Midtown Babylon
Midtown Babylon is a digital collage created using thirty exposures shot through the window of my hotel room on a recent trip to New York City. I've printed it on…
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October 31, 2012
Signifying the Whale
I fondly dubbed my shot of a wet cyclamen "Moby Dick" because the flower looked to me like a white whale. I never expected the New Bedford Whaling Museum---surely an…
October 26, 2012
Land’s End
The past few days have been spectacular in the San Francisco Bay area. Night rain has alternated with crystal clear days. The days themselves have vibrated with clarifying autumn light, while exotic…
October 26, 2012
Brush Tool
I'm getting more interested in explicitly painterly effects in my digital imagery. At times I am presenting myself as a painter who uses digital photos for my materials (although of…
October 21, 2012
Like a Titian
With this image featuring the travelling model Kellie my idea was to recreate something of the feeling of a Titian painting, particularly in the folds of red velvet draped on…
October 18, 2012
White Dalhias
Shot on a lightbox at the same session as When Dahlias Dream, my thought in processing White Dahlias was to create an image that showed its photographic heritage with a…
October 16, 2012
When is a river not a river?
It is called the "East River" but---technically speaking---this body of water is actually a tidal strait. The East River connects the Long Island Sound with New York harbor, and the…
October 13, 2012
Storm in Upper New York Bay
The day I had for shooting on the water in New York was the one day it rained. But light during stormy weather can make for interesting images. Photographer Hank…
October 9, 2012
When Dahlias Dream
Shopping for groceries at Berkeley Bowl the other day I came across these dahlias and asters that called out for photography. Taking the flowers home, I shot them on a…
October 8, 2012
At Home in the Universe
My plan is to produce these abstractions in a large-size on linen canvas. With these images I am using my computer to create paintings, which is another way of saying…
October 3, 2012
Upcoming Harold Davis Workshops & Events
Harold Davis Workshops in downtown Berkeley, CA: Saturday, November 3, 2012: Digital Black & White Masterclass with Harold Davis If you are interested in black & white photography and would…
October 2, 2012
Editions Limited Publishes Two Harold Davis Posters
I'm pleased to announce that two of my images have been selected for publication by Editions Limited, a leading publisher and distributor of fine art reproductions. The two images are Aisle…
October 1, 2012
Ghosts of Grand Central
Wandering around New York with my camera after an absence of many years was in some ways a dissonant experience. I grew up in New York City, but the New…
September 29, 2012
Lush and Faux
In New York's Central Park the lush---but artificial---landscapes make the cityscape look almost pastoral in its beauty. Central Park is the landscape architecture masterpiece of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert…
September 28, 2012
Sweet
If you go into any restaurant these days and look at the diners who are eating alone, most of them are likely to be playing with their smartphones. Some of…
September 26, 2012
New York Night in HDR
On a rooftop high above New York the lights of the city sparkled in the night. From so far above even the noise of the city was muted---all I could…
September 24, 2012
9/11 Memorial
At the 9/11 Memorial the water pours endlessly down into what used to be the cellars of the World Trade Towers. This is a place of sad and melancholy wonder---and…
September 19, 2012
Photographing Flowers on a Lightbox for Transparency
So far as I know I am the inventor of my process for creating images of flowers using a lightbox that are transparent---actually, images that seem translucent. This process relies…
September 4, 2012