Wall of China 🇨🇳. . . . ....
1.1.17

Photograph: Broken Pedestrian Crosswalk Signal (Near Chelsea Piers)

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The author stumbles upon a broken upside-down traffic signal near Chelsea Piers in this post. Broken pedestrian crosswalk signal near Chelse...
20.2.15

Photographs: "My Cronkite Toes"

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I call these "My Cronkite Toes" pics. About to lie flat on my back on this four-poster bed. Try as you might you cannot fit me int...
27.7.14

Brooklyn Notebook: Leif Ericson Commemoration on Fourth Avenue in South Brooklyn

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In this post, I take a stroll in South Brooklyn and stumble upon a plaque in a park. Ho, there, Leif Ericson! According to @forgottenny , t...
20.7.14

Photographs: Walking Underneath the Hell Gate Bridge in Randall's Island Park

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Setting: A Randall's island soccer field with the Hell Gate Bridge cutting through like a beeline. Where's that crack train from A...
10.5.14

Photographs: Summer Evening Skies in Brooklyn

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"Summer Evening Skies in Brooklyn" — I remember I was walking through Gowanus looking for the gloaming. According to the Merriam...
28.3.13

Floyd Bennet Field, Brooklyn, New York

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Floyd Bennet Field, Brooklyn, New York This picture was taken at Floyd Bennet Field, a former New York City airport in Brooklyn. Today ...
7.2.13

Aesthetic Thursday: Bradley Rubenstein

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Bradley Rubenstein, Unititled (Girl with Puppy Dog Eyes), 1996 What Is The Gotcha! in This Photograph? At first I see this image as a ...