The title of this post is a qoute from Rebecca Erbelding, who works for the Hollocaust Museum. She is discussing the recently donated photos of Auschwitz, which show the nazi officers daily lives. You can read more about it on the NY Times site. Make sure to listen to the audio with the slideshow.
EDIT: A well-read friend of mine emailed me this
[S]he’s likely alluding to Hannah Arendt’s book from the 60’s, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. It’s a damn amazing book. Eichmann was credited as being the bureaucrat who was the architect of the Final Solution.
http://www.amazon.com/Eichmann-Jerusalem-Report-Banality-Evil/dp/0140187650
Alan Greenspan was on the daily show. He just said “all people, when faced with uncertainty, pull back” - He’s wrong. I’ve got data to back this up. I’m not saying that I am smarter than Greenspan, his claim is hyperbolic.
I have had brief email conversations with Jörg M. Colberg, who writes the wonderful blog Conscientious, about the slickness of current digital photography. I think Alec Soth described this same characteristic as “frozen perfection” on his blog. Colberg will tell you he doesn’t care about the slickness, just whether or not he likes the end result (he also doesn’t put much weight into process); Soth on the other hand seems to like process at times, and admits to even being frustrated by sterility in his own work. All this is simply an appeal to authority to say that current photographic art is overly slick, devoid of any imperfection, no film grain, no dust spots, etc. Continue reading ‘Slick vs. ?’
I got the chance to do some shots of the Roller Girls last month, and although the outdoor conditions weren’t perfect (harsh sunlight, and steps so hot that it was a testament to the Roller Girl dedication to short skirts), I got a few images I liked.
For more images go here
It has been a while since I took any pictures at the market; long enough in fact that very few of the vendors are the same. I’ve hosted the images on LightandGlass.net, but the album isn’t visible unless you use this link. Continue reading ‘Pics from the Belhaven Market’
I don’t really have any factual reasons to make any comparison to any other mammals, but there is something nice about a subject that can continually be focused on one point no matter where you move that point (point=doggie treat). Continue reading ‘Why dogs are good portrait subjects’
Jerri and I both have new work which we will be showing at Light and Glass, with a reception for the show next Thursday the 20th at 6pm.
Continue reading ‘Fracture’
I have been officially self-employed for two weeks now. What have I accomplished in that two weeks? Actually, a decent amount of what I intended to get done . . . but, I haven’t started keeping the blog more up to date, which I will begin today. And because I am intending to make a very solid attempt to post once per day, I will dole out my news slowly so as to still have something to say. And in the interest of having things to say, if you have any ideas for the photoshop tutorial or action you would like to see, send me an email or post a comment.
Continue reading ‘Self-employed’
I have for some time now been under the apparent misunderstanding that sub-tropical storms formed outside some strange tropical buffer zone (its been obvious even to me that not all tropical storms formed between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. But, it appears that the designation has to do with the circulation pattern and where the major wind bands are. Continue reading ‘Sub-tropical Storm Gabrielle’
