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Old Glory in New York

For the Fourth of July, I offer a selection of images of the Stars and Stripes, as displayed in my home city of New York. Many artists have explored the aesthetic possibilities of the U.S. flag, most famously Jasper Johns. It has a strong graphic presence that makes it stand out in nearly any setting.  [...]

Depth Perception

The image above may appear a mild abstraction on a natural scene, some curling leaves fringed in red and blue.  But put on a pair of old-fashioned 3-D glasses, with a red filter over the left eye and a cyan filter over the right eye, and a window opens up in your monitor, offering a [...]

Urban Patterns and Juxtapositions

I like to keep a small camera with me when I’m out and about in the city.  I rarely go anywhere for the specific purpose of photography unless it’s a paying job, but I find having the camera with me helps me to look at the world around me with a more engaged eye.  My [...]

Top Ten Countdown

Today, March 15, 2010, this blog turns one year old.  (Above, the first illustration from the first post, “Variations”.) I have long shared my work with others largely through underground, alternative, and community-based venues.  In many ways, the blog has been my ideal gallery – virtually cost-free, accessible to all both near and far, open [...]

Giants Among Us

New York City is the capital of the advertising business in North America so it is to be expected that commercial imagery is plastered everywhere you look.  The whole city has attention deficit disorder and all kinds of bids for attention have to be extravagant to be noticed at all.  Some of the faces and [...]

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