Fantastic Iris and White Camellia
A great deal of our energy lately has gone into clearing my parents' house to make it ready for sale. This is a thankless task and emotionally very difficult. Fortunately,…
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March 18, 2023
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Life and Death
This image is a composite of three photos: a scan from film of an image of a caribou skull that I made long ago on the north slope of Alaska's…
March 15, 2023
Rose Pasta Rag
Fun to photograph things besides flowers on my light box! Rosettes of pasta are shown here, with an inner spiral added in Photoshop representing a reduction in the size of…
March 11, 2023
The Essence of Simplicity
A single blossom from my garden is apparently the essence of simplicity. The power of these images of flower blossoms relies on this apparent simplicity: you are supposedly looking at…
March 10, 2023
Garden Party
I've been working with some wonderful colored Calla Lillies on my light box. Adding blue Irises to the mix seemed to create a great garden party!
March 4, 2023
Memorial Gathering for Martin and Virginia Davis
Click here for remembering Martin and Virginia Davis.
February 24, 2023
Frilly Godesses
My flowers are like frilly Goddesses. But not in a fey way, or an overly cute way. The textures these blossoms provide could almost be fabrics or garments. The beauty…
February 19, 2023
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…
February 12, 2023
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