The Way I See It (Blog)
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Rage Against the Machine
16 Aug 2017
Pay attention. Get outraged. Do something positive. Don’t let silence and inaction make you complicit in the spread of hate.
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Kodak Portra 400: Tried and True
29 Jul 2017
Kodak Portra 400 is a tried and true film. Whether you shoot it in 35mm, medium format or something bigger, you’re not going to be disappointed with the look of this legendary film – unless, of course, you’re expecting something particularly vibrant. Portra 400 is known for producing muted colors…
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5 Ways to Enhance Your Creative Vision
14 Jul 2017
Repost of a piece I originally wrote for Lightstalking.com
Commenting on the Hungarian-French photographer known as Brassai (Gyula Halasz), Henry Miller proclaimed that he was a man “equipped with no ordinary eyes.” According to Miller, Brassai’s “sharpness of vision and depth of insight are revealed in” his “photographic exploration” of…
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The Meaning of Life
27 Jun 2017
Many people, upon their first encounter with the often scantily clad, curiously unkempt Matthew Silver, assume he’s crazy. I assure you he is not. On second thought, maybe Mattew Silver is crazy — crazy about being alive. And he just wants everyone to live and love out loud like he…
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Yankee Stadium: A Legend in the Making
24 May 2017
The old Yankee Stadium — the house that Babe built, the home of the Evil Empire — is steeped in baseball lore. Actually, it may be among the most renowned stadiums in history, irrespective of sport. I sometimes wonder, though, if I should even refer to it as “old” Yankee…