Archive for February, 2010

Snowstorm, Photo II

Handprint in snow. I made this handprint in the snow piled on my car's hood before clearing the snow from around and over my car. Photo taken February 10, 2010.

Snowstorm, Photo I

Sidewalk on Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn after the snowstorm February 10,2010.

Some things can’t be photographed

because sometimes one needs to experience directly, unmediated by a camera.

Current Reading

After digging my car out of the snow last night, I began reading Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget. I’m only halfway through the first chapter, but it has already shifted how I view the internet and the risks and possibilities inherent in collective computing and digital information exchange. Once I’m done the book, I’m sure I’ll have some thoughts to share on the implications for photography. As is, the book has already clarified my distaste for Facebook–though I’m not sure I can quit it entirely.

Thanks to Bob Black for recommending the book on Lightstalkers.

Chroma noise

On the wall this morning.

Light on the wall reflected from a prism across the room.

A couple pictures of the neighborhood

All taken last week.

plant in King's PIzza on Fulton Street, Brooklyn

Light spills under a store's nearly closed metal gate.

We never close