Author Archives: Rich

It isn’t what a picture is of, it is what it is about. —  John Szarkowski On Oct. 12, 2013 I posted my thoughts on a conversation between BMA photography curator Ann Shafer and An-My Lê whose large format images … Continue reading →

The tree has been green all summer, but now it tries red…copper… even gold.  Soon leaf after leaf will be discarded, there will be nothing but bare tree, soon it will be almost time to start over again. — Linda … Continue reading →

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. —  Lao Tzu The Towson Arts Collective is really moving up in the world.  I attended the opening of their new space at 40 West Chesapeake Ave. … Continue reading →

“You empower someone to your level of trust in them.”  — Craig Rogers in a management workshop.  Eskin Corollary:  this applies to trust in your self as well; empower yourself. Last weekend I attended Artists U in Baltimore.  Part of our … Continue reading →

It’s the subtleties eventually that become essential. — Jon Cone Just returned from an artist talk at MICA between An-My Le (pronounced ann-mee lay) and BMA associate curator Ann Shafer.  Le uses a 4 x 5 view “camera to investigate … Continue reading →

Nature has explained to me many things that books alone could not give me. Science and nature have given me the most interesting hours of my life.  —Roman Vishniac I first heard about “Meet Your Neighbours” (the “u” is intentional) … Continue reading →

I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over … Continue reading →

One way to put yourself (or myself) out there as a photographer is to participate in “ArtFests” that are held in many communities across the country. It is not only a way to directly sell your work, but to distribute … Continue reading →

Well, it is raining pretty hard, but we will be leaving in about 20 minutes.  Since we will be going on a forest service road (I wasn’t aware of that before we left), the trip leader agreed to take us … Continue reading →

Leaving for the Rain Shadow/Shale Barrens trip in about half an hour.  Should be some good wildflowers. Yesterday did Ekalaka Falls and toured the Park with a ranger. Light was poor.

My visual quest is driven by a desire to create a universe capable of supporting feelings and ideas. — Jerry Uelsmann On Tuesday I made the time to travel to the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA to view The … Continue reading →