Monthly Archives: January 2023
applause
During the demonstration of the orchestrion (a self-playing musical contraption), I watched this little girl. She was standing up, ready to hear some music, when she noticed that all the other kids were sitting down. I guess she decided that she didn’t want to be only one standing, so she sat down, but only momentarily: as soon as the music started, she was on her feet.
And, as you can see, she was applauding the performance.
Musical Instrument Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 12.26.2022
in love, in the rain
It seemed unusual to have a rainy day in Phoenix. But it rained off and on all day.
That gave me the chance to see this piece, “Woman in Love” (Bob Haozous, sculptor), in the garden at the Heard Museum with raindrops barely hanging on to its slick surface.
Heard Museum
Phoenix, Arizona
photographed 12.28.2022
coverlet
I don’t know if familiarity breeds contempt as much as it breeds photo-blindness.
I would never (never, I say!) even think about photographing the bed at my house. But a hotel room’s bed? I photograph a lot of hotel room beds. They just seem to be a lot more interesting, but that also makes me realize that I am overlooking photographic subjects in my own house.
Fort Worth, Texas
photographed 12.23.2022
urban reflections
If you combine a little bit of impending boredom, a camera outfitted with a vintage lens, an 8th floor hotel room, a view of a parking deck, morning sunlight, and a cold-ass day, this is what may happen.
(I felt that it was important for you to be aware of the risks of traveling with me.)
Fort Worth, Texas
photographed 12.23.2022
One Day | One Image 