Photo Essays
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Photo Essay: Minnesota State Fair, September 2018
A couple weekends ago I helped my son move into an apartment as he starts his second year in college. All summer I had been hankering to go to a county fair. I love everything about county fairs— the colors of the booths, the contained danger of the midway, the exaggerated foodstuffs. The direct examination…
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Photo Essay, Las Vegas, America, June 2015
Over the weekend of June 13, 2015, I went to Las Vegas with my oldest son. We went there as a 16th birthday present to meet up with a group of his kids he met online 4 years ago and who have become some his best friends. I shot about 1,000 pics and whittled them down…
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COLLABORATION STOCK PHOTOS: Image #1
Here’s the first photo from my conceptual art project, COLLABORATION STOCK PHOTOS, designed to recreate and propagate as many stock photos representing the word “collaboration” as possible. Here’s the original image: And here’s the re-creation: My approach on this one was simple re-creation, in part because we had the models, props, and venue at the…
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COLLABORATION STOCK PHOTOS (Shoot #1)
I’ve got the first shoot set for my new project, COLLABORATION STOCK PHOTOS. My goal is to recreate and propagate as many stock photos representing the word “collaboration” as possible. I will be attending the next meetup of Connect Chicago, a group devoted to people who work to bring public computer centers, community technology centers, and digital…
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Why I Take Pictures
Earlier this week, my youngest son played in his middle school basketball championship game. I got there early, and was setting up my camera. The JV game was finishing up, and it got pretty dramatic. The game was tied at 26. The visiting team— a set of sixth and seventh graders from a small league that…