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Communication in a word or at least a contraction.

10.08.2015 by Peter J. Crowley // 2 Comments

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The Text Message

Keep that damn sun of my screen. Wa. State Fair. Colors, sound, games, food, PEOPLE. Texting, talking at not talking to. So many ways to communicate so little said, over and over. Had a dial phone as a kid till the early 2001 worked great talked socialized communicated thoughts emotion values. Mid 90’s the WWW and emails often thought out researched avenue for creative thought. Forums people of a like mind discussing ideas, emotions, Art. I used to communicate by email lots. A month or so ago a friend emailed me some news from back in Willi with a comment that she thought she might have to join FB to reach me. But my email still works my messages always longer than the response. Social nitwitting where shallow is taken to a new level. “The Like Button” where you can comment without a thought. How convenient.  Today I read that the “Like Button” is being upgraded now you can ad a pixel-ed  emotion to your Like how very sweet.  P.M.ing with an artist friend yesterday 5 interchanges friends replies total 25 characters including the exclamation point. I’m old but I still hope that communicating is more involved then to just figure out how few letters it takes to say nothing.  I think the image says how I feel about texting. At this point please click the like button at the top of the page.                  enjoy pjc

Photographic Art    Significance a Poem

 

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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

Photographic Art

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Shadows of Old Roads

06.23.2009 by Peter J. Crowley // 1 Comment


Long Live the King

Self Portrait from an old road littered with bentwood chairs, chop sticks, white table clothes, ambiance! Memories of past life’s exposed on Kodachrome the king of color gone soon overrun by greedy IPodians creating fast food art supersize it and Twit it off to everyone cause it is about you this very moment what could be more important?

Image above not made on Kodachrome but who knows once it hits the vanilla screen it’s goodnuff. so long pjc

Image Made on Kodachrome 1973

“Give us the nice bright colors, the greens of summer……” Paul Simon

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