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Norwich Ct. Angles Triangles Simplicity of Creating

02.20.2012 by Peter J. Crowley // 1 Comment

Still here in the past this from 2001 an image I sometimes love and sometimes feel it is a near miss. Image made on film scanned from print with a little burning and dodging to fit this medium for viewing. Prints of course are the best way of viewing. My images are simple, not simplistic. Simplicity is the hardest concept to grasp. In this latest and greatest new and improved world. Perhaps the shot is too busy? Perhaps mundane? Well my B+W is all shot on film composed in the viewfinder printed without cropping. I am repeating myself sorry. A story partially told you can ponder and add the rest of the story. See Andrea’s comment. While drinking coffee late this morning I was on another site where the photographer had loaded a roll of film yesterday and last night dreamed he had blown the whole roll. “Waking” in the dream he tried to look at the histogram but film has not histogram nor preview window on the back. Awake and posting on Google+ he was considering the idea of throwing out the film and putting away the film camera and throwing out the film without exposing. I guess he could not work without crutches anymore. Perhaps he was kidding? But I know all too many photographers who seek an instant destination rather than a journey. So what do you think? Is my image to busy? Does it lead you to memories? enjoy pjc

Photographic Art way back to the 70’s here.

Categories // Abstraction, Art, B+W Fine Art, B+W Silver Gelatin, Back to the future, Between Here and There, Black and White Fine Art, Black and White Fine Art Photography, Cameras, Choice, Close to home, Community, Creativity, Documentary, Doorway, Empty stairs, Film, Film 35mm, Fine Art Photography, More ups and downs., Nikon, Norwich Ct Tags // Abstraction, Ambiance, Blending the past and the present, Humanity, Photographic Art, Silver Gelatin, X Black and White Fine Art Photography

Up on the Roof Piano Wall Ad. Norwich Ct May 2004

02.19.2012 by Peter J. Crowley // Leave a Comment

Walker Evans got me started in signage photographs a lot can be told by signs. History and personality past and present. enjoy pjc

Photographic Art

Categories // Art, Art Deco, B+W Fine Art, B+W Silver Gelatin, Between Here and There, Black and White Fine Art, Close to home, Fine Art Photographs, Norwich Ct, Sacramento, Seattle, The City as a Muse, The Past, The Present, Uncategorized Tags // Abstraction, Blending the past and the present, Humanity, Photographic Art, Seasons, Silver Gelatin, Simplicity, Small Business

Patti Smith, The Wadsworth Atheneum, and The Revolutionary War

02.16.2012 by Peter J. Crowley // 3 Comments

A Gravestone in The Old Norwichtown Cemetery older than the tree that now engulfs the stone. Graves dating back to the Revolutionary War many French troops under the leadership of General Rochambeau are buried there.
Yesterday we went to The Wadsworth Atheneum to see the Patti Smith Photographs and more of their great collection. Patti’s work was emotionally dark, many gravestones of famous writers and artists. There are also images of rooms and beds from The Chelsea Hotel where she shared a room/suite with Robert Mapplethorpe when they were “Just Kids” the title of her new book. Technically most of the images were made with a B+W Polaroid Land Camera and printed from the negative in limited editions. It is a visual history of the artist and the times. The show closes on Feb 19 so get over for a look at her work, collections of hers and two short films. The Wadsworth Atheneum is worth a visit anytime the museum has a vast collection with many alternating shows. See link above to see what is coming up at The Wadsworth. enjoy pjc

Photographic Art

Categories // B+W Fine Art, Between Here and There, Beyond the surface, Black and White Fine Art, Film, Film 35mm, Galleries., Norwich Ct, Photographic Art, Time Tags // Ambiance, Blending the past and the present, Photographic Art, Silver Gelatin, X Black and White Fine Art Photography

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