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.
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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.
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.
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:
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.
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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.
NEW MILFORD CONNECTICUT – I visited my friends and De Hoek Farm today to buy some of their grass-fed and humanely raised and slaughtered beef in a rural corner of this town.
Day 3652 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
De Hoek Farm
On this date four years ago (day 2191 of one photo every day): Upper West Side
WARREN CONNECTICUT – More experimenting with lenses today. The third and forth images below are hand held with my Sony 200-600mm, with full extension to 600mm.
Day 3651 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Model T TruckWoodsLawn MowerFull moon
On this date three years ago (day 2556 of one photo every day): Icon
