Fetish
Technically speaking, a fetish is defined as "an inanimate object worshiped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit." I photographed the…
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May 11, 2016
Eglise Sainte Jean
The doors to the church in Najac, France are closed tight---which helps lead to the visual sense that one never really knows what goes on behind closed doors. The entrance…
May 11, 2016
Opera Garnier Stairs
It was fun to photograph again today in the crazily ornate Opera Garnier. This one is nine exposures using a fisheye lens. Since no tripods are allowed, I very carefully…
May 3, 2016
Lot River Valley
Today we walked to the small town of Calvignac, France perched on a rocky crag, and about 3 kilometers from the Mas de Garrigue. The weather threatened rain, and was…
April 23, 2016
Metamorphosis
A metamorphosis is a transformation. In this image, a model, also shown in Nude Descending a Ladder, is transforming into a portion of Multnomah Falls (or vice versa, the waterfall…
March 19, 2016
Yaquina Bay Bridge
In the fog, the Yaquina Bay Bridge seemed to stretch on forever. The ending was obscure, and vanishingly difficult to find.
February 26, 2016
From Darkness into Light
Photography is famously about "writing with light"---or rendering light. In fact, light is integral to photography. You can't photograph a physical object. You can only capture the light reflected or…
February 25, 2016
Fairy Falls
Yesterday, after photographing Multnomah Falls, I walked up the icy path to Benson Bridge. From this bridge, I climbed the numbered switchbacks to the top of Multnomah Falls. From the…
February 24, 2016
White River Falls
On my long drive up eastern Oregon, shortly before I got to the Columbia Gorge, I passed White River Falls, shown in the photo. White River Falls State Park was…
February 22, 2016
Human Spiral—Nautilus
This nine-image multiple exposure, combined in-camera another image in the same series, Rondo, reminds me of a living organism, or spiral shell such as the Nautilus.
February 21, 2016
Blast from the Past: Sacré Coeur Passage
Originally published June 26, 2013: La Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre sits high on a hill overlooking Paris. Controversial from long before the start of construction, the design of…
January 6, 2016
Changing Focal Lengths in a Multiple Exposure
Over more than a year, I've been working on a series of in-camera multiple exposure images using models in a studio and strobes. Generally, my approach has been to make…
December 25, 2015
Patterns in Fishnet
The quest for an interesting photographic image is in large part the need to find order in an inherently chaotic universe. Even if that quest ends up showing disorder, it…
December 24, 2015
Piazza San Marco at Night
One reason to photograph at night in a tourist destination is, as I explained in Photographing the Bridge of Sighs at Night, to avoid selfie-stick-toting tour groups. Another reason is…
December 4, 2015
And now for something completely different…
This is an in-camera double exposure I made on Saturday. The model is Anastasia Arteyeva. Related images: View more of my Multiple Exposures (slide show).
November 30, 2015
Lost City in Sorrento
Adjacent to the center of picturesque Sorrento, Italy two chasms meet. Long ago, rivers in these gorges flowed cleanly down to the ocean, and were the original settlement in the…
November 26, 2015
Hieroglyphic or La Dolce Vita
Sunbathing on the boat ramp in Riomaggiore harbor could be La Dolce Vita---the sweet life, and the name of a 1960 Fellini film. Except that the angle of repose causes…
November 25, 2015
Canyon Conundrum
The seaside village of Vernazza, Italy makes its living from catching fishes and catering to tourists. Carved into the rocky ledges of the Ligurian coast, behind the village facade facing…
November 22, 2015