October 22, 2019

PARIS – Abroad with a camera in the First and Second Arrondissements. Pretty intensively photographed real estate, but getting my feet on the ground.

Day 3659 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

1 photo every day
Sotheby’s, Paris
1 photo every day
Gardens, Paris
1 photo every day
Gardens, Paris

On this date 10 years ago (day 7 of one photo every day): Bandon Beach Oregon. Here’s another case where the posting date and EXIF data differ by a day. These photos were taken October 22, 2009 according to their EXIF data; the posting date of October 21 is more likely correct – there is a different series that starts in the morning of October 22 that I remember as a day later. Anyway, all images are in Bandon Oregon in late October. This is a re-edit of thiis image.

1 photo everry day
Bandon Oregon

Sunday October 20, 2019

MORFONTAINE FRANCE – We spent the weekend here with a friend of long standing, recovering from the flight from New York and gearing up for a week in Paris.

Day 3657 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

i photo every day
La Ramée
i photo every day
La Ramée
i photo every day
La Ramée

On this date nine years ago (day 370 of one phooto every day): Party. Originally posted for October 19, 2010, but the files’ EXIF data says October 20. I have other pictures on both dates, so my picture a day project is covered either way. The picture is from Antonio Monda’s party, which was more likely on a Saturday than a Sunday, so the EXIF data may be wrong.

1 photo every day
Antonio

Saturday October 19, 2019

MORFONTAINE FRANCE – I’ve joined Maria in Paris for a week of meetings on her part and fun on mine. Our starting place is near Chantilly, visiting friends here for the weekend. I was fortunate to have the chance to play the famous golf course here.

Day 3656 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.

1 photo every day
Prepping for golf
1 photo every day
Chantilly France
1 photograph every day
Chantilly France

On this date eight years ago (day 734 of one photo every day): Old Equitable Building

1 photo every day
Old Equitable Building

Wednesday October 16, 2019: The Tenth Anniversary of One Photograph Every Day

MANHATTAN – Here we are. This is the tenth anniversary of my starting this project on October 16, 2009. A photo every day. Not one day missed. Not one. There were a few mishaps along the way: dead batteries, erased SD cards, misplaced files and the like. But still . . . so far so good. On to my second decade.

On October 16, 2009 I started this project by taking the subway to Wall Street and going to what was then called Chase Manhattan Plaza. There was (and is) a Jean Dubuffet statue there called Four Trees. I found an angle that I liked with my digital Leica and shot four images, all roughly the same. Walking back to the subject I did the first of many “look up” images, showing a long sliver of daylight above the dark canyon formed by the alley across from the Old Equitable Building. That’s it. Day one.

Today I went back to the Dubuffet (as I have on several other October 16s) to take another crack at it. This time I approached it with a couple of hours to burn and tied close, far, context detail, movement, focus, you name it. There wasn’t much I could do with light and shadow on a cloudy day. I waited around for some rain, but it never came. Here you go:

Tenth Anniversary
Jean Dubuffet

A remake of the 2009 original. Not much has changed, except for the six windows in the wall on the right. The Dubuffet has withstood the insults of New York’s climate and population.

Tenth Anniversary
Jean Dubuffet
Tenth Anniversary
Jean Dubuffet
Tenth Anniversary
Jean Dubuffet

On this date ten years ago (day 1 of one photo every day for the rest of my life!!): Jean Bubuffet I’ve re-edited this image. It was foggier ten years ago.

First photo in this project
Jean Dubuffet