2011, abandoned, America, celebration, Christmas, Christmas lights, Christmastime, Detroit, Leica, Leica M6, Leica M8, Leica M9, night, rangefound, storefront, Street Photography

Merry Christmas 2011 / Happy New Year 2012

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.

2011, America, blurb, Leica, Leica M6, Leica M8, Leica M9, photobook, photography, rangefound, Street Photography, Uncategorized

Rangefound Photobook at Blurb

Out now at Blurb…my new photobook “rangefound“. Images from rangefound.com with many previously unpublished shots. 64 pages, designed for ProLine uncoated stock (which turned out to be a really nice, smooth matte paper). Click below and go check out the preview at Blurb.

2011, abandoned, America, Artist Statement, discarded, Leica, Leica M8, michigan, photography, rangefound, Street Photography, suburban, washington

Give Me Liberty…Or Just The 1%

“Occupy Ann Arbor” is setting up shoppe in the aptly-named Liberty Plaza in Ann Arbor, MI. Let’s read some of the advertisements they have on display: “6PM Sign Making & Protest Songs”; “Power To The People”; and something about “Stop Spoiling Our Environment”.

Now, let us view the scene (click to enlarge):

2011, America, California, exhibition, Format Festival 11, Hollywood, hotel, Leica, Leica M6, Leica M8, Leica M9, magazine, night, off-road, palms, parking lot, photography, Street Photography

Here Comes “The Sun”, Issue 431

Back from Chicago’s Black Cloud Gallery and the Beginnings exhibition opening with my flag photo (thanks all, wonderful time) and I find a packet in the mail of The Sun Magazine copies (thanks Sun!) with a photo of mine inside. Sent it a couple years ago, a familiar sight in Santa Monica for anyone who has spent months of their life there. November 2011 issue, page 28.

2011, 35mm, America, celebration, exhibition, gallery, international, Leica, Leica M6, Leica M8, Leica M9, photobook, photography, rangefound, Street Photography, trademark, Uncategorized

RangeFound® Now Protected Under Madrid Protocol

Good news: the RangeFound® name for online journals, sites, blogs featuring rangefinder camera photography and general photography is now protected via International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) under Madrid Agreement and Protocol (Reg. No. 1 089 240). The registered U.S. Trademark status (Reg. No. 3,893,811) remains as well.

2011, America, discarded, Leica, Leica M6, Leica M8, Leica M9, michigan, Niles, photography, rangefound, suburban

Flags of Our Classrooms

My old Eastside elementary school in Niles, Michigan is returning to life. Recently closed by a questionable school board decision it is now reopening as a magnet institution. Walking through the empty classrooms I photographed the frayed and well-displayed flags. K thru 6 memories at each location.