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Cow with an umbrella,sheltering from the rain
The owners of this cow always make an effort to keep it prepared for the often extreme weather that takes place in Orense. This photograph is from my diary/sketchbook.
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Project work, Immigrant Trees
With my back to the last subject of my previous project I look out on the subject of my next. A small crop of eucalyptus trees by the side of the road that leads from the village to the chapel on the mountain. Photograph is from my diary/sketchbook.
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Camilo’s Tractor, Loña Do Monte.
Loña Do Monte in the mountains east of Orense in the Ribeira Sacra area is the source of inspiration for most of my current projects. Black and White photographs such as this one made on old film cameras are from my diary/sketchbook.
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Could I Be Buried Here?
You watch your life unfold before you from start to finish, would you change anything? Worn out, after a thirty-year career as a migrant artist in animation, design and academia, I moved to Spain with my wife to recuperate and reflect on the events that had led to this moment. Nested in the mountains of…
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Reconstituting Memory
Deriving Solace through Therapeutic Photography Introduction How can daydreams, the place of refuge and creativity, turn against us, becoming halls of horrors that consume and drag the self into self-loathing and depression? What are the root causes of these changes and how can artistic practice be used to repair the injured mind? What is memory?…
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Immersive Photographic Realities
Since its inception photography has been tasked with the preservation of our collective human memory. Whether through the recording of historic, current and life events or the artistic works that create a collective expression of the human experience, photography as a form of image making has been unique in its connection with reality or truth.…
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The Daughters of Holy Mary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Watching events unfold while out for a walk with our baby in his pram led to a slight sprint as I saw this group of nuns walking down the hill from the direction of Plaza Maior toward Rua de Progresso. The color of their robes reminded me of the canopies outside the cafe La Coruñesa…
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Universal man
As I was passing the cathedral there was a few groups of men chatting and waiting for it to open, while this guy was sitting alone with just his thoughts. He could have been anywhere across Europe at anytime over the last 100+ years appearing in every black and white photography book ever made, but…
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Estación Termal As Burgas
Orense’s hot springs flow at over 60C (140F), these public baths occupy the site of a Roman settlement “Aquis Aurienses”(Golden waters) from which the province gets its name.
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Nadav Kander
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David Hockney
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/david-hockney-at-80-interview-los-angeles/index.html
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Joel Meyerowitz
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William Eggleston
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