It started at the base of her spine – a sweet tingly sensation…then it started spreading…up her back, making her arch it…into her face, making it feel warm…into her chest, causing her to heave it…into her groin, making her gently undulate it…breathless, she felt it spread everywhere…and as she finally started to moan, she also felt it…
“in Her Toes”
“These boots are made for walking,
And that’s just what they’ll do,
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you…”
– from the song “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’”.
Written in 1966 by Lee Hazlewood and performed by Nancy Sinatra.
“The Boots”
A wet plate collodion image
“You see, it’s the slow knife…the knife that takes its time. The knife…that waits years without forgetting…then slips quietly between the bones. That’s the knife…that cuts deepest.”
―Talia al Ghu (Miranda Tate) in “The Dark Knight Rises”
She retreated into her corner… that dark foreboding place…where her terrifying thoughts were her only friends…and her fears haunted her every minute…she erected a glass wall, that was fogged by her tears, fears, and breath…yet if one looked closely at that wall…that glass wall that really could not hide her turmoil, one could hear and even see her silent screams for…
“Help!”
For some it is just a scam…others use it to pay for a drug habit…however, what about the man, woman or child for whom it is a lifeline?….those who have to swallow self-pride to say the words…
“Can you spare some change?”
(An 8” x 10” wet plate collodion image on black acrylic)
“Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.”
For the last few years, it has literally become my favorite quote as well as guiding principle.
I wanted to create an image to commemorate that. Since I had no model and no trumpet but had a sax and myself, I improvised.
I played with what was there to create what was not there.
“Play What Is Not There…”
(A wet plate collodion image on black glass)
August 19 is World Photo Day!
Let’s all try to inspire a better world through the images we capture daily. Let us capture stories of strength, hope, love, empathy and the joy of living.
In this world that can be so dark at times, let’s capture images that say…
“There is Light Ahead!”
She stood alone lost in her thoughts, oblivious to a world that kept spinning around her endlessly…she closed her eyes against the rush of the stark reality, looking pensive…
“Reflecting”
What is life but a march along dark, curvy tracks…
“Into the Unknown”
“That Enchanted Tree”
