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Origins of Psychedelic Art
What was the inspiration for the psychedelic art of the 60s? Who coined the term “psychedelic?”
Why Do I Make My Own Analog Black-and-White Prints?
This question would have been laughable in the art community 25 years ago, but now, with the digital revolution firmly in place, it seems that now is a good time to answer that question.
Photographic Art in the 1970s
“Photography is not, to begin with, an art form at all”
So wrote Susan Sontag in On Photography, a celebrated collection of critical essays published in the New York Review of Books between 1973 and 1977. She continued, “Photography is not an art like, say, painting and poetry.” Eventually, she would publish a partial refutation of these opinions in her 1993 book Regarding the Pain of Others.
Project Review: Brandenburg Properties
Sometimes we are lucky enough to meet a family that becomes their own.
The Village Hub Holiday Party and Gift Faire
My talented wife Julie B and I are participating in Woodside’s annual Gift Faire at the Village Hub adjacent to the Woodside Village Church, where my family regularly attended after moving to town in 1954.
What about Color?
I think we are all familiar with the iconic argument about which is better, the book or the movie. The best analogy I have to offer is that black-and-white photography is to the book what color photography is to the movie.
