Posted on June 26, 2008 by sottovoco
Tonight Mike and I watched a documentary on Henri Cartier-Bresson. Wow could that guy shoot a photograph.
“To take a photograph is to align the head, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life.” Cartier-Bresson understood that everything has life. And that a moment is just that, a moment. And you either get it [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2008 by sottovoco
I was so looking forward to this trip to Jerusalem. I’ve been saying that a lot about
this visit to Israel. I am coming to understand how photographers really need to scout a site. And to test shoot photos. And experiment. A lot.
As a very amateur travel photographer, I usually only get one chance. [...]
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Posted on June 8, 2008 by sottovoco
After a great breakfast and fabulous coffee, Michal, Kendra, Ken and I headed to the Carmel Art Market in Tel Aviv. This art market runs Tuesdays and Fridays and is full of vendors selling arts and crafts they’ve made themselves. It’s wonderfully colorful and fun. Just walking down the street is a treat. Every [...]
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Posted on February 15, 2008 by sottovoco
This is a stirring movie. The cinematography captures the loneliness of the midwest plains and the haunting obsession of Robert Ford with Jesse James. As devotion turns to bitterness and hatred the wide-angle shots of cloud-filled skies at dusk, hanging over the dry golden plains … a chilling combination. And the snow; stark [...]
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Posted on November 15, 2007 by sottovoco
Sunday, November 11, 2007.
9:25 am.
It’s Mike’s birthday. He’ll be 49. I’m in Egypt. He’s in Seattle. It wasn’t supposed to be this way.
I’m on the Nile. My stateroom small but nice. No balcony, just floor to ceiling windows that open to the river. The steward has [...]
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