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dog day
Sunny day. New-to-me vintage lens. A dog.
That is all I needed to fill up the time.
Guthrie Green
Tulsa, Oklahoma
photographed 4.8.2023
immaculate
Construction on this church began in 1604 and was completed in 1612; work continued on the Baroque ornamentation, and the project was deemed complete in 1740 when the frescoes on the ceiling were finished.
An attached monastery was partially demolished (to make way for other construction) in 1932; Allied bombing in 1943 destroyed what was left of those buildings.
There was a lot to see inside the church. It was overwhelming. Every view was full of…everything. Here’s a tiny slice of the interior, so you can get the idea of what we were up against when it came to knowing where to look and what to photograph.
Chiese dell’Immaculota Concezione
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 9.3.2022
the happy afternoon
I was in Tulsa the other week, and it was quite an eventful time. For one thing, my collaborative project with photographer VC Torneden opened at the TAC Gallery. Our project is a multi-year look at the forgotten places along Route 66. In case you didn’t make it to Tulsa, you can see those images here.
And some friends of mine came up to the show – some from Texas and one from New Mexico.
And – as if driving like a million hours to get from Santa Fe wasn’t already more than enough, that friend (a great photographer, R. David Marks) gave me a vintage lens.
And then! There’s more!! I used that vintage lens and made some photos on a warm and sunny afternoon. This couple were having a happy day – there was much laughter coming from their part of the park
Guthrie Green
Tulsa, Oklahoma
photographed 4.8.2023
PS: The lens is a Super-Takumar 55mm f2.
white smoke flag of surrender
Look! It’s some sort of spiky plant that’s all done with being green because the summer heat just dried it up. Most of what we saw in Sicily was in the various stages of being brown. You know, the way things look when summer starts tilting into fall. Our guide said in the spring and early summer it’s as “green as Ireland.” Obviously, while I do not doubt for one second the veracity of what she said, I do need to go back in an April or a May to see that for myself.
Oh, and also, there’s a volcano.
Mt. Etna, Sicily
photographed 9.9.2022
desertion
I was at an airport. I had a camera. I had time to fill.
And so I made this image, which is the opposite – in a lot of ways – of this airport photo from a couple of days ago.
Tampa International Airport
Tampa, Florida
photographed 11.4.2022
One Day | One Image 