Merry Christmas, heading into 2012, a year I never thought would come. Meanwhile downtown Detroit, a streetside window on Woodward sends it’s bright light holiday chill into the air. Plenty of seats left for singing, souping and lecturing.
Archive for the ‘Detroit’ Category
Merry Christmas 2011 / Happy New Year 2012
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011Photobook “state fair” Now At Blurb
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011My new photobook “state fair” available at Blurb. Photo documentation of one of the last State Fairs held in Detroit, Michigan (2005) before funding ran out. Photographed with a Leica M6 on Fujichrome Velvia 100F 35 mm slide film, cross-processed into negatives.
Machine Empty…
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011Do not use. Recent scan from cross-processed neg, 2005 Michigan State Fair. Near the end.
Detroit Painting
Thursday, October 28th, 2010Nestled there in the pines off of Woodward Avenue, downtown Detroit, a lovely painting. Steps from the sidewalk, out of all context. Part of a DIA “out of home” display. Near the Fox Theater.
SuperChurch Detroit
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010I see from South Woodward Ave. a new spire going up. If you could look around to the side of this construction you’d see that it spans a dozen or so football fields. I mean this is going to be big. HUGE.
Fresh Cuts of Faux
Saturday, June 5th, 2010Downtown carnival with a new prize offering: fresh hanging cuts of fury faux lions and tigers. Like fuzzy sides of meat in a butcher’s playland. Or something like that. (Shhh…they’re sleeping…)
Non-Rangefinder Break
Monday, May 17th, 2010Like many snap addicts across the land, I have been living with a condition known as Hipstamatic. I hear it will naturally run its course and leave the system in weeks. But right now I am in the thick of it. Fun but fake old photos. And returning to my home via Amtrak, passing through Detroit, I hade to do a Hipstamatic study outside the train windows. Here are but a few of what I could get in between the iPhone choking on low processing power:
Start A Juicy Day
Friday, January 15th, 2010At the counter of an area Coney Island. A hint of health behind (or in front of) every chili cheese fry and coney dog.
Dave Bennett Recording Session
Saturday, January 9th, 2010Recently was invited by Ed Wolfrum to a Detroit recording session for Dave Bennett, clarinet phenom deluxe. If you like Benny Goodman (think Carnegie Hall 1938), you’ll be very surprised. CD from this session forthcoming. Go to www.davebennett.com for release and show information.
Big Time Wrastlin’
Sunday, July 5th, 2009
Fourth of July, 2009. Mexican Town wrestling match downtown Detroit. Absolute genius. Finest theater since Shakespeare. It really went to the street and stopped traffic. Here, a baby sleeps through the excitement. One day she can say she missed Chuck Wagon beat the tar out of the man in the foreground on Vernor Hwy. Rematch coming Labor Day Weekend.
