I was going through some old shots and this one popped out at me. This one prints really well. It was taken this spring - on a side street near Fordham Road.
7/19/2005
Bronx Basketball
I was going through some old shots and this one popped out at me. This one prints really well. It was taken this spring - on a side street near Fordham Road.
Ilford Profiles
Ilford posted printer profiles for Ilford Smoth Pearl and the 4800 printer. I began doing some color prints this morning for the first time. Results: nominal. Is that the right word? Results are what I expect from screen images.
Here's the Ilford Link to the profiles: Ilford Printer Profiles.
Here's the Ilford Link to the profiles: Ilford Printer Profiles.
7/18/2005
Moment of Silence
This was definitely a weird dream. I guess I was thinking about the 50 British Citizens that were killed and I was - well the dream was this.
The President, Tony Blair and a few other European leaders were standing on a platform flanked by an Iraqi flag. They had set this day to be a world-wide moment of silence for the innocents who have died in Iraq. Not a "we're for the war" or "we're against the war" thing but a simple moment of silence that was actually authorized by the various leaders of this whole thing.
President Bush and Blair were going to give speeches about the Iraqi dead. They would offer their prayers from a stage in Iraq. Standing, or in wheelchairs, next to them or in the audience were the crippled, the widows, the orphans and a few top clerics. This was going to be televised world-wide. And the newly trained Iraqi forces were there for security.
President Bush: "We've come here today to pay tribute to and to remember the tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens that have been killed and wounded during this war. I've asked for this day - for this moment - so that you know that we truly stand beside you and understand the horror of these last years. My friend, Tony Blair will also speak to you.
But this is really your day. And this is your moment of silence... I know that we have killed innocents as well but that is war. We never purposely... Well, this is about the insurgents who have been blowing themselves up both here and around the world. This about them, not us."
Of course, even in my dream it was hard to control the President's speech but at 12:00 Iraqi time, the President and the others on stage and in the audience and around the world bowed their heads...
And then I woke up.
"Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. "
"All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome." - Both quotes by George Orwell
"On average, 34 ordinary Iraqis have met violent deaths every day since the invasion of March 2003," said Mr. Sloboda. "It remains a matter of the gravest concern that, nearly two-and-a-half years on, neither the U.S. nor the UK governments have begun to systematically measure the impact of their actions in terms of human lives destroyed." -
They note that 25,000 civilians have been killed since the start of the war. Here is a link to the story on CNN.
The President, Tony Blair and a few other European leaders were standing on a platform flanked by an Iraqi flag. They had set this day to be a world-wide moment of silence for the innocents who have died in Iraq. Not a "we're for the war" or "we're against the war" thing but a simple moment of silence that was actually authorized by the various leaders of this whole thing.
President Bush and Blair were going to give speeches about the Iraqi dead. They would offer their prayers from a stage in Iraq. Standing, or in wheelchairs, next to them or in the audience were the crippled, the widows, the orphans and a few top clerics. This was going to be televised world-wide. And the newly trained Iraqi forces were there for security.
President Bush: "We've come here today to pay tribute to and to remember the tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens that have been killed and wounded during this war. I've asked for this day - for this moment - so that you know that we truly stand beside you and understand the horror of these last years. My friend, Tony Blair will also speak to you.
But this is really your day. And this is your moment of silence... I know that we have killed innocents as well but that is war. We never purposely... Well, this is about the insurgents who have been blowing themselves up both here and around the world. This about them, not us."
Of course, even in my dream it was hard to control the President's speech but at 12:00 Iraqi time, the President and the others on stage and in the audience and around the world bowed their heads...
And then I woke up.
"Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. "
"All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome." - Both quotes by George Orwell
"On average, 34 ordinary Iraqis have met violent deaths every day since the invasion of March 2003," said Mr. Sloboda. "It remains a matter of the gravest concern that, nearly two-and-a-half years on, neither the U.S. nor the UK governments have begun to systematically measure the impact of their actions in terms of human lives destroyed." -
They note that 25,000 civilians have been killed since the start of the war. Here is a link to the story on CNN.
7/17/2005
Sparrows Breadcrust
Sparrows and Breadcrust
After the rain two sparrows sat on a street light looking down until the sidewalk was moderately clear - and then swooped down for some soggy bread. This was shot with a 50mm lens, so you can image how close I was. Most of the time I was just crouched by the bread, camera ready - while early Sunday risers walked by and gave me rather strange looks. After all - when they looked they only saw the bread.
7/16/2005
7/15/2005
Today's World
When we were kids - no concrete barriers around the city to practice our balance on. But we did have "duck and cover" drills. Okay everyone - let's pretend that an atomic bomb is going to hit the Empire State Building (that's what they said) - now quick - under your desk.
I used to think of the explosion - wondering how long it would take for the shockwave and cloud to get up to the Bronx.
Has anyone done a study about the psychological effects - or after shocks - when children come to believe that their world can be gone in a New York minute? Gives a new meaning to the term: baby boomers.
