Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

The only way through is to slog through the muck one step at at time.

Tick tock motherfuckers!

If ‘weird’ was the finish line, they ran through the tape and kept running.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.

A tremendous foreign policy asset… to all of our adversaries.

Fundamental belief of white supremacy: white people are presumed innocent, minorities are presumed guilty.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

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On The Road – Steve from Mendocino – Shape Studies in Black and White 2 of 2

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Steve from Mendocino

This set is all in the spirit of Brett Weston. Brett was one of four sons of Edward Weston. He and his brother Cole were both excellent photographers, but Brett stood out, and I’ve admired his work since the late 60’s. I bought a portfolio of 10 8X10 contact prints through Brett’s next door neighbor for $120 the set in a fancy portfolio. They currently hang on my office wall as inspiration.

I won’t title or comment on any of these since the content is easily identifiable with the exception of the third photo from the last, which is a stack of rusted steel plates.

Link to the first in this set, which was published in October.

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    pb3550

    Striking designs. Made me wonder how my reaction would differ if they were all in color.

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    cope

    Wonderful pictures, thank you. These were the kinds of shape and texture shots I was always trying for back when I shot black and white film but never managed to capture. Thanks again.

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    AM in NC

    Love these – thank you for sharing.  Especially love #2 with all those concrete and ephemeral lines and angles, and the 3rd from last – reminded me of an abstract expressionist painting.

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    arrieve

    Wonderful collection. I love black and white, but seldom manage to produce anything that makes me happy. You’ve inspired me to try some more.

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    JanieM

    Hard to choose, but I like the second and second-to-last best. I like the orderliness of the light and shadow in #2 and the sense of movement in the foam. It feels exuberant.

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    way2blue

    Love the first photo.  That one evokes memories of a long ago visit to Bodie, Nevada.  Thanks for sharing these.

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    Kattails

    Lovely, and I did follow the link back to the old set, which were equally engaging.  I liked the first one of this set best, perhaps because it reminds me of some run-down places in the old mainland towns in south Jersey, and evoked a whiff of scent–hot, dry soil and pine resin.

    Given the dates, we can assume film? I did play around with some b & w photography many years ago, still have an ancient Solar enlarger I can’t bring myself to get rid of. Fun, and so nerve-wracking to try to keep the light out of the bathroom, figure out the timing, turn on the red light and watch the magic as an image shows up.  It was so obvious that there was a great deal to learn to do it well.  I did manage to get some decent images.

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    HinTN

    @way2blue: That first could have been taken in rural Tennessee. They are slowly dissolving back into nature (entropy always wins).  There are fewer to be found in that condition than when I first started tramping around these hills in the 70s but they’re still there.

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    StringOnAStick

    We’re you a subscriber to American Photographer magazine in the 1980’s?  I loved every issue and I could see these images being published there.

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