An Ordinary Photographer

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couple more from NYC...

2012-01-14T09:34:00.005-05:00

2012-01-07T15:54:00.002-05:00

NYC

2012-01-02T11:13:00.012-05:00

...went to NYC Dec 31st to see the Vivian Maier show and street shoot. Amazed how quickly things happened and how hard it actually was to get something good. Plan on going back often this year. Here are a few that I think are halfway decent, but much to learn

He reminded me of Stieglitz..

This woman was coming out of Radio City Music Hall and looked famous(though prob wasn't) so i hit her with flash..

It seemed everyone was either on the phone or taking a picture..

This kid didn't seem too impressed, probably wanted to go play video games.

I think she was trying to take a picture but Im not sure..

feeling small...

2012-01-02T01:11:00.001-05:00

2011-12-28T20:36:00.001-05:00

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2011-11-26T13:52:00.002-05:00

off to NYC to meet family...hope to get thru a roll or two of film while im there.

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print sale...

2011-11-05T16:16:00.003-04:00

...for just $25 plus $5 shipping you can buy a signed unframed 8x10 print of most anything on my blog. The recent double exposures are not included as that was a collaboration with another photographer. In turn I'll be able to turn around and use that to buy film and/or darkroom supplies to make more images.
If interested please email me at (pesphoto@gmail.com) with details of which image you would like and Ill send you the address to Paypal the $30 to. If outside the US, please email for shipping cost

east side...

2011-11-05T13:07:00.001-04:00

2011-10-29T09:54:00.002-04:00

2011-10-24T19:30:00.004-04:00

double exposed...

2011-10-23T22:18:00.000-04:00

A collaboration with a photographer friend...he shot a roll of Ilford HP5 and then I reshot the roll, developed it and made some prints. Here is the result...

Finding Harry Callahan...

2011-10-19T08:56:00.001-04:00

OK, so I found another location downtown. This is on Westminster and Eddy St looking towards Johnson and Wales University. I plan to go back and shoot again as my version isnt quite there for me but its close.

Harry Callahan 1968:

My version 2011:

Kennedy Plaza...

2011-10-16T01:37:00.000-04:00

2011-10-15T13:10:00.002-04:00

heading downtown to search out another Harry Callahan photo location...

Providence Grid project...

2011-10-12T23:43:00.000-04:00

2011-10-12T18:01:00.002-04:00

finding Harry Callahan..

2011-10-12T00:46:00.002-04:00

Harry made his photograph in 1968, so a lot has changed..but here is my version.
Notice the detail on the building upper right is the same in both images. The hydrant in Harry's photo is still there but now blocked by the bushes. Im also pretty sure he used a 28mm or 35mm lens while I was using a 40mm.
Harry's version can be seen here

My version shot October 12 2011:

2011-10-11T17:03:00.000-04:00

well...i've been punched, stared down, sworn at, etc. but today was the first time someone threatened to shoot me if I took his photo. Good thing the threat came After I took his photo....

2011-10-10T09:10:00.000-04:00

Went in the darkroom yesterday and made this print of the deconstruction of the old rt 195 from last spring. I made it on Ilford multigrade 8x10 glossy fiber paper. It's not a perfect print yet but this image has all the tones from black, white and in everything in between, the scan doesn't do it justice. Yes...digital would be easier and more convenient...I had to print, develop, fix twice, wash, selenium tone, wash for another hour and then dry for a few hours for this one print. But I'll take inconvenience any day if this is the result..

Shooters Night Club..

2011-10-09T09:04:00.000-04:00

The wrecking ball is coming to Shooters Night club this Tues so I went down there yesterday to make some photos. It's been a mess for a while so it shouldnt take long to come down. I guess this was THE big hot spot in the 90's...for those who like that sort thing...

off to Boston...

2011-10-01T12:06:00.000-04:00

...taking the commuter rail from Providence to Boston/Somerville to drop off 4 8x10 prints to (hopefully)sell at my friend's shop and visit for a bit. Hopefully I'll find something interesting to photograph along the way. If the rain holds out hoping to wander around downtown a bit around south Station before heading home tonight.

2011-09-17T22:42:00.000-04:00

2011-09-10T18:08:00.003-04:00

"If you want to create, you'll create..."
— Charles Bukowski

lincoln graveyard...

2011-09-04T18:13:00.000-04:00

2011-09-04T16:10:00.007-04:00

Providence raised it's hurricane barrier during Irene, this was built after the city was flooded in '54.

