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New book(s) out!
So, Trillian_Stars and I have two new books out and this is the anniversary of when we first started thinking about them. So first I'll plug out books, which you can get at https://elizabethsiddal.com and then I'll tell you the weird story about how they happened.
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Zones of Possibilities
Our artist friends were either completely destroyed by covid or the metamorphized like butterflies and created beautiful things. Both of these things happened to Helen Rosemier who lost her husband, Matt, during COVID and also created an astounding book about the swirling emotions. ZONES OF POSSIBILITY is a book of photography, memory, loss and ( Read more... ) -
Mile End with a Hasselblad
In London again. With trillian_Stars and a Hasselblad 4116 trying to remember LJ embed codes.
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Kevin Hollenbeck's Memorial Band Photographer Gear Giveaway
People, let me tell you about our best friend, Kevin Hollenbeck and how we want you to have his cameras.
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In Memory of Peter Straub: Part 2
Peter left this world a year ago last month and I don't stop thinking about him. It's really hard to describe how cool Peter Straub was. How just, kind, and funny and full of the joy of life he was. One story that really comes to mind is his side-stint as a soap opera star ( Read more... ) -
People let me tell you about something beautiful.
Ever since it came out in 2018 I have coveted Micah Bloom's book Codex, published by the University of North Dakota's Digital Press. Codex is a response to the 2017 flood in Minot, North Dakota and asks the question, what if you love a thing far more than anybody thought humanly possible? After the flood, Bloom and a meticulous team of researchers ( Read more... ) -
The Hasselblad X1d is beautiful and terrible
The Haddelblad X1d is simultaneously one of the most beautiful and yet one of the most tragically terrible cameras I've ever used.
It produces excellent images when it produces images but it's as slow as a 4x5 without the reliability.
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How much vegan chili can you make for $36?
Last week over on Twitter, vegan comfort food emulator Thee Burger Dude (@TheeBurgerDude) wondered how much vegan chili he could make for $36. I didn't follow enough of the conversation to figure out what made him ask that, but it got me instantly obsessed with how much vegan chili I could make for $36. [EDIT FROM THE FUTURE: Thee Burger Dude ( Read more... ) -
Hello 2023!
Since 1999 I've been taking a self portrait that spans the end of one year and the beginning of the next. They're all two seconds long and start in the last second of one year and end in the first second of the next.
Here's 2022 turning into 2023. As I've gotten older, I've realized that I have pretty much everything I want right where I am.
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One more show, one for the road.
One thing about getting up early to try and take on the grownup world is that I'm ready for bed by 7. If i dont make it until midnight ... this is still the most beautiful version of this song it's been my fortune to experience.
May your 2023 be filled with joy.
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