The Story Behind Every Photograph
The Story Behind Every Photograph…September, 2019
Seven years ago my wife and I had taken our granddaughters to an annual Hot Air Balloon launch about a half-hour from home, we arrived @ 5:30 in the morning in anticipation of a dawn launch. See attached photos, then and now. Driving down the streets of Plainville CT. in the wee hours of the morning we passed this diner with all the lights off and it did not even catch my eye. The balloon launch did not take too long and we were back on the road looking...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…August, 2019
My first trip to the Southwest for photography began in 1985. Trips West for photography would soon become an annual occurrence. Sometimes for personal photography and other times leading photo workshops with my partner and mentor, Jack Holowitz. Over the years I've witnessed a plethora of landscape and erosion variations unique to the Arizona Strip. The Arizona Strip lies north of the Colorado River and into a small portion of southern Utah. Its landmass is greater than the state of...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…July 2019
Back in the mid-‘90’s, I was in my all-time favorite area in Utah. Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park. The National Park itself comprises three distinctive landscapes, the most popular is the Needles District followed by the largest land area, Island in the Sky District and then the extremely remote and least visited Maze District. The Island in the Sky District is where I am drawn to the most for several reasons. By its nature, it is subterranean with much of its...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…June, 2019
Toronto has been a destination for my photography for the last 12 years, several times to teach Silver-printing workshops for Bob Carnie. In my opinion, Carnie is one of the 5 best Silver printers on the planet, so, it’s an incredible honor to be asked to teach a silver printing workshop for Bob Carnie. During May 2011, my good friend and fine large format photographer Gene LaFord, formerly of Massachusetts, accompanied me. Gene and I were out before dawn one morning long before...