I took a quick tour through your site and it’s been a long time since I saw somebody devote their creative efforts to b/w only. The work looks solid and focused and it is an education to go through the various plants. I used to have a magnolia and I remember all the weird little things it had and did. Observations is strong, but it turns out that the whole is more exciting than just Observations.
I live near Washington DC, and ever since 9/11, it has been increasingly difficult to shoot on a tripod within the city limits for as various law enforcement types seem to think a Gitzo with a geared Manfrotto 410 head is a good place to seat a rifle. I’m pretty sure the Gitzo would get knocked over from the recoil of the first shot. But I wouldn’t know, as when I shoot, it is never with a gun.
JAn
Well, I'm a newbie, I suppose, having only been on this list for a few years, but it looks like our recent discussion about eccentrics has apparently brought an old one back. I didn't know you before, Jan, but I can welcome you back. We all have troubles in our lives, and I have empathy for yours, but at least for me, it is the photography that lets me forget about them for a while. And it is photography that brings us all together on this list. I hope you get out and photograph soon; to paraphrase a quote from Art and Fear, "an artist does their work when they can no longer *not* do their work." Andrew -- http://andrewsharpe.comOn Thu, August 9, 2012 6:04 pm, Jan Faul wrote:
I’d like to offer what I can in getting back in the groove as it were. I
just put one of my assistants on the PTC project today, so we’ll see what
she turns up. Assistants are a steady fact of life now that I have
problems carrying a 15 pound tripod with a 5 pound camera on it. I’m not
supposed to carry anything heavier than a football and a tripod is not in
the ballpark. Also the fog of anesthesia is slowly lifting, so reasonably
soon I may remember what I forgot.
I am not the same person I was 11 years ago, and I don’t think y’all are
either.
Somebody made a crack about me being more famous than them, but if that’s
true, perhaps you can tell me why I still have no books out? I have the
pictures for four or five books sitting here (Bomber Command, Legacies of
Battle (Civil War), Le 6 Juin 1944, California & The West, Scotch &
Water, and so forth. I even had writers for 4 of them, but an idiot
doctor interfered and the writers all split.
Just go into a wheelchair for a year or two or three and pretty much
everybody you know splits. My partner of 18 years split, because I could
no longer be her tour leader. We travelled a lot. I was across the pond
for about 100 days a year, and it wasn’t home. To be honest, I haven’t
been to an airport to get on a plane since August 2008, and I can hardly
wait to get out there again. I desperately need to shoot. It’s more
important than learning how to walk perfectly again. NOw that I’m an old
rat, it’s the force which drives me. I have 26,000 rolls of negs in my
vault and I’m not done yet. I also have 800 rolls of out of date Reala in
the fridge and thus far it tests okay. Reala does not like the freezer
from what I’ve heard. My left foot is in a freezer in Georgetown.
Visiting hours are Fridays, 2 to 2.15pm.
Jan
On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Stephen Ylvisaker wrote:
Jan,
Welcome back.
Stephen
Art Faul
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