Category Archives: Photo

Photographing a Gallery Show Opening

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Les

Peter Sieger with one his prints at the Form + Content Gallery, 10/20/2012 Last Saturday evening I went to the opening of a show displaying the work of five local photographers. One of whom is my friend Pete Sieger: not … Continue reading →

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Azillanet at Night #10

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Les

Looking down the Avenue d’Olonzac towards the invisible rolling hills with their patchwork quilt of vineyards and woods. I stood motionless, a shadow with a camera, measuring the passage of time: “Thousand-one, thousand-two … .” Light flowed into the camera, … Continue reading →

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Paris: Firemen of rue Saint-Honoré

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Les

My philosophy of life can be summed up as: if you don’t play, you can’t win. The best photos are created when the photographer is engaged with the subject.  With people, it means connecting, even briefly, and generating a sharing … Continue reading →

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Portrait of the Artist as a Troubled Young Man

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Les

While digging through my photo archives I found this self-portrait from circa 1970, give or take about one year. It is from a four photo strip, taken by one of those photo kiosks that dot, or dotted, fair midways and … Continue reading →

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The Copyist: Resurrecting Old Negatives

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Les

The Copyist was taken in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, in 1991. I prefer using available light which in this case was a mix of fluorescent and heavily overcast daylight. The painter is reproducing Women Ironing by Degas. At the … Continue reading →

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Sunset, Olargues, France, 2003

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Les

My wife and I had the very good fortune to spend time in Olargues. Olargues is a commune, the most elementary level of government administration, similar to an incorporated village or town in the U.S. The commune is located in … Continue reading →

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