Dear Reader (2024-02-10),In today’s penultimate Kyrgyzstan (and then we’ll change to the next Stan) post there are multiple points of interest: ~ 01 to 04 – we drive first to Uzgen, a UNESCO World Heritage site,~ 02 – an out of focus, possibly over-processed image … Continue readingFive Stans 11
Dear Reader (2024-02-08), Shadows Passing has its official opening this evening February 8, 5:00 – 9:00 pm.cSpace Marda Loop – 3rd Floor1721 29th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2T 6T7Liquor will be available for a fee In today’s post we go for a long drive in … Continue readingFive Stans 10
Dear Reader (2024-02-05),My fledgling (installation / exhibition), Shadows Passing (see end of this post for further information) has now been set free into the wide world to fly on its own. So until the next sparkly object, I shall return to the “Five Stans”. The … Continue readingFive Stans 09
Dear Reader,Shadows Passing is Live. Yesterday (January 30), I completed the installation of my exhibition “Shadows Passing” that is part of this year’s Exposure Festival. As I mention in my Artist’s Statement, “I want to create an experience that cannot be replicated digitally and is … Continue readingShadows Passing Is Live
Dear Reader (2023-11-05),First of all, I did warn you about me getting distracted by a new sparkly project. Actually the project for next year’s Exposure Festival has been a work in progress for a while. Now, there is a degree of urgency to get things … Continue readingFive Stans 08
Dear Reader (2023-10-29),In today’s post we continue exploring the Karakol region of Kyrgyzstan by going for a 3 / 4 hour walk along a dirt road, and up a sandstone hill. In this pleasant wander:~ We stop on the return trip to photograph a Golden … Continue readingFive Stans 07
Dear Reader (2023-10-28),First of all to my new subscribers, thank you for joining me in my small corner of the interweb. To my pre-existing subscribers, thank you to you too, for sticking around. It is so nice to know you are out there in the … Continue readingFive Stans 06
Dear Reader (2023-10-23),Since I last wrote, I have completed the first set of experiments for my Exposure Festival 2024 Exhibition, “Shadows Passing”. I am excited by the project, and I look forward to showing you the results next February. In today’s post we travel from … Continue readingFive Stans 05
Dear Reader (2023-10-18),In today’s single blog post, or pair of Facebook posts I re-label myself and we visit a desert canyon. As some of you know from my new Cartes de Visites, and some of you may have noticed on my website, I no longer … Continue readingFive Stans 04,
Dear Reader (2020-10-13),In today’s single blog post, or trio of Facebook posts (because FB doesn’t sort consistently) the journey continues. Over the course of 4 weeks, 6 other travelers, me, and the tour guide travelled over 6,400 km. Outside of the two memorable overnight train … Continue readingFive Stans 03
Dear Reader (2023-10-09),I think that a collection of architects was invited to bring out their toy boxes to play in Astana. But before we get there, it is fitting that after yesterday’s Mosques and Minarets, we begin today’s exploration with a brief visit to an … Continue readingFive Stans 02
Dear Reader (2023-10-08), As some of you know, I recently returned (October 4) from a five-week tour of an area East of the Caspian Sea, West of China, and North of Iran and Afghanistan called the Five Stans. If you are hoping for any sort … Continue readingFive Stans 001
Dear Reader (2023-08-28),I have news to share. Notes On PhotosAs Samuel Johnson said in 1777, “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”, and I am tired of neither.~ 01 – Through a Taxi window~ 03 – One of the places … Continue readingJackdaw 13
Dear Reader (2023-08-21),Correction: I accidently made Jackdaw 11 private. I apologize for doing so, and I have fixed that.—This post is the second for today, and the last of a trio of Vienna posts (Jackdaws 10,11,12). These twelve images are a mish mash of images … Continue readingJackdaw 12
Dear Reader (2023-08-21; updated 22:00) ,Correction: I accidently made this post private. I apologize for doing so, and I have fixed that.—So a couple of days, for any number of debatable reasons, turned into a week. In the first of two posts for today, we … Continue readingJackdaw 11