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life in the big city: old theaters
Posted: July 17, 2016 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: Joyce, life, Life in the Big City, Manhattan, New York, New York City, NYC, photo, Photography, theater, urban
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how to experience the magic hour every hour
Posted: July 12, 2016 in Observations and Commentary, Photography, TravelTags: beach, calm, life, Magic Hour, North Carolina, OBX, ocean, peace, Photography
Of all the hours in a day, the Magic Hour is the one to savor. It is the hour preceding dawn, before your part of the world fully stirs and gets on with business. Streets are empty, traffic light, neighboring houses dark and snug. The sky is a curious mixture of (more…)
east millstone
Posted: June 19, 2016 in New Jersey, PhotographyTags: East Millstone, film, Fuji Instax, New Jersey, NJ, Photography
The Village of East Millstone was settled in 1730 and quietly existed as a rural, farming community for a century. When the Delