Friday August 3, 2012

FISHERS ISLAND NEW YORK – We drove to New London this morning and took the ferry to Fishers Island. We’re here for a reunion with three other couples who we’ve know since our early days in New York. All of us were bankers or lawyers (the banks we worked for, Bankers Trust, Salomon Brothers and Chase Manhattan, no longer exist) except for Maria, who as we know made her way in publishing. Our children are the same ages; we’ve been to each others christening and weddings. There’s a whole network of Godfather/Godmother relationships. Cocktails taken with my Fuji X-Pro1.

By the way I’m still shooting film with my Leica M3 and having a ball. I’ll post periodically as I develop and scan.

Fishers Island
Fishers Island

On this day last week: Rooftop test.

New York Rooftop
New York Rooftop

Tuesday July 31, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – More of Niki de Saint Phalle’s work on the Park Avenue divider betwen the Seagrams Building and the Racquet and Tennis Club. See my post of: July 26, 2012. Taken with my Leica M9 and 18mm Elmar lens. Later in the evening we trekked out to Brooklyn for dinner at Peter Lugar, the Chartres Cathedral of steak. Images taken with my Fuji X-Pro1 and 35mm lens.

Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle
At Peter Lugar
At Peter Lugar
Desert is Finished
Desert is Finished

On this day last year: A tree grows in Lamu.

Anidan Orphanage
Anidan Orphanage

Monday July 30, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – We went this evening to the premier of the Bourne Legacy, the fourth of the Bourne movies, the first without Matt Damon. Here is a picture of some onlookers as we went into the theater – taken with my iPhone.

Bourne Onlookers
Bourne Onlookers

At home shot with my Fuji X-Pro1.

At Home
At Home

On this day last year: more Lamu. Riding in a dhow.

Dhow
Dhow

Sunday July 29, 2012

WARREN CONNECTICUT – So here’s the quilt in Connecticut. We bought it at the annual rummage sale at John’s Episcopal Church in Washington CT for very little and then spent 18 months having it restored. It really is of a piece with the quilt that I shot with my iPhone in the Adelphi Hotel in Saratoga. Probably not the same author but the same time, style and fabrics. Taken my iPhone.

Quilt
Quilt

Now the picture from the Adelphi. Note the iPhone’s tendency to blow out the whites.

Quilt
Quilt

On this day last year: Lamu, Kenya. Where my legal homeys hang in Lamu.

Lamu Judiciary
Lamu Judiciary