March 2023

One of my favorite photos from the two weeks that was in Apalachicola. I’m not sure why, but this white block building, long abandoned. No ceiling/roof. With an interior brick wall and plants growing on the inside and the outside really appealed to me. I loved the way that there are plants on both sides of the building as it is being reclaimed. I also love the contrasts of the white outside, the red brick, and the smatterings of green and black symmetrically framed.

Last day for this trip. A lovely square image of a window with textures and a great wooden color. An abstract with splotches of paint. And a long shot of a building with mirrored doors on both sides. /

Took a two week sojourn to Apalachicola Florida where my family has been visiting since the 1960’s. Spent a quiet 2 weeks working, looking after our house, and taking photos of the town and surrounding area. Most of these photos are of the town, which is very small with only about 2,500 residents. It is a historic fishing village with no beaches. The beaches are over on the St. George barrier island accessible by the bridge. That’s where most of the money is aside from one nice area with nice houses on the bay side of town. The actual town

ICM, or Intentional Camera Movement, is not a new technique, as it was around way back in the 1970’s and 1980’s when I was learning photography, but now, it’s developed a new following with 1. New cameras that can do in-camera blending, and 2. Photoshop, etc. blending capabilities, and 3. New slow-shutter speed apps on modern smartphones that let you do everything right in the phone. Many of the images look VERY similar, but the subtleties of the images are certainly compelling and the possibilities are endless. Back when we used film, this was 1. Only a single-shot technique unless

A random building on 15th street across from Zeckendorff Towers. NYC is so varied you can find interesting patterns, colors, architectural details, and contrasts on almost every street. The on a building that seems to love red and white. Yes, I take a lot of these sorts of photos, but what is photography but turning the ordinary into interesting and varied art objects.