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Doors Held Open by Friends

02.10.2015 by Peter J. Crowley // 6 Comments

Hold a door for me

A Life in Photographic Art my second book details here

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Morning in Olympia, no really daybreak I rarely see this maybe it is still time zones, bad sleep, pain? But today the sun has come up dancing through my window. Old roads in Willi I always saw the Sun Rise. Norwich the first 10 years up and out early for I only had North windows but the Coffee was hot and the company was invigorating creative from Kyrena’s to Merrihews both opened at 8 but the door was open to me when I arrived between 7 and 7:30 warm Portuguese rolls at Merrihews and by the second third cup of joe Kyrena was bringing me a small plate of the lunch special. Try this Peter yum it was always perfect. Does it need a little more … Maybe a touch. The Reverend Jim at Kyrena’s and Shannon, Jim played a starring roll throughout my travels and the changing Coffee shops forward to City Perk and Kokopeleis. Latitudes on weekends at first and Joanne enters along Michelle who I had photographed through the window of Kyrena’s with Berta and The Scribe serving coffee. Kokopeli’s my Grumpy cup from Amanda was always full. The Muse was blooming.

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Jeff and Jennifer Bishop holding doors open for me even thought I was dead during the 2011 troubles. Jeff helping me into the digital age while keeping my focus solid in film. Jennifer a calm voice to answer insulin questions and be there laughing about growing up together before we met. Two reasons to love the internet. Rees from Flagstaff another pixel friend who has become a real life confident creative and highly into B+W

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I sit and write remembering a yellow poster with a wooden stool on it my daughter had in her room when she was “3ie” “Sometimes I sit and think, sometimes I just sit.” The Muse will be here soon and my mind will be taken to wonderful realms of creativity. Many more friends have held doors for me Marko sending me music when I need now listening to Punk Rock Jukebox from 2011 dedicated to me while I was hospitalized.                                                       peace pjc

Photographic Art Silver Gelatin Figures

Categories // B+W Silver Gelatin, Coffee, Morning Light, Norwich Ct, Old Roads, Olympia Wa., Willimantic Tags // Blending the past and the present, Olympia, Portraits, Silver Gelatin

Back in Norwich August 2014

01.18.2015 by Peter J. Crowley // 4 Comments

The first week of images made with Nikon Digital. enjoy pjc

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Taffville Mill 8/24/14 B+W in camera. Taken before I was advised to shoot RAW and convert. I have applied some of the conversion skills I have since learned. Slight warming filter added.

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Old roads I traveled often. “The Road Goes on Forever and The Party Never Ends” Robert Earl Keen. This in my opinion is still a little blue.

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Farm on Route 32 haying in progress and me in the process of post process. Trying different forms of sharpening, convert to B+W infrared. enjoy pjc

Photographic Art

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Categories // Family Farm, Farms, New England Farm, Nikon, Norwich Ct, Photographic Art Tags // Blending the past and the present, Olympia

When does an Image Become Photographic Art Art

11.24.2014 by Peter J. Crowley // 5 Comments

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Dusk at The Artist Enclave in East Haddam Ct. A storm is coming. B + W silver gelatin print.

 

Low Key Figure silver gelatin print on warm tone paper.

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When you have finished manipulation? Do you ever finish manipulation when is the piece finished? When is it Art?

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Manipulation isn’t new this image is a study of a pregnant women. Shot on 35mm film at ISO 1600 to gain more grain and texture. It was then printed onto a sheet of 4×5 film giving me a positive image, then contact printed on to a 4×5 sheet of litho film [high contrast film used in the printing industry]this film sees just Black and White and adds more texture and grain. Many steps that I decided on while shooting the original negative in very contrasty studio light. When did it become Photographic Art?

What are your thoughts? When Does an image become Art? peace pjc

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