Coyotes, originally uploaded by davidondrik.
This is one of my most popular images on Flickr. I haven’t yet made a print I’m happy with yet. I guess Death, excuse me Thanatos, really is one of the best subjects for a photographer. If only I’d thought to have a naked female model lie down with the coyotes I could have Sex, excuse me Eros, as well. Then it would be the best photograph ever made ever. Oh well, live and learn.
Thanks for all your posts. They are wonderful reads; very insightful and informative. I’ve made sure to turn off comments. I appreciate your help and feedback!
The Falling Man, by Richard Drew
“But the only certainty we have is the certainty we had at the start: At fifteen seconds after 9:41 a.m., on September 11, 2001, a photographer named Richard Drew took a picture of a man falling through the sky — falling through time as well as through space. The picture went all around the world, and then disappeared, as if we willed it away. One of the most famous photographs in human history became an unmarked grave, and the man buried inside its frame — the Falling Man — became the Unknown Soldier in a war whose end we have not yet seen.”
I learned that photos of my food can be art, and very interesting in their banality. This is the proof:
Nachos at the Cowgirl
The RSS feed for the blog was actually still using the RSS feed for my home page. I managed to fix it, so now if you’re inclined to bookmark the blog with the RSS feed, you can.