3/3 from Niagara Falls

Part two of three parts of Niagara Falls.

22 Seconds: 450000 gallons

I remain amazed by the power and feeling of the falls. I may put this and the picture below side by each.

This was taken on the LX Tour.  

In an epic undertaking, Nathan Lyons, supported by George Eastman House, Memorial Art Gallery and Visual Studies Workshop assembled, sequenced and installed 230 pictures in three venues, covering 40 years of Wood’s imagemaking. There is a companion book, published by Steidl, that is a must have addition to my library.

When I walked in to the House (GEH) the front gallery held about 50 pictures and the feeling was eerie. First off, I remember so many of the pictures from the late 60s and early 70s, It felt like a history of photography but only my photographic education. Much of the extended thinking was something I emulated in my early life as a photographer. Johns Wood represents that ever inquisitive midset of “what if I try this, what will happen?” There was a certain disregard to the purist viewpoint of that era led by Minor White, Paul Caponigro, et al and he investigated the boundaries of what picture making was, what should it look like and how one should even make pictures. Although he was mainly photography based, even that was not strict dogma.

I spent an hour today looking at the 130 some pictures at VSW and derived much energy from the work. The work wasn’t slathered in arty sauce, it was honest and organic and experimantal and full of enery and joy for the picture making process. How very cool. Photos to be posted soon.

144 protraits in 25 minutes with a chorus of “Rawhide” playing tin the backgraound.  We had to do something because of the rain.  Thanks to everyone at dinner 8/27/08 at Penland.

What started as a lark ended up as a minor obsession; one friend thought there were 98 too many.  I give you “99 KJs“.  Position 4E is me and Keith Johnson in a Denver hotel bar each at different conferences.

From Jim Stone at the Heart Attack Grill. Imagine.

Yuma Rocks is available at the PRC annual auction 10/25/08.  Given the tough economy please come to the auction and help the PRC, truly a worthy cause.