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30 baubles on a dropped out white background

Michael — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:36:06 +0000

These are a few of the pieces that I photographed this week. It’s been a bit of a slow week here at the 9 to 5, but I’m keeping busy.

WCSH 6 Sidewalk Art Festival

Michael — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:18:08 +0000

I will be in Maine tomorrow for the 45th Annual WCSH 6 Sidewalk Art Festival and am bringing a selection of work from various projects. I’ll have my prints and artist’s books for sale. My booth will be set up on Congress Street between High and Park Streets; I’m #B12.

I would love to see you. Please stop by to say hello or buy a print, but catch me before noon as I’m heading to a wedding in the afternoon (during which time I’ll have a proxy manning my booth in my stead.)

More info:

http://www.wcsh6.com/life/community/events/art_festival/story.aspx?

storyid=124236&catid=126

PDF with Map:

http://download.gannett.edgesuite.net/wcsh-wlbz/sales/2010artfest.pdf

Have a great weekend! Hope to see you there.

Billy Rogan

Michael — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:22:08 +0000

Guitar impresario Billy Rogan, formerly of Scranton, has made his way to NYC. I caught up with him at Webster Hall last night for Lach’s weekly Antihoot. A couple of pictures of Billy:

Thinking about Korea

Michael — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:16:14 +0000

With all the news the last couple of days regarding the sinking of the Cheosan I’ve been thinking about Korea a great deal. After the trips there in 2006 and 2009, there are a number of friends there who have been in my thoughts, not to mention Ji’s family and my cousin teaching English. I’m not one for brinkmanship, and the pissing match that is getting under way has me on edge. I hope tempers subside and cooler heads prevail.

A couple of images came to my mind today. The first is a group of tourists looking out over the DMZ towards North Korea. It’s funny how such a militarized place can become a tourist destination. In a way, the people on the day trip were as interesting as the location.

This image is elsewhere on my site, but It strikes me as being the heart of the matter: the current pissing match is just another in a long series of pissing matches. This photograph was taken from an observation tower (primarily constructed for tourists if I remember correctly) looking over Pan Mun Jom. The large building on the left was built by South Korea to highlight its commitment to peace and, while they were highlighting things, to show also it’s economic might and power. To the right, behind the large building is a smaller squat building, which houses the conference room that straddles the border and where meetings were/are held. Not visible in this photograph, similar shows of strength are on the North Korean side of the border.

I’m still making photographs

Michael — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:10:12 +0000

And several new ideas have been percolating. A few recent photographs from March’s trip to Puerto Rico that I’ve been meaning to get up on the blog:

Long break

Michael — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:05:26 +0000

Been busy shooting jewelry. This past week I went through over 500 pieces, and that has been a slow week of late… I’ll gang up a selection for this post.

Atoms For Peace

Michael — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:40:17 +0000

Went up to the Roseland last night with Ji, Dave, Wendy, Nam Wha and James to check out Atoms for Peace. It was pretty cool. I haven’t been to a big concert like that in a while and, while it wasn’t the best show I’ve been to, it was fine rock and roll. Since I wasn’t there to take pictures, I didn’t take many.

Spring is springing

Michael — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:33:44 +0000

Spring is here. The weather is starting to turn–today was beautiful. This is contributing to my slow pace of posting. With the warmer weather I’m hoping to return to my bicycle commute (yes, I’m a fairweather cyclist). So I’ve been spending a lot of time overhauling my bike and waiting for new parts. Today I repacked the bearings in both my front and rear hubs and replaced the brake pads and cables front and rear. My rear cassette is long overdue for a replacement as is the rear derailer, so I’m removing them and converting the bike to a single speed. Vertical dropouts mean I’m waiting for a chain tensioner. I’m also waiting for a new cone for my front hub, so that will get another overhaul next week… Once everything arrives, I’ll throw the new chain on and head off to work. I can’t wait… for the commute, at least.

There should be a flurry of posts soon with recent photographs.

I hate hot linkers

Michael — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:24:34 +0000

I love links. Want to tell someone about this blog or my site? Please do. The more the better.

I hate hotlinking. I especially hate hotlinking when another photographer is given credit–even if it is on a spam blog. The five spam filled blogs that stole photos over the last couple days can bugger off. The lovely lady given credit gets a free pass. How could you be mad at her?

Imelda Mays @ Southpaw

Michael — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:42:16 +0000

I photographed the very lovely and very talented Imelda Mays at her show at Southpaw this past Wednesday. Just one picture from the show; more to come soon on NewYorkCool.