...took a trip to the fair yesterday..

South Providence...

2011-08-25T21:38:00.000-04:00

I-195 cont

2011-08-14T17:23:00.003-04:00

here's a new photo from my I-195 series...leftovers from an onramp along the river..

Photo Lottery..

2011-08-09T17:36:00.001-04:00

My print of this photo has been accepted into the AS220 annual photo lottery. AS220 is a local community darkroom space/art community and the lottery will help them raise money. So go buy a print if youre in the area!

during/after I-195 deconstruction

2011-08-07T13:06:00.001-04:00

basically the same view, but couldn't get it exact as the sign in the foreground had been moved a little...

more I-195...

2011-08-07T10:05:00.001-04:00

..working on trying to arrange a group show on this subject for myself and a few other local photographers

Old I-195 deconstruction cont...

2011-07-31T11:21:00.000-04:00

These are from about 2 weeks ago, except for the foundations in the water, most of this is gone now....more to come..

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2011-07-23T10:17:00.000-04:00

Finding Harry cont...

2011-07-17T19:21:00.001-04:00

ok so I need to go and redo the first spot but I think its pretty clear this one is correct :). This is Transit St looking down towards Wickenden St. The tree is much bigger and blocks much of the scene and the stop sign is no longer there.

2011:

Harry Callahan 1994:

2011-07-17T11:55:00.001-04:00

just found out that I had the wrong spot pegged for the Harry Callahan photo below.
THIS is where I need to go. Notice the building detail, manhole cover and hydrant!!!

finding harry...

2011-07-16T22:34:00.010-04:00

2011:

Harry Callahan : 1968

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2011-07-11T22:37:00.001-04:00

7am shooting downtown

2011-07-10T22:46:00.000-04:00

R.I.P - 7/3/2011

2011-07-06T15:53:00.002-04:00

new toy

2011-07-06T12:39:00.003-04:00

2011-06-27T20:34:00.001-04:00

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dead tired...

2011-06-12T23:30:00.001-04:00

Art?

2011-06-09T07:46:00.000-04:00

steal beams from the removal of the old I-195 ramps. I kept thinking...they should keep these here as public art and build around them.

fits my mood....

2011-06-05T19:29:00.000-04:00

south providence...

2011-05-29T13:32:00.002-04:00

providence roller derby...

2011-05-23T22:07:00.000-04:00

south providence

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2011-04-24T17:29:00.001-04:00

getting the car inspected and trying out a new/used camera(1st pic is not my car)

2011-04-24T08:51:00.004-04:00

...old I-195 ramps are being torn down..

Under the old I-195 ramps...

2011-04-24T00:33:00.000-04:00

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more with the XA2

2011-03-06T17:31:00.000-05:00

Olympus XA2

2011-02-20T22:38:00.001-05:00

Words of Wisdom From Charles Bukowski

2011-02-03T20:35:00.002-05:00

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”

“Do you hate people? I don’t hate them…I just feel better when they’re not around.”

“That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”

“My ambition is handicapped by laziness.”

“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.”

“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”

“If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose.”

“Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.”

“Sex is kicking death in the ass while singing.”

“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.”

“There is always one woman to save you from another and as that woman saves you she makes ready to destroy.”

“Pain is strange. A cat killing a bird, a car accident, a fire…. Pain arrives, BANG, and there it is, it sits on you. It’s real. And to anybody watching, you look foolish. Like you’ve suddenly become an idiot. There’s no cure for it unless you know somebody who understands how you feel, and knows how to help.”

“Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It’s like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of piss.”

more kodak jiffy 6-16 folder images....

2011-01-29T23:26:00.003-05:00

these are contact prints of the negatives on ilford fiber glossy paper...

Kodak Jiffy 6-16 folder camera

2011-01-23T13:15:00.001-05:00

first image testing out this 1937 camera...more to come...
- this is a scan of the actual negative on my flatbed scanner, then inverted in PS

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Grid Project....

2010-12-25T20:12:00.002-05:00

prov grid project cont....

2010-12-20T00:18:00.001-05:00

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2010-12-19T22:30:00.002-05:00

photos to come soon.....taking a little break.

2010-12-10T16:15:00.002-05:00

Old I-195

2010-11-29T21:41:00.004-05:00

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federal hill... providence

2010-11-27T00:22:00.003-05:00

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