Category: hotels
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Marfa, Texas (Americana #2)
I have been avoiding visiting the United States since Trump was elected president in 2016 and I can’t see that changing so long as MAGA remains a force in the land. But I have some fond memories. These photos were taken on my first trip to Marfa, Texas, in April 2011. The images in the…
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are, bure, boke #2
The Japanese Provoke photographers’ slogan “are, bure, boke,” or “rough, blurred, out-of-focus” applies to many of my images. Some of these effects are intentional, more are not. Many people would dismiss these simply as “bad pictures,” but another view is possible: Photography is painting with light! The blurs, the spots, those are errors! But the errors…
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blue + yellow #1
For me, the combination of the primary colors blue and yellow always used to say IKEA. Nowadays it has acquired other connotations. Slava Ukraini! New Zealand, November-December 2000 #1-2 Napier #3-4 Tarradale #5 Rawene #1-4 Whangerei #1-2 Auckland #3 Devonport #4-6 Wellington Singapore December 2005 West Texas April 2011 (# 5 + 6) + April…
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are, bure, boke
The Japanese photographers associated with the Provoke group, whose best-known member was Daido Moriyama, espoused an aesthetic of “Are, Bure, Boke,” or “rough, blurred, out-of-focus.” There can be many reasons for blurry images – too low a shutter speed, too wide an aperture, camera shake, reflections, errors in focusing, a dirty lens – but the…
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not dark yet
A handful of mostly joyful images captured on a 1 megapixel first generation Sony digital camera on a visit to New York City a year before 9–11 changed everything. We stayed in the trendy Hudson Hotel on West 58th Street, then newly remodeled by Philippe Starck.
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