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Although this is the third
five-year, or first 15-year (hence the latinized term "quindecennial")
retrospective of my work since becoming thoroughly obsessed with
photography, the selection of images presented here is more extensive
and random than might be expected from the title of the exhibit. As
with the earlier retrospectives, some of the images presented point to
where I seem to be headed as much as where I've come from with my
photography. Candidly,
most are simply images which I haven't had a better opportunity to
present elsewhere or which I can't help returning to for another try,
this time with a digital twist or two. I might better have entitled the
exhibit "Hodge Podge," but that hardly seems as dignified as
"Quindecennial Retrospective," although the Romans probably
would have skinned me alive for coining such a phrase.
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In any event, the images in this
exhibit span 35 years, from 1972 to 2007, with almost two-thirds of them
coming from 2003 to 2005, probably my most prolific period as a
photographer.
While a little more than a third of the images are
American scenes (half of those being taken at or near our home), all the
rest save one (from New Zealand) are European in origin, with almost a
third of the entire exhibit having been taken in France alone. This
situation is a reflection of my wife Til's fluency with the French
language and of our enjoyment over the years of that country's many
attractions and its success in maintaining so much of its traditional
values.
The subjects in this exhibit range rather broadly: from
urban to rural; from architecture to landscape; and from still life to
street photography. More particulars on each image may be had by clicking
on the "Notes" links on this page. Please enjoy.
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