Thursday, December 30, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                      
                                                       
iPhone Diary: 30 December 2010
                                                                
                                                                  

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Images of Europe: England

                                                                                         
                                                                      
Where Becket Died


                                                         
                                              

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                             
                                                                     
 iPhone Diary: 11 November 2010
                                                                             
                                                                       

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                     
                                                            
iPhone Diary: 3 December 2010                                                                     
                                                                     

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Images of Australia: Melbourne

                                                  
                                                               
Untitled (Melbourne flora), 2010
                                                                 
                                                                     

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Images of Australia: South Coast

                                                           
                                                               
 Day 2: Humpback Whales, Jervis Bay
                                                              
                                                          

Monday, November 22, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                  
                                                        
 iPhone Diary: 22 November 2009, 9:30 a.m.
                                                      
                                                            
 iPhone Diary: 22 November 2009, 9:35 a.m.
                                        
                                                  

Monday, November 15, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                       
                                                          
 iPhone Diary: 9 October 2010 (Thunderbird)
                                                         
                                                           
                                                                   

Thursday, November 11, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                     
                                                              
iPhone Diary: 30 October 2010 (Roses Are Pink)
                                                                         
                                                                

Friday, October 29, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                               iPhone Diary: 6 September 2010
                                                         
                                                         

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                             
                                                
iPhone Diary: 10-10-10
                                                  
                                                  

Friday, October 22, 2010

Images of Australia: South Coast

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Day 1: Coast Walk, Royal National Park, New South Wales
                                                                          
                                                                         

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Images of Australia: South Coast

                                         

Day 3: Jervis Bay, Huskisson, New South Wales                                                          
                                                  

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Images of Australia: South Coast

                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                   
Day 1: View from Illawarra Fly Treetop Walk


                                                                                                                                    

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Images of Australia: Sydney

                                                 
                                                                                                   
St. Andrew's Cathedral                                                        



                                                                         
                                                                 
I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with my whole heart;
before the gods I will sing your praise.
 
I will bow down toward your holy temple
and praise your Name, because of your love and faithfulness;
For you have glorified your Name
and your word above all things.
 
When I called, you answered me;
you increased my strength within me.
 
All the kings of the earth will praise you, O LORD,
when they have heard the words of your mouth.
 
They will sing of the ways of the LORD,
that great is the glory of the LORD.
 
Though the LORD be high, he cares for the lowly;
he perceives the haughty from afar.
 
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you keep me safe;
you stretch forth your hand against the fury of my enemies; your right hand shall save me.
 
The LORD will make good his purpose for me;
O LORD, your love endures for ever; do not abandon the works of your hands. 
                                                                                              
Palm 138, appointed for July 25, 2010
                                       
              

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                   
                                                              
iPhone Diary: 24 July 2009


This photo will be exhibited in Currents 2010, the annual juried membership show of New Orleans Photo Alliance. The show will be at Crescent City Brewhouse on Decatur Street in the French Quarter, Nov. 20, 2010, through Jan. 2, 2011.
                               
                                    

Monday, September 13, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                        
                                                          
iPhone Diary: 23 July 2009
                                                                                                                                        
In late March 2009, I began to explore the capabilities of my new iPhone camera. Like most of my projects, this one did not spring full-blown from my mind. Rather, I tend to start doing something, then figure out what it is and why it is interesting.

What it is, in this case, is a series of photographs called "iPhone Diary." Each image is subtitled with the date it was made. iPhone Diary photographs must be composed at the moment of taking on the screen of the iPhone. Although I upload them to my computer and sometimes adjust the contrast or color to represent the scene as near to how I saw it as possible, I do not crop the images.

My purpose in not cropping iPhone Diary pictures and in seeking to re-present a scene as I saw it is distinctly NOT to reinforce the popular notion that the camera produces a mechanical, therefore somehow "objective," record of reality. Photographers are in the business of framing the world. They impose the physical frame of their camera's viewfinder/screen on continuous reality. What ends up within the frame and how it is organized in relationship to the frame is one of the photographer's primary communicative tools. Deciding to not crop the iPhone Diary images thus requires discipline. I must be very clear and deliberate at the moment of making the photograph about what I see and how to frame it so that others will be able to see it as well.

Is it interesting, and if so, how? To me it is, but the photographs are fragments from my life--like a diary of images. I have a story to go with each one. At the same time, perhaps the pictures also somehow transcend the particular. Maybe they evoke your stories, too? 
                                                                     
                                                                             

Friday, September 3, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                                        
                                                                         
iPhone Diary: 20 July 2010
                                                       
                                                                                                      

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                                                                                    
                                                                                                         
 iPhone Diary: 17 July 2010 (After Diego Rivera)
                                  
                                              
iPhone Diary: 26 July 2010 (Farewell)
                                                                             
                                                                           

Saturday, August 21, 2010

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                                              
                                                               
iPhone Dairy: 26 July 2010, 12:50 pm
                                                         
                                                          
iPhone Diary: 26 July 2010, 12:45 pm
                                                  
                                                            