Also may be related to the fast food craze that began back then. "Sorry mate - no time to sit down and eat - I'll just pop by for a burger."
Did you ever read the interview with the man who invented instant coffee? "We need things quick now," he said. "We don't always have time to brew a pot."
Could he have had instant annihilation in mind?
in mind.
What will the results of growing up in today's world be? Annihilation is no longer instant - it's more random. Will a new cult that prays to the god of randomness emerge?
I leave those ideas to future historians - or to you.
Believe it or Not (Sikhs)
Oh, just give the city bureaucracy a chance to do something stupid and they'll come up with something. Always. This is their forte. The MTA (they run the subways and buses in New York) told five (5) Sikhs that they cannot wear their turbans on the job. Most of them work in token booths (punishment enough) and one runs a train. In fact, one of them has worked for the MTA for 20 years - wearing the turban.
Well that's what the MTA said at first - no turbans. The Sikhs then filed a protest. The MTA rethought (I use that word loosely) their position and said that they could wear the turbans, but would have to stick an MTA Button on the front of the turban.
So the turban is a religious symbol. Many religions have some sort of a sacred hat. But what in the world could the MTA have been thinking. Oh, I know - the turbans scare people who think that terrorists have taken over the token booths. That must be it.
Yes, their new strategy is to take over the token booths (which don't sell tokens anyway anymore) and hold the metro-cards for ransom.
I believe what's happening is that with the recent events - the MTA is beginning to believe that it is some kind of para-military operation and that the best way to get organized is to make sure that everyone wears the same uniform.
My own suggestion is that they get the announcements to be audible on the trains before they tackle the terrorists.
Well that's what the MTA said at first - no turbans. The Sikhs then filed a protest. The MTA rethought (I use that word loosely) their position and said that they could wear the turbans, but would have to stick an MTA Button on the front of the turban.
So the turban is a religious symbol. Many religions have some sort of a sacred hat. But what in the world could the MTA have been thinking. Oh, I know - the turbans scare people who think that terrorists have taken over the token booths. That must be it.
Yes, their new strategy is to take over the token booths (which don't sell tokens anyway anymore) and hold the metro-cards for ransom.
I believe what's happening is that with the recent events - the MTA is beginning to believe that it is some kind of para-military operation and that the best way to get organized is to make sure that everyone wears the same uniform.
My own suggestion is that they get the announcements to be audible on the trains before they tackle the terrorists.
the 11th man
AG has written 15 chapters of the Eleventh Man. The idea of the book is to do a sort of satire / sci-fi / picture book. A lot of the story is based on images that I took but there will also be some new things to shoot. The feeling of the book is somewhere between an comic book for adults - and something from the old Sherlock Holmes Victorian era - such as were published in the old Strand Magazine.
We weren't sure when we started whether the images would drive the story - or the story would drive the images. Turned out to be the former.
My only role in the narrative so far has been to spitball ideas - and to try and offer an objective view of the thing. I have only read the first chapter so far. Tomorrow I'm planning to print out all the chapters and read it as a whole. I'm guessing there's another 15 chapters to go... (they are each very short).
My cat has also been writing a couple of chapters but so far they are just a lot of garbage (sorry Buddy).
The other constrainment - is that we came up with this idea that all the names, adjectives, and adverbs should be 11 characters in length. This is proving to be a real hardship but A.G. is up to the task being a former winner of the Des Moines Crossword competition. [composition = 11 characters, AG that might be useful to you)
We weren't sure when we started whether the images would drive the story - or the story would drive the images. Turned out to be the former.
My only role in the narrative so far has been to spitball ideas - and to try and offer an objective view of the thing. I have only read the first chapter so far. Tomorrow I'm planning to print out all the chapters and read it as a whole. I'm guessing there's another 15 chapters to go... (they are each very short).
My cat has also been writing a couple of chapters but so far they are just a lot of garbage (sorry Buddy).
The other constrainment - is that we came up with this idea that all the names, adjectives, and adverbs should be 11 characters in length. This is proving to be a real hardship but A.G. is up to the task being a former winner of the Des Moines Crossword competition. [composition = 11 characters, AG that might be useful to you)
Two Sisters
I'm still experimenting with blogger... a couple of nice touches that I couldn't do with radioland: I can set the time & date of the post. This means I can organize the order of posts a little better. Couldn't do that with RadioLand.
Can allow someone else access to write something while I remain the "administrator."
I don't think - at least at first glance - much of the ability to upload photos with their photo upload widget as I don't like the resizing - and the fact that if you click on it you get the original in a window - doesn't seem that great to me.
It allows you to save drafts so in essence you can save an image-based template as a draft and just use that when you want via copy and paste to put up new images.
Of course it's nice that you can do your posts while you're on the road - if I ever do get on the road. There might have been a way to do that with Radioland, I'm not sure.
And since they're now owned by Google - well - I expect more innovations.
Tippy Toes
"Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts." - Dylan, Idiot Wind
It has been disclosed to this reporter that new disguises are being drawn up for certain Political Advisors.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)