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an accidental diptych
I meant for this to be just an image of that statue, who looked like she was holding that light over her head (and, also, possibly, holding up the entire ceiling).
But, as the Photography Gods sometimes dictate, that actual thing that needed to be photographed was the way reflection of the other side of the street turned this into a diptych. As a bonus, the way the warm and cool lights play off each other is fun to look at.
Lamesa, Texas
photographed 3.5.2026
the young horseman: a diptych
Let’s just go ahead and assume that I was smart enough to plan this in advance – that I on purpose got two completely different shots of this young man and that I intended all along to create a diptych to show him on horseback and hanging out with his friend.
(But you know that all of this is just a coincidence and I only realized the possibilities after I got home and was editing and realized it was in fact the same kid twice.)
Clovis Horse Sale
Levelland, Texas
photographed 5.18.2024
art, in progress
Lubbock-based artist Kathryn Thomas did a demonstration earlier this month during the First Friday Art Trail. It was fascinating to watch this piece unfold during the evening. And there’s a chance that I *may* have made a nuisance of myself, as I was popping in and out to photograph her at work.
Broadway Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.6.2023
Different Years: a diptych
If you’ve been following along the last couple of days, you know that my collaborator suggested randomly pairing images from the same date but different years just to see what sort of diptych might emerge.
And here’s what I got when I selected One Day | One Image posts from October 17 in 2020 and 2013.
Oddly enough, this pairing works, I think – the peaks of the roof of the church building are echoed in the dancers’ arms.
Dusty, Washington
photographed 9.2.2020, posted 10.17.2020
Denver, Colorado
photographed 6.21.2008, posted 10.17.2013
Wigs: a diptych
If you were here yesterday, you already know that my friend Al and I are taking an online photography class together this year. Our discussions of diptychs for class led us to recall a rain-soaked couple of days in Los Angeles, when we were attending a weekend workshop at the Los Angeles Center for Photography. And that led – as these things sometime do – to the idea that we should collaborate on a diptych.
That’s me in Al’s photo on the left. It looks like I can barely believe what I am seeing, and added to that is the fact that my hair is really wet from all the rain we’d been in.
But wait: there’s more. Just when I thought we were done with diptychs. Al suggested that we look further at our archives and pick images from the same day/different year and pair them up. So….tomorrow you can see the first effort at that project. Unless these wigs have frightened you to the extent you will never return.
Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
photographed 2.17.2017
One Day | One Image 