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Friday, November 27, 2009


Family portraiture has not really been my thing over the years. But I took a stab at it last summer after seeing the photos of Doug Dubois, a famous local photographer who took up photographing his family in the 1990's. I also like the photos of Sally Mann or http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/mann/index.html Here is a photograph of my cousin Margaret that I had fun taking when last she visited.

Friday, August 21, 2009




I finally got a mac and now have to figure it out. It's a bit of a challenge getting up to date on technology, but what the heck, if I can do med school I ought to be able to figure this out. I just had my first photo accepted for publication, one of the interiors from the abandoned house she crawled into a bit recklessly with help from cousin Margaret.

With one picture accepted, though I'm excited to keep trying. I've got to get back at it now that there's a little break in my schedule between finishing up ob with the baby, baby, baby business, and starting away electives at Dartmouth and Brown.

The sky around here is still absolutely spectacular, but I haven't yet figured out how to take good pictures, so I'm just taking what I can get. You get the general idea.

It's going to be an interesting fall...

Thursday, May 14, 2009



More Pictures from the South and Northsides. This picture with the dog is intriguing because the dog is stock still except that he's barking his head off, which makes him look like he has two mouths. This was an interesting garage. They were rebuilding an old Ford inside, putting a new engine it so it would go fast, but rebuilding the body to look as close to original as possible. They let us take pictures, but you could tell we made them a bit uncomfortable. 






Photoshoot with David Perlman, my photography mentor from Lightwork. Sadly he's heading back to Calfornia in a week. I think he's got a bright future in photography. He's an excellent instructor and I will miss him.   We had  avery good time taking picures inside this abandoned house. The light on that day was stunning, and for the first time I came close to understanding Edward Hopper's obsession with light falling on/in buildings. I enjoyed showing David P. around the neighborhood where I'd been taking pictures for the last year . I also intriduced him to the Jerk Hut, best Carribean food in town and one of Syracuse's best kep secrets.  



Pictures from Blodget's photography and healthy schools/peaceful schools project. I had a very good time with the kids there and getting to know Aduke Branch and Jackie Saddler was very fun too. I still don't know what will come of the school and the beautiful library they put in. It would be sad if it got torn down, although given the state of the rest of the school, I would not be surprised. Every time I go over to the west side I learn so much about the community. I still believe that there's no way to make the world a better place without making connections  at the individual level. Those are the tiles lining the hallway outside the library. The buildling just accross the street is very nicely boarded up. In fact, I've never seen a house boarded up so carefully with the boards painted such pristine white. It makes it look like an oversized doll house, a very strange image indeed, especilly in the context of the neighborhood overall. 


The winter landscape far before the introduction of anything other than shades of white and grey remains astonishingly beautiful. Here are some photos from the snowshoeing trip we did in late March. Dave went out on too, although it was probably not a good idea so soon after the ACL surgery. He managed not to rip the good surgeon's work to shreds for now. 

Thursday, March 12, 2009




A couple of pictures of dolls and doll dreses

Tuesday, February 17, 2009





Photoshop is still my nemesis. In the back--or not so far back-- of my head I keep thinking that if I can do biochemistry I ought to be able to learn photoshop. It's just a matter of finding the right textbook and the right person/s to help. It's that, all over again, feeling of being a stranger in a strange land, a new language to learn. And I've got to be that little engine that could, pulling out the mantra, "I think I can. I think I can."

Here's a couple of new photos--unpolished by any computer program, just raw as is, including some of my own shadows.

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Met Ellen Garvens at opening at Light Works Photography Studio January 29th. Great photos with mixed media. her crumpled photos with mirror images suggestive of the classic Rorschach Blots. The work I saw is not represented on the website below, but the quality of work is same. She has connections to other artists making work related to health work. Must follow up with her.

http://www.ellengarvens.com/

Thursday, January 29, 2009


Eric Avery Here is an interesting fellow doctor that makes art, including large scale prints about medical/ethical issues. His 2007 World AIDS day project I found particularly intersting. See links below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVXszcKyEzA
http://www.docart.com/index.html

Monday, January 26, 2009












Some of my photos from the summer2008 : Dolls and west side houses
This is about the power of art to tell a story that cannot be told any other way. This is art that everyone who has suffered through a loved one with illness will understand and be released by. This is art that should be seen in hospitals--not out in lobby's or in waiting rooms but where those who are in the inner circle of suffering, and also is chapels. This is each mother's son dying crucified on the limits of our knowledge. This is the love of heaven on earth of mother for child, and the hellish darkness that mocks her making shadows of her love.

www.sacbee.com/static/newsroom/swf/april07/byer/
http://www.sacbee.com/static/newsroom/swf/april07/mother/