Thanks for your feedback, Jan, I appreciate it. Black and white is sometimes a hard sell when it is compared with over-saturated, blow-your-socks-off, 10 photograph HDR merges. But it appeals to me; I like the simplicity of it, and the ability to look at the contours and shapes of objects without the distractions of color. Andrew -- http://andrewsharpe.com On Thu, August 9, 2012 7:45 pm, Jan Faul wrote: > > 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 > > > > > On Aug 9, 2012, at 10:17 PM, asharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >> 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.com >> >> >> >> >> On 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> The Artist Formerly Known as Prints >>> ------ >>> Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com >>> Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com >>> Camera Works - The Washington Post >>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.h >>> tm ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ >>> http://www.artiqueunderground.com/artist/69. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > Art Faul > > > The Artist Formerly Known as Prints > ------ > Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com > Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com > Camera Works - The Washington Post > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/battlefieldparks/front_qt.htm > ArtNet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan+w.-faul/ > http://www.artiqueunderground.com/artist/69. > > > > > > >
