1 September 2010: rabbit rabbit … I was just asked about my teaching philosophy which, remarkably, I’ve never bothered to put into words
23 July 2010: retrados pintados … Retrados pintados at Yossi Milo Gallery
9 June 2010: love love … Julien Berthier. Love love, 2007
31 May 2010: 1911 - 2010 … Louise Bourgeois. She was the best.
18 May 2010: daguerreotypy … .
27 April 2010: over and over … I’m going to deal with my post-partum depression by asking myself, “Is Photography Over?”
11 March 2010: go get 'em … I once dissed William Powhida for his snarky drawings about the Art World, and was subsequently impressed by his response to my “art crit lite”
8 March 2010: I guess I've made it now … a painting by Alexander Tinei, seen at the Volta art fair this past week
7 March 2010: R.I.P. … Sad news today
3 March 2010: thank you … I can breathe a bit now, and with that breath I want to thank Paul Karabinis and the students and good folks in Jacksonville for hosting me last week
14 January 2010: waves … Lordy… As I finally get ready to show my At Sea work next month, the waves are all around me
1 January 2010: sacred failure for the new year … a lovely bit on excess and sacrifice by Noah Berlatsky
29 December 2009: Romeo, O, um, Romeo … Another beautiful celebration of failure, from NPR…
29 November 2009: the collective unconscious … This morning I am rather obsessed with samesies
30 October 2009: Roy DeCarava: December 9, 1919 – October 27, 2009 … .
20 October 2009: more failure and fakery … Erroll Morris’ wonderful accounts about past and present photographic falsehoods
10 October 2009: on failure, distilled … If Photography is born from failure, then surely it must have always carried failure in its genes.
29 September 2009: how to & how not to … I am trying to finish editing a small piece I wrote about Photography and Failure, distilling some of the things I’ve been talking about with all sorts of people this year
17 September 2009: one dollar camera … Won Park. One Dollar Camera.
12 September 2009: inspiration … from marriedtothesea.com
4 September 2009: sea test … .
3 September 2009: silhouette … .
17 July 2009: pictureville … My mentor Christopher James has reminded me of something he wrote about the changes in Photographic Technology
9 July 2009: the letter … Gum Bichromate. Penland, 2009.
8 July 2009: wow … 12:34:56 on 7/8/09
7 July 2009: the revolution … Last Thursday I had a Penland Coffee Shop meeting to discuss the coming plans for an upgrade to the Photo Studio in Northlight
5 July 2009: open road … Leaving Penland happened in the same blur as arriving.
3 July 2009: done … Thursday was our final day of work, culminating in the big Scholarship Auction after dinner
2 July 2009: slapdash dandies … Since no one will be here on Saturday, Wednesday the 1st will be our Independence Celebration, and the School and Community Parade that goes with it.
1 July 2009: stay, relax … I am either a really great teacher, or the absolute worst.
30 June 2009: prussian blue … Yesterday, Monday, was another perfect day – not only the weather, which has been ridiculously lovely, but also the work and the exhaustion that comes with it.