Dawn Walk Click on image to see a larger view.. Dawn Walk
Seeing…
Dietrich Ludwig’s challenge… He challenges us, in this uplifting and hopeful film, to see the ordinary and the extraordinary and judge which is which… Special thanks to Robert Kato for sharing this gem with me.
12 things not taught about creativity
“I could never do what you do, I don’t have a creative bone in my body.” I have heard this or some such statement for years from students, guests at openings or people who find out I take photographs for a living. If I could I’d like to reach back into their history to discover […]
Simply Seen – almost final thoughts…
Simply Seen goes on throughout the month of November 2011 at Downtown Yoga Shala and now that it’s up I would like to share a few thoughts… First, my thanks to Veronica Cruz, the owner of Downtown Yoga Shala, for allowing me to show my new work. I’d also like to thank South FIRST FRIDAY for organizing this wonderful […]
The Why of it…
Simon Sinek tells us Why… I came across this TED talk by Simon Sinek in the wake of Steve Job’s passing. A large amount of this arguably most influential man of the last few decades, has been shared through his quotes, observations on how Apple products have changed our lives and his personal life style. […]
Perception…
In Washinton, DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there […]
Brazilian Samurai
The haunting quality of Dante Horoiwa’s artwork grabbed me in March of 2010 at Anno Domini Gallery in San Jose, CA. It was an exhibition of his body of work entitled Indoctrination, that explored the internal conflicts between his Japanese heritage, and being born and raised in Sao Paolo, Brazil. One chronicler commented that “Horoiwa […]
Can Photographers Dance?
Interesting question but at least for one photographer, the answer lies on the African continent, away from other photographers prying cameras. Since 2007 David Pace has been regularly visiting Burkina Faso and out of those visits has come a number of bodies of work from the Tabtenga Quarry, Portraits from Bereba, where he lives while […]
Hanging Naked Artwork
Artists are ingenious people! Trying all sorts of things to put up their art work without the use (and expense) of frames or glass. Though I wasn’t there, I can imagine the first caveman who put his obsession on something more portable than a cave wall, struggling with the question, “How do I hang my […]
Spent: What Remains? – final thoughts…
With the closing of Spent: What Remains? at the Adobe Art Gallery in Castro Valley, CA I wish to share a few thoughts… Mostly I want to thank Susan Honda Eady, director of Adobe Art Gallery for seeing how Robert Kato’s “Night@Mare” and my “Fort Ord (Ret.)” work could blend and speak as one. Jerry […]
