"YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS ARE AS DAZZLING AS YOUR SUBJECTS"

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

OBAMA & THE SCREW UP II

OBAMA & THE SCREW UP II


No, that is not Martha Coakley
with Barack Obama....

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

JANIS JOPLIN b. January 19, 1943


JANIS JOPLIN 
January 19, 1943-October 4, 1970 


THE LAST CONCERT 
HARVARD STADIUM 
August 12, 1970 


Monday, January 18, 2010

A GERMAN TRAIN CONDUCTOR...BACK IN THE DAY...OF THE COLD WAR: MEMORIES OF AN ARMY BRAT

MEMORIES OF AN ARMY BRAT


A GERMAN TRAIN CONDUCTOR

BACK IN THE DAY...

THE DAYS OF
THE COLD WAR...

more



Sunday, January 17, 2010

THE STEERAGE II: THE USSR, KIEV, & THE UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS


THE STEERAGE II:
THE USSR, KIEV,
& THE ELECTION IN UKRAINE

The presidential election in Ukraine today
(January 17, 2010), has resulted in the need
for a second round (no majority winner).

Above, a reminder of what politics looked like under the USSR. I call it "THE STEERAGE II." Here in Kiev
(Ukraine), on September 1, 1984, is a mass rally for Peace & Knowledge Day. Notice that although the participants have been vetted, the authorities keep their distance -- with a large divide between them and their "constituents," and only (Soviet) security and media allowed in an otherwise "no man's land" separating the leaders from the led. 

For me, there are echoes of "THE STEERAGE," the photograph by Alfred Stiegltiz. The photograph can be seen here, and an interesting discussion of it found here

Saturday, January 16, 2010

A BOY & HIS DOG & PROPINQUITY


A LAD & HIS DOG

Giessen, Germany

IN HONOR OF

ALLEN ROSS MONASMITH

(HAPPY BIRTHDAY!)

&

PROPINQUITY

Friday, January 15, 2010

THE SEATS OF POWER, CHINESE STYLE II: SICHUAN

THE SEATS OF POWER
CHINESE STYLE
One of a Ser
SICHUAN DELEGATES
TO THE 16th PARTY CONGRESS
BEIJING 2002

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Monday, January 11, 2010

WARS, ALARUMS, AND EXCURSIONS

WARS,
ALARUMS AND
EXCURSIONS

THEIRS & OURS


"The Ghostly General"
Lima, Peru