VILLEDIEU FRANCE – Sometimes when I find myself in paradise I have trouble creating images. I need some tension in the air to function photographically. But being just a bit north of Provence doesn’t seem to be a problem, probably because there is just a lot going on.
Day 2078 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Real EstateLaundress
On this day three years ago (day 982): Photo shoot in the Alps.
VILLEDIEU FRANCE – Day two at this sliver of paradise a bit north of Provence. We’re celebrating a major birthday so you’ll see some people in these, a rarity for me (my photographs look line a neutron bomb must have gone off recently).
Day 2075 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
BobKathy
On this day two years ago (day 1345): Wildflowers. Experimenting with a 28mm Zeiss perspective correcting lens on my Leica M.
ANTIGUA – Here we go with a locally built barbecue pit. And of course Maria.
Day 1,989 of one photograph a day for the rest of my life.
Antigua
On this day three years ago (day 893): Late spring. Really. On this very date three years ago tulip trees were loosing their flowers. We’ve barely dug out from snow drifts this year.
ANTIGUA – Passing by a gift shop here today we ran across a large format photo book about Antigua that was billed as “the ultimate coffee table book”. Not hardly. The book and the photographs were terrible. The photographer was struggling, unsuccessfully, against the fact that all these island paradises pretty much all look the same; when you’ve seen a palm tree on a white sandy beach with white puffy clouds in the background you’ve pretty much seen them all.
I share the author of the book’s pain. Today, and perhaps this week, I’ll be throwing images against the wall to see what sticks. You’ll see more people that is usually the case in the space. My Twitter feed has taught me that most of my images of people aren’t very popular, probably because I’m better and landscape than people. You’ll see some macro shots.
Day 1,985 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Green IslandMother and childBeach
On this day five years ago (day 159): Chrysler Building. this is a personal favorite from the five year plus effort. It embodies the “New York as landscape” theme, one of the major theme in my work. The contrast with the Antigua images is breathtaking.
