The Story Behind Every Photograph
The Story Behind Every Photograph…July, 2021
Earlier this year my good friend and fellow large format photographer Joe Azoti reached out to me about a location here in Connecticut that he shared with me back in 2003. My January 2004 7x17" image is this month's featured image, albeit with an unexpected twist. The Ansonia Opera House was featured on the paranormal TV series Ghost Hunters back in May of this year. Turns out the Ansonia Opera House is reported to be haunted, and as a result was the focus of a recent New Haven Register...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…June 2021
I have been looking forward to sharing the Story Behind this month's image since I first learned of the area from a former co-worker. Gerardo, a talented artist in his own right posted the cell phone capture seen below that I grabbed from his FaceBook feed. I first saw the FaceBook post back on January 20th, the lure of the diagonals and receding triangles was simply too enticing to wait for warmer weather. Gerardo had shared with me great directions and I made the 10 minute walk to find...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…May 2021
Winter months are my favorite time of year to make meaningful photographs. Because of the extraordinary events of 2020, travel and safety precautions I was not able to take my annual trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire. A close friend and equally talented B&W photographer owns a beautiful home in Bethlehem backed up to a glorious view of Mt Washington. In fact, my wife and I owned an adjacent building lot for 4-5 years with an eye towards relocating in retirement years. We...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…April 2021
I love telling this particular story and it is especially appropriate to this month's Story Behind Every Photograph. During the scores of plane rides I've taken for landscape photography to the Southwest, I reread the book Art and Fear by Ted Orland and David Bayles. Both are working photographers/artists seeking to survive in the difficult world of "creatives." In the book, the authors share many experiences, the one that stands out the most to me is, a college professor of Art who gives...