Two years ago, I photographed an abandoned gas station with a graffiti-tagged ironic comment.ย Six months ago, I photographed the inside of an abandoned church, finding a juxtaposition of a fetid sofa against a mournful stained glass window. And today, I’m dropping off prints of these two artworks to Historic Albany Foundation, for their use…
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Chuck’s best photos of 2015
It was a good year for photos.ย For the first time, I ventured into infrared photography, I also had some success with three-dimensional images and time-lapse. Traditional photography?ย Did that too.ย Some of the photos won awards, others won hearts.ย Some photos were personal challenges; others were happy accidents, others took part of my soul…
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Detail with neon and tartar sauce
I recently wrote a blog post about the upcoming Bob & Ron’s Fish Fry “everything must go” auction.ย And sure enough, the auction has received plenty of bids. Including Lot #114, the iconic Bob & Ron’s Fish Fry sign itself.ย As of this morning, there are serious bids on the sign, and the winning bidder…
Read MoreI passed the first round… so far…
Staying in upstate New York for as long as I have, I’ve developed a deep appreciation for the beauty and the wonder and the majesty of the Adirondack Mountains.ย I’ve lived in them as a child, I’ve photographed them as an adult.ย And now I’m going through my archives, trying to find three suitable artworks…
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Above the clouds
Last Sunday, I could barely leave my house without walking into a thick, foggy weather pattern.ย Maybe Green Island teleported to downtown London while I slept. Well, this ought to be fun.ย Let’s go take some pictures in the fog. I grabbed my Leica M3 camera “Leica Green,” loaded it with a roll of high-contrast…
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What’s Japanese for “You’re so stupid”?
While working on my “salty mug” photo experiments – pouring a mixture of boiling water and Kosher salt into unglazed mugs, and watching the salt extrude through the clay cup walls – I came across an exquisite unglazed teacup. Oh man, this would look so awesome to have the salt ooze through the carved characters…
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The Pew of Holy Innocents
Last spring, I drove down North Pearl Street, minding my own business, when I passed the old abandoned Church of Holy Innocents.ย You know, the church at the corner of North Pearl and Colonie, the church that’s covered in creeping ivy and creeping ennui… I did a blog post about the building’s tenuous state… But…
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Liquid Physics: a square watersplash
Some time ago, I found an article on PetaPixel about a photographer who used a landscape beach shot to create a waycool mind-trippy photo image. Ocean air salty hair A photo posted by Jati Putra Pratama (@jatiputra) on Aug 5, 2015 at 12:41am PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js That’s waycool and mind-trippy. ย And you know I want…
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A Down Payment for the Tooth Fairy
“Mr. Miller, we need to take X-rays of your teeth this morning.” Great.ย Put a lead apron on my chest, place some weird metal chew-device in my mouth, aim a long plastic tube-gun at my face, and then BEEP.ย Repeat times 17. Yep, I’m at the dental practice of Mohler and Choo, D.D.S., getting my…
Read MoreThe results from BUILT 2015
Five years ago I submitted a print of The AGFA Bridge Over Ansco Lake and it ended up in a bidding war at BUILT, the charitable auction / fundraiser to help preserve Albany’s architecture. In the past five years, I’ve submitted three Dream Windows to BUILT, and they’ve all found new homes. Several of my…
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