Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

“I never thought they’d lock HIM up,” sobbed a distraught member of the Lock Her Up Party.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

This year has been the longest three days of putin’s life.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Donald Trump, welcome to your everything, everywhere, all at once.

Let there be snark.

Wow, you are pre-disappointed. How surprising.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

I also would like a pony to improve my balloon juice experience.

Dead end MAGA boomers crying about Talyor Swift being a Dem is my kind of music. Turn it up.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

Somebody needs to explain to DeSantis that nobody needs to do anything to make him look bad.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

There’s always a light at the end of the frog.

The republican caucus is covering themselves with something, and it’s not glory.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

There is one struggling party in US right now, and it’s not the Democrats.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith.

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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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