I want to start pointing out some of my favorite photographers. Check out Arno Minkkinen’s website. I was introduced to Minkkinen’s work while working at the Maine Photographic Workshops in Rockport Maine during the summer of 2000. They paid me in food, but the place was crawling with artists from all over the place who...
Monthly Archives: February 2007
I lied…
In my first blog, I said I have no social agenda. That’s not entirely true. A while ago I started work on a series of photos of power lines. In my work at the newspaper, I shoot a lot of cliche landscapy type stuff and power lines are always getting in the way. Partly because...
Jeff Wall
I read and enjoyed the article in the recent NY Times Sunday Magazine about Jeff Wall today. My education in contemporary photography is ongoing – art school unfortunately focused mostly on the distant past – so I always enjoy catching up. His work is interesting but I mostly appreciated the discussion about...
Lights – 2
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Lights – 2, originally uploaded by stinaplant.
Growing up close to farm country doesn’t mean I fully “get it”. A neighbor recently plowed through 3+ feet of snow to move some hay bales… at...
Close up
I’m working on a series of macro flower shots. I took a ton of photos last weekend and despite their lack of narrative I’m happy with how they turned out. On the one hand, I appreciate meaningless abstractions that are just good to look at, while on the other I think of my art school...
