Topography of Camellia
In the wake of the death of my parents, I created a new garden on the shaded side of our house. This is a mostly ignored narrow strip between our…
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February 12, 2023
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Orvieto Passage
Recently I processed this image from Orvieto, in Umbria (Italy). In the morning the fog was thick. I took advantage of the evocative lighting, and framed an ancient, cobblestone passage…
February 2, 2023
Talisman
I like to photograph found objects---"talismen"---that I can think of as magical objects with power. Those shown here are a mixed bunch: an enamel box with the apotropaic symbol for…
January 27, 2023
Young James
This is my grandfather James Young Palmer at age eight in about the year 1900, found while going through things in my parent's home. James was of course young once…
January 20, 2023
2022 Stamp Yearbook
Images created from my Tulip Pano and Sunflower Bouquet decorate the United States Postal Service 2022 Stamp Yearbook. I'm pleased with how my images look. Click here for info about…
January 18, 2023
Memorial Mandala
I constructed this free-form mandala on my light box from flowers in the condolence bouquets that kind folks sent us for the recent loss of my parents. The practice of…
January 13, 2023
Remembering Martin and Virginia Davis
My parents Martin and Virginia Davis both died on Sunday, January 1, 2023. They were in their nineties. My father had been sick for a long while and in a…
January 5, 2023
Wrapping up the Year: Flower Close-Ups
Heading into a new year, I always like to look back through my photography of the waning year to see what I might have overlooked. Here are a few candidates…
December 31, 2022
My parents soon after they met
This is a photo of my parents, Martin and Virginia, taken soon after they met, probably in 1952 or 1953, and most likely on the campus of the University of…
December 27, 2022
2022 PSA Progress Award
The Photographic Society of America (PSA) gives their Progress Award annually to recognize "a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the progress of photography or an allied subject.…
December 5, 2022
Home
It's great to be home. The image shows a ceramic bowl I bought as a gift for Phyllis in Orvieto, with lemons from our tree.
December 1, 2022
Mirror Selfie
I took advantage of the mirrors in my dressing room in the hotel in Trieste to create a "recursive" image along the lines of the Droste effect (immediately below). This…
November 25, 2022
The Second Creepiest Hotel Room on My Visit to Italy
Well, the "first creepiest" room was definitely the one in Orvieto that had a large reproduction of a painting of Death playing chess with his dying victim hung right over…
November 24, 2022
Sailing Yacht A
Sailing Yacht A ("Sy A") is a super yacht belonging to a Russian oligarch that was seized by Italian authorities in Trieste harbor in March, 2022. Sy A remains anchored…
November 23, 2022
Florence Rainbow
A few days ago, my friend Julian and I walked up to the Michelangelo Piazza for a view above Florence. We were welcomed with a display of sun, clouds, rain---and…
November 22, 2022
Duomo in the Clearing Fog
The day dawned with a white-out fog blanketing the Umbrian hill town of Orvieto. I wandered through the maze of ancient, deserted streets and alleys with my camera on the…
November 18, 2022
Dahlia X-Ray
This image is a pretty straightforward x-ray of a rather small Dahlia blossom. Julian and I made the exposure last week at his radiology practice near Heidelberg. In post-production, I…
November 6, 2022