The final voyage of Bart Parker

Today we committed the last mortal remains of my

dear friend and mentor to the waters of the

Mississippi River.

Bart Parker

I received news today that my teacher, mentor and friend

Bart Parker died at his home in Alabama today. Bart was

a lifelong inspiration to me and so many other

students and touched the lives of many more. No one is ever lost who is 

remembered by those who keep his memory alive, I shall not

forget all that Bart did for me and I owe who I am today as an

artist to Bart and his influences. Fair winds & calm seas Mr. Parker,

 dream on you crazy dreamer.

Printing for New Orleans

Got into the studio and started printing

variation so I can show my gallery director

in New Orleans. I have a date for my next exhibition

of work "Marching Bands of Mardi Gras"and the

opening will be Feb 1, 2014.

View from Elaine's apartment

New work from the weekends studio shoot

The shoot out at the Tyson studio this

weekend was more productive than

I thought at the time, at least eight files worth 

printing 17" x 24". For these, I am printing

on the Canson Photographique Rag 310.

Books on Books

From todays shoot out at Tyson, warm enough to

still work the books. Exposing books on top of

books. Used the Fuji X100S in the multiple exposure

mode to make this one.

Still more images worth printing

Finding lots of files worth printing

from older shoots this summer, this 

is one example from a shoot in

May 2013 I passed over.

A more deliberate Text on Text attempt

Revisiting old files

I've been going thru the "top 25" edit of the Body/Text series,

after some excellent feedback while at MW SPE. I decided to 

make a set of both the top 25 and the 2nd 15 on 8.5x11

paper for ease of editing. In going thru the files, I pretty much

decided my work with Judy, my model friend who died of cancer a year ago, 

needs to be it's own portfolio. In light of that, this photo

is from our last shoot the August before she passed on is

especially moving for me. It's taken a year to really be able

to deal with these powerful images.

Nelson-Atkins museum parking garage

Check out this posting about some of my Post-Katrina work

http://www.tilted-arc.com

Possible Direction of the Next Portfolio

These double exposed book images without 

the figure element may be the next portfolio 

I'll be investigating.

Observation point, along the Blue Ridge Parkway, N.C.

Got out on the road during my visit

to the Penland School as a visiting

artist this week. Shot with my 

Fuji X100S.

From the latest Tyson shoot

Leaving the bar

It was around 11 pm when I left the tavern

and had my Fuji with me. It had just rained 

and the light down the street was pretty

wonderful. I'm only now getting the feel for

this camera.

Holt Cemetery - New Orleans, La.

Thinking about Florence, Italy

Been thinking about photographing again next summer

in Florence, Italy. I already have 4 students signed up,

I expect we will have a full class my Thanksgiving.

Gentilly, La., from the Post Katrina portfolio

Wingate Drive, New Orleans, La. October  2005

Katrina Anniversary

Today marks the 8th anniversary of hurricane Katrina coming ashore and forever changing NOLA. I arrived in NOLA 30 days after the storm and spent the next 5 years photographing its effects and the rebuilding of a city that means so much to me and my work.

New Camera- Fuji X100S

I finally got me new Fuji X100S today, MPEX in Columbus, Ohio

did a great job in sending me one. Here's a few from the first set of tests

I did with it.

Photo trip along the Mississippi River

photo shoot with new model

Worked with a new model today, it was way cooler inside

the Tyson studio than I think she was comfortable with. Got

4-6 images worth printing I think. With school starting

up in a few weeks, I hate to think this was the last shoot of

the season.

Studio shoot with 2 models

Beach Landscapes

Narragansett Beach

Scarborough State Beach

A bad beach day, a good photo day

Misquamicut State Beach

Fisherman's access, Matunuck

Not a great day to be at the beach unless you want to

photograph the beach under such conditions.

Along the seawall

Narragansett Beach, R.I.

Those who look seaward

Scarborough State Beach

Life Guards

Scarborough State Beach

Scarborough State Beach

Wheeler State Beach

Wholesale Lobster house