I spent a few days being a tourist last week. It was a quick trip, and I wish I had more to report.
Tulsatime /
I just got back from a business trip, this time to Tulsa, OK on some client work. One evening we managed to take in the Tulsa State Fair, which for any photographer is a kind of heaven. Would have loved to spend the week there.
Away Game /
Still summer in the city, but I’m beginning to sense a change of air. Must be my heritage that makes me look for scenes like this. Chelsea Piers, New York City.
Billy, from Bardstown /
As photographers, we tend to shoot a lot of frames. And with mass storage, a lot of what we have in the archives goes missing or becomes "invisible" in the hierarchy. They are retrieved only through search or serendipity. I was in Bardstown, Kentucky seven years ago for a workshop—this is one of the many characters inhabiting Boone's Butcher Shop, and I love the photo for Billy's reticence to be revealed, contrasted with the very public dressing of the meats in the back room.
Above Water /
This is a publicity still for northfrkd.com founder Joni Rentz. I’ve been spending a lot of time on the North Fork of Long Island—will be posting images of local color soon.
Mark Was Here /
UPDATED. Been exploring the East Marion Cemetery on Long Island’s North Fork, and I came across this article about the painter Mark Rothko’s gravesite there. His family has been petitioning to move his remains back to Westchester County. The Times piece is over a year old, and I couldn't figure out if he’s relocated, so to speak.
My last trip out confirmed it; Mark is still with us. Visitors have left their own calling cards, with crayon markings, some small stones atop his marker, and—as far as I could count—what appears to be about a dollar in change. View the Gallery.
