Received word from curator Marc Prust that I have been chosen to be a part of this year’s FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale di Roma, September 23 thru October 24 2010 at the MACRO Testaccio in Rome with the photobook below. The theme of this 9th edition of FotoGrafia is FUTURESPECTIVES, or “Can photography interpret the future?” Stand by for more details.
UPDATE: images sent to Rome for show prep. Tried to get a flight to opening but airfare is waaaay to expensive.
A slightly larger edition of my American Tour photobook now for sale (for the first time I might add) at Blurb: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1496756. In softcover, approx. 8″ x 10″. (Was hoping for a smaller size but this is Blurb’s most compact offering.)
Electricity and natured, balanced for the moment until one strikes out at the other, pulling down power line or burning from lightening strike.
I 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.
On a pole on the way home last night. Royal Oak, MI. Zooming in on full-size image you can see the brush strokes of the painting artist signed “Estelle Janatto 12 70″
Detroit Institute of Arts, Diego Rivera court, second floor.
The M9 is backordered – although ordered – and the 35mm is still at Leica NJ for calibration and restoration (since January). If anyone is interested, the M8 (with new M8.2 shutter and corrected framelines) may soon be on ebay.
UPDATE: the M9 arrived but like so many things in life that have to be done at least 2 times before it can be right), it went back with a sensor/processor error and should be back next week. 35mm lens back and now wonderfully accurate. A difference of night & day.
And all of them were out this last weekend due to extremely pleasant temps in the 70s. Mr. Softies were on patrol as well. Now if we can just find this dog and cat a home we’d be in business.
Reminds me a little of this “portrait” I did years ago for a friend…
Finally, the old Summicron-M 2/35 is getting a much needed tune up at Leica NJ: focus calibration, focus mount fix, general cleaning and the all-new 6 bit coding. Got it used in 2000 (I think) in Kalamazoo and really never had it checked out. I remember screwing down a loose base plate in ’04 with tweezers “in the field” in Ketchum, ID. 4-6 weeks ETA.
Uploaded the remainders & extras from 2009′s Chevy Volt shoot (for Monocle Magazine) to my account at ALAMY. Some good images that haven’t yet seen the light of day. Available for EDITORIAL use.
