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I am a worker, photographer, and writer.

My photo style is the art of photojournalism, and I also photograph nature with much the same approach.

I try to show life, or tell a story, as it is by connecting with the subjects, or the impressions they have left behind as photograph-able artifacts. There is much empathy in nature, and the beauty of nature, technically speaking aesthetics, tells us that there is love in its creation, and definitely in its animals. My best animal subjects have been birds, and I have a significant beaver project. I am working to create an catalog of animal pictures especially within society's environments, or its artifacts.

Photojournalism, like journalism, has to be real, and not made up. What people expect from it is as artistic as fantasy art because they can use it to insert themselves into the environment that it portrays just as easily as they can insert themselves into a fantasy.

Occasionally the photojournalist has to step away from what is comfortable (and sell-able) and make a critical statements, and often the statement needs to be harsh, as there is some exceedingly harsh activity in the world today.

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Friday, November 20, 2009
Defiance with Daniel Craig: Good movie that opens a BIG can of worms!
(10 comments) Billed as a violent thriller, the defiance of enemy soldiers by loyal brothers, it delivers as advertised, and more, taking off right from the opening credits with the killing of family, family vengeance, and all-out world war. It also makes one curious, and opens a few inroads to the irony that is our recent history. I will follow this retro review with another: "Rabbit Redux: Eminem nearly a decade later."

Friday, October 2, 2009
The "Art Roots"
The "art roots" are sculpture made from roots systems found in the forest that I have "brought in" and preserved with varnish. They will be on display at the Unframed Artists Gallery in New Paltz, NY

Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Yetta Kurland, NYC Candidate for City Council, A Photo Tour
Yetta Kurland is a refreshing and highly-liberal anti-corruption candidate for the City Council in NYC from the 3rd district who will very likely unseat the powerful, and increasingly conservative, Speaker Christine Quinn.

Monday, July 20, 2009
Americans Kill, so What is the Kindest Way to Kill?
(4 comments) The death penalty is with us to stay because it is popular. Americans also seem to support mass imprisonment. Freedom? Not! But our national identity is not easily resolved, so let's instead discuss the issue of killing itself, and how it can be carried out in the fairest and most humane ways possible: an attainable goal. Also, lets look at the criteria for killing: can neural science be applied to determine guilt?

Saturday, April 18, 2009
Saying Good-bye to Krishna
(1 comments) Krishna was bigger than life, certainly the most thinking, emotional, and communicating cat I have ever seen. I rescued him, and probably would have found new owners for him, but he was so damn smart. He would sit with guests and try to talk. He lived with me through the Internet revolution, but I had to give him to my parents during the 2000's when conditions, including 9/11, forced me to leave NYC.

Saturday, April 11, 2009
Lies of the Times: Obama needs to fufill his promise
(2 comments) With the horrendous decline of Republican politics and policy under the final Bush, which mirrored the Republican decline after the Vietnam war, blame can easily be placed on previous presidential administration and its supporting congress for the present twin dilemmas of economic and environmental collapse. In fact, the American economy surged under the last Democrat, Clinton, and only collapsed with the arrival of Bush.

Monday, January 5, 2009
Gaza Peace Rally in New York City, Janurary 3rd, 2009
There was a Gaza peace rally in New York City, on January 3rd, 2009. It was really peaceful, which is not what I expected when I went. The crowd was said to be about 10,000 - 20,000.

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