“It takes a second to look, a long time to see.” ~Teju Cole Yesterday I had the pleasure of leading a workshop on street photography at the East Side Institute: “The Art of Photography: Improve Your Lens.” We … Continue reading
vine and tree
wrapping
sharing time…
…the sea air
the breeze
the soil
…the birds
Photograph made on Easter Sunday on Fort Hill, Eastham, MA.
Came across this quote from Walden by Henry David Thoreau:
“I love the broad margin to my life.”
helpful reminder
consider the richness that comes with broad margins
margins not rigid but porous and expanding…
consider the margins of the battenkill river
early march…
caught in winter with the river and the sky promising spring to come.
shadow paintings on the rock
On Saturday, I joined the Women’s March in Glens Falls, a small city in upstate NY with a population of about 15,000 situated in Warren County.
I marched with dear friends, author Jon Katz, artist Maria Wulf and their friend, Jackie Thorne , a nurse and poet.
I loved this march, organized by Planned Parenthood. We met at their offices, on Warren Street with the smoke stakes of one of the last big paper mills behind us. You got the sense of how embedded in the community Planned Parenthood is here and everywhere. To kick us off, one of the directors of Planned Parenthood said that this was a march about love.
Organizers expected 150 people at most, but there were closer to 1,000 folks of all ages who marched. People marched for all kinds of reasons, mostly to make a positive statement in support of women.
I marched as a woman standing with women. I marched in support of Planned Parenthood. I marched as an independent, giving no allegiance to the two parties and with hope that the American people can find ways to fix our broken system. It was a joyous, mostly positive march with lots of conversations and connections. I was happy to be there.
Here are some of my favorite photos and signs from the march—
Saturday evenings at the Met with Harry Our favorite time to rendevous delicious pleasure roaming endless halls of art to explore exhibits as night falls on the city… a tryst among the paintings and armor we never fail to make … Continue reading
I love walking in the winter woods. I find it restorative. We had a couple of inches of fresh snow this week. Here are two images of peace and snow…a nice start to a new year…
winter stream… being refreshed.
pull up a chair, sit for a bit in the quiet of the winter woods, there is lots to take in.
On Thanksgiving morning, Harry and I visited Fort Hill on the Cape.
we walked… and let the landscape refresh…
remember…renew…
a walk down the road taking a new turn following the river exploring with a friend discovering a new space along the river quiet reflections, geese in the distance an owl calls on the walk home… … Continue reading
a morning walk
appearing in the mist…
good way to begin a day.
On Saturday, I taught my annual photography workshop–a playground for making pictures on the streets, sponsored by the East Side Institute. A group of 15 photographers spent the day together exploring the work of some wonderful photographers, and developing our approach to making photographs. We took to the streets of Chelsea with our iPhones, Androids and DSLR cameras trying some new things in our picture making process.
Here is a selection of photos created during the workshop. It was an energizing day and exciting to see people play with how they make photos, with slowing down and allowing themselves to see in new ways. Many thanks to a wonderful group of photographers, you inspire me.
“I didn’t want to tell the tree or weed what it was.
I wanted it to tell me something and through me express it’s meaning.”
–Wynn Bullock
Photo by June Hirsh
Photo by George Van Pelt
Photo by Howard Edelbaum
Photo by David Belmont
Photo by Mei Cao
Photo by Yvonne Ru
Photo by Richard Patik
Photo by Philip Malebranche
Photo by Ramon Pena
Photo by Jan Wootten
Photo by Arthur Birnbaum
Photo by Lauren Rosenberg
Photo by John Albert Figueroa
Photo by Mark Balsam
Photo by Susan Massad