Monday, August 16, 2010

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                                         
                                                              
iPhone Diary: 26 July 2010, 10:00 a.m.
                                                                     
                                                                              
iPhone Diary: 26 July 2010, 1:00 p.m.
                                                      

Thursday, August 12, 2010

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                                                        
                                                                
iPhone Diary: 23 July 2010
                                                       
                                                         
iPhone Diary: 23 July 2010 (Dreaming)
                                           
                                            

Friday, August 6, 2010

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                                                               
                                                                                   
iPhone Diary: 21 July 2010 (After Georgia O'Keefe)
                                                                                      
                                                                                      

Sunday, August 1, 2010

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                                                   
                                                          
iPhone Diary: 20 July 2010
                                                  
                                                        

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                                   
                                                          
iPhone Diary: 20 July 2010
                                                 
                                                                

Monday, July 26, 2010

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                                            
                                                                   
iPhone Diary: 20 July 2010
                                            
                                                       

Friday, July 23, 2010

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                                         
                                                            
iPhone Diary: 18 July 2010
                                                       
                                                                 

Thursday, July 22, 2010

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                               
                                                      
iPhone Diary: 18 July 2010, 7 a.m.
                                               
                                                  

iPhone Diary: 18 July 2010, 7:20 a.m.
                                         
                                                

Saturday, July 17, 2010

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                                                  
                                                                           
iPhone Diary: 16 July 2010
                                                                   
                                                                          

iPhone Diary Series: Australia

                                                    
                                                           
iPhone Diary: 15 July 2010
                                                          

Saturday, June 26, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                     
                                                    
iPhone Diary: 25 June 2010                                                   
                                                           
                                                           
                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
                                                                 
                                                     
                                                            
 

Friday, June 25, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                     
                                                   
iPhone Diary: 24 June 2010
                                                                     
                                                                         
                                                                

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Louisiana Road Trip

                                                          
Geology Lesson                                                
The 20 miles of [Highway 165] north of Alexandria cross sediments of the Upland Complex, now eroded into low hills. Many small erosion cuts along this stretch expose sandy sediments in shades of tan and orange, the characteristic material of the Upland Complex.

Between the area five miles south of Georgetown and Tullos, the road rolls up and down across the valleys of Bear Creek, Dugdemona River, and Castor Creek, which slice through sediments of the Prairie Complex exposed on the hilltops. Georgetown stands on the higher elevations of the Prairie Complex. Tullos is at the northern margin of a band of rocks that trend from northeast to southwest, part of the Jackson group of late Eocene formations. All you see of them are patches of pale tan sand next to the road in Tullos. The formation typically includes clays interlayered with thin beds of lignite coal, sands stained red and brown by iron oxides, and fossil beds.

--Darwin Spearing, 2007
Roadside Geology of Louisiana, Second Edition


Friday, June 11, 2010

Louisiana Road Trip

                         
                                    
Between a Rock and a Hard Place                                     
               

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Louisiana Road Trip

                                          
                                                    
Orange and Gray
                                     
                                         
                                      

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Louisiana Road Trip

                                                          
                                                          
Blue Green                                                       
                                   

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                      
iPhone Diary:16 May 2009

Thursday, May 6, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                                      
iPhone Diary: 18 April 2009

I will study the way that is blameless.
   When shall I attain it?

I will walk with integrity of heart
   within my house.

--Psalm 101:2

Monday, May 3, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                                
iPhone Diary: 7 April 2009
The flowers of Indian paintbrush are edible and sweet, and were consumed in moderation by various American Indian tribes as a condiment with other fresh greens. These plants have a tendency to absorb and concentrate Selenium in their tissues from the soils in which they grow, and can be potentially very toxic if the roots or green parts of the plant are consumed.

The Chippewa Indians used a hairwash made from Indian Paintbrush to make their hair glossy and full bodied and as a treatment for rheumatism. The high selenium content of this plant has been cited as the reason for its effectiveness for these purposes. Nevada Indian Tribes used the plant to treat venereal diseases and to enhance the immune system. Various other tribes used the plant as its name suggests -- as a paintbrush.

The high Selenium content of this plant makes it potentially toxic if consumed in large quantities. This plant should be avoided as food if found growing in highly alkaline soils, which will increase the selenium levels in the plants. Indian Paintbrush has similar health benefits to consuming garlic if only the flowers are eaten in small amounts and in moderation.


Friday, April 16, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                 
                                                      
iPhone Diary: 5 April 2010
                                                       
                                         

Sunday, April 11, 2010

iPhone Diary Series

                                                                                               
                                                                                                 
                                                        iPhone Diary: 11 April 2010


Photographs in the iPhone Diary series are composed in the iPhone camera and published without cropping. In addition to exploring the capabilities of the iPhone camera, the images seek to challenge the referentiality of photography. Although places might be identifiable to some viewers, the pictures are more about moments in time and reflections on the human condition.