One of the downsides of living in a smaller place is that you have a tendency to feel isolated from the rest of the world. This week Don Weber was in town for a couple of workshops and it was a nice reminder of the wider world out there. Thursday night I met up with him and a couple of other local photographers at a …
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Good Friday Walk with the Cross
For more than a decade now I’ve been trying to get out on Good Friday and photograph the annual walks with a wooden cross that some churches do. It’s a project I call Weight of Faith. It’s an event that’s great for a photo project, visually the cross is an amazing symbol. It’s also a rare example of mainstream Christians showing off their faith in …
Looking At Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia 2010
The old and the new. I really need to get back to Vancouver and just spend a few days wandering around capturing images not just snapping pix on a quick stroll back to other work, although that was fun too.
Vancouver Visit
A brief visit to Vancouver a week ago to pick up my Olympic credentials. Snapped a couple of images while cruising the downtown streets, just fun stuff for a change. Liked the flag reflection in the one and just playing around with the image of the downtown library building.
And….more Vancouver punk photographs
Acclaimed documentary fimmaker Susanne Tabata is working on a film about the Vancouver punk rock world and I’m going through all my old negatives in order to send her some images for possible inclusion in the film. Here’s a few more possibilities from the early days. Hopefully Scott Beadle will chime in with some names and dates. Lots of faces here, drummer is ?, Randy …
Victoria Fall Scenes
Fall is here.
World Naked Bike Ride – Victoria
The annual World Naked Bike Ride, an event with rides in cities around the world, was celebrated in Victoria with a ride that left from the provincial Legislature building, went past the historic Empress Hotel and through downtown. A Legislature worker keeps her head down as she walks past riders getting ready One rider snaps a photo of another before the start of the ride …
Photography Story Roundup
The Observer has a story that looks at a Spanish academic’s claim that Robert Capa’s famous Falling Soldier was faked. The photo has often been a source of controversy and argument over whether or not it was real. The hometown paper has a look at the Look3 festival of photography in Charlottesville, VA. The Richmond Times-Dispatch also comments. The Birmingham Post has takes a look …