darkness be over me…

crazy things are happening…i feel like clifton webb on the deck of a sinking ship…

i want to be cliff lee

self portrait

andré kertész shadow self portrait, 1927

in queue

the petrified forest (1936)

directed by archie mayo

written by robert e. sherwood (play), charles kenyon, delmer daves

at work

walker evans

new

frank & alice, oxnard, california 2009

the tall T

signed up for netflix again. so i will begin sharing films in my queue.

the tall T is first…

the tall T (1957)

directed by the great budd boetticher

written by elmore leonard (story), burt kennedy (screenplay)

martin scorsese on the tall T:

the inappropriate alarm clock

arthur rothstein at work, 1938

on the nytimes website there is a great 7 part series ‘the case of the inappropriate alarm clock’ by errol morris getting under way. it deals with the controversies surrounding the FSA photographers and issues that are still at large today regarding the manipulation and altering of photographs.

photographs to look at

top to bottom:

woman with closed eyes, 1928, man ray

photograph from ‘evidence‘ 1977 larry sultan & mike mandel

photograph of wreck of the southern railway train, 1930

autralia bowler, bill o’reilly, demonstrates his famous grip, 1932, sam hood

dedication from ‘pictures from life in field & fen’, 1887

jacques-joseph ebelman on his deathbed (waxed paper negative), 1852, robert louis-remy

apologies

i am in the process of switching hosting companies for my wesbsite, which is why my website is no longer visible.

i will hopefully have it sorted out soon.