Looking Back At Images Made In March, 2022 — I like traditions and rituals. I always have. Now I have decided to start a new one. A Friday Review, of each month I have spent in Oaxaca, through the lens of my camera. Looking at my camera roll, it looks like I have made close to ten thousand images…

Thinking About Photography, Thinking About Jazz — Life, and photography, are a lot like jazz. Yes, there is a melody that plays in my ear. To make meaning of it, I need to improvise. I need to blow over the changes. Jazz musicians improvise over the melodies of tunes that comprise the standards. Songs that are part…

An Abstract Lens Informs My Photography, These Days — I’m not even sure I know how to talk about this aspect of my work. It is something that hangs out in the back of my mind, like an alter ego. I feel it strongly, and constantly. Yet the words are more distant. Nonexistent, might be the more accurate. I…

A Gray Day Calling For A Bit Of Extra Warmth — It has been a long stretch of gray days in Oaxaca. It is all part of the rainy season. Most of this year’s season has included several hours of sunshine each day, often in the mornings. Apparently, storms in the eastern Pacific have been impacting our weather. The good part…

Rainwater Continues To Flow Along This Ancient Stream Bed — Water continues to flow through the Xochimilco Aqueduct. Ten days ago the flow seemed to lessen with each new day. I wondered how long it would last. A local inhabitant told me at the time we would not see water flowing until next year’s rainy season. The weather proved him…

I Don’t Do That Much Talking . . . These Days” — Jackson Browne — These days I seem to think a lot, About the things that I forgot to do, And all the times I had, A chance to . . . Jackson Browne Yes, I’ve been out walkin’. It’s Sunday so I didn’t bring my camera. It’s Sunday, and she needed a day…

Editing Photos In Black And White Balances My Nervous System — I always shoot in color these days. I want a record of all the glorious colors I experience on a daily basis here in Oaxaca. Yesterday’s piece, Dia de la Independencia, would not have told the whole story if the images had been rendered in monochrome, not even close. For…

Today Is Independence Day In Mexico — As I stepped onto the street this morning, I immediately sensed an unusual quiet. There was a noticeable difference in the air. There was also red, white, and green everywhere I looked. Even the flora echoed these colors. These colors have been growing in volume over the past ten days…

Trying Something New, Some Noticed — Yesterday I decided to try a new way of photographing strangers on the street. In a way that made me a little less conspicuous, at least that was my intent. I pulled out my back up camera, a Fuji XT-1 with a short, 15–45mm zoom lens. My specific reason for…