14 Seconds of Monet

because I want to burn into my mind being there, in the galleries of the Musee de l'Orangerie in Paris. In the movie Midnight in Paris they get some time to themselves in these rooms, which would be incredible. Monet gave this series of paintings, called Les Nymphéas as a gift to the people of France at the close of World War One to give them a place to come and rest their mind and see only beauty in a dark time. They called WW1 the "Great War", the war that was supposed to end all wars. Would that that were so.

New work in Resource Magazine

I have pictures in the new Resource Magazine in a piece about 4x8 Workshop. Looks great!

I love the errors even still

Agh cursed light leaks! I apologize, my sweet horse friend Brancita. Large format camera + blazing sun + moving horse + 4 planes = a few mistakes

Nature Morte: Caméras

Springfield, France

This is a steam cloud rising from the nuclear reactors in Nogent-sur-Seine, France. Am I crazy, I think it is beautiful? Don't answer that.

Lovers bikes/Ils ont laissé leurs vélos ici

Nature Morte

Today I started scanning in the film from Portugal and France. This is one of my favorite things to do. Thank you airports for not destroying all my work. Thank you Kodak for still making wonderful film. Thank you Primary Photographic for always doing such a wonderful job. Here is just one.

By night, in Marnay

Memento Mori

Paris is filled with the past, choking on it almost. Thankfully it all looks beautiful and those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it, so I guess it is mostly friendly reminders from the dead to make sure you live the life you want to live. That is how I see things anyway.

Wall of the cemetary at MontparnasseEver heard of these guys?Oh Serge you sexy beast, even in death he gets a lot of attention. You should walk past his house on rue de Verneuil in Paris, it is covered with graffiti.I went inside the Notre Dame for the first time the other day and was blown away. Someone in line behind me said "This place makes me wish I believed in God." I think that was their goal. You can feel the love and tremendous care that went into making this place by hundreds, maybe thousands of people more than 600 years ago. It took quite a beating during the Revolution from the people who "beheaded" mamy of the original statues but has survived, thankfully with the windows intact.