NEW YORK NEW YORK – We stayed in New York this weekend to attend a party in honor of Donna Tartt and the publication of her new novel, The Goldfinch. Here are pictures from the party.
On this day last year: More fall non-collor.
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NEW YORK NEW YORK – First day back I’ve taken exactly one picture (Monochrom with Luxochron lens):
On this day one year ago: Debris.
FRANKFURT AM MAIN GERMANY – We flew here from Munich yesterday afternoon, making our way back home. There is little in Frankfurt that predates the war – the Alte Oper Haus is one of the few exceptions. The shell survived and the interior has been restored, and in the case of the hall itself modernized. Maria and I had separately had dinner at a restaurant there but were curious to see a performance on this our one free night in Frankfurt. It turns out that the event that we got tickets for was the launch of Latvian Cultural Days, sponsored by the ECB. No kidding. The Latvian National Orchestra was in attendance. Fine musicians doomed to play music of Latvian composers: the music could have been a sound track from a 1950s Disney feature-length cartoon. There were speeches by Mario Draghi (in nuanced English) and the Latvian Prime Minister (in German). We were in the third row. Security was heavy. An altogether odd evening but the acoustics in the hall were excellent. I did find out that Yelp works here – it led us to an excellent Thai dive for dinner.
Anyway, that was yesterday. Today I got up at dawn and walked around for three hours before leaving for the airport. Images of Frankfurt taken with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Luxochron lens.
On this day one year ago: Central Park.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – This is my fourth anniversary. I’ve posted a picture every day since October 16, 2009. I’ve reproduced below my October 16, 2009 picture, a Jean DuBuffet sculpture, that was my first post. This is my 1461th consecutive daily post. (I’ve written a dozen or so posts more than 1461 because on one of our Africa trips I wrote more than one post a day.)
I’m planning on continuing until they bury me. There’s no point to this work other than the blog itself. I get occasional revenue from it as magazines ask for publication rights to images – this just about covers the cost of my hosting service. I have no plans for commercializing it.
For today we’re still at Schloss Elmau with perhaps one of the best pictures of our stay here. It’s a joint portrait of Maria and me.
On this day one year ago: Second Avenue Subway.
The first picture in my now four-year photo a day effort, from October 16, 2009:
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Tuesday October 15, 2013
SCHLOSS ELMAU GERMANY – Today was one of those better days. I switched equipment to shake myself out of yesterday’s doldrums. I gave color a try in the morning shooting with my Leica M and the lovely 24mm Summilux lens. Some of my best color for a while.
On this day last year: Hide the phones.
SCHLOSS ELMAU GERMANY – A couple of observations. Some days are better than others. This was not a better day. Despite the alpine scenery my photographs were meh.
Every day before I leave home base I take a picture to make sure that the camera has a memory card, a charged battery and settings that are not off in outer space. When I shot film every roll began with a picture of my shoes. Today the random image from our room at the schloss was the best of a poor lot so I’m posting it. Don’t blame my Leica Monochrom for the results.
On this day one year ago: Red Rooster Drive-In.
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Sunday October 13, 2013
SCHLOSS ELMAU – We hiked today, around 12 miles round trip from here to the Ferchensee, where there is an old fashioned Bavarian inn that served us freshly caught trout for lunch. Images from the trail – color with my Leica M and 24mm Summilux lens and black and white with my Leica Monochrom and Luxochron lens.
On this day one year ago: tall grass.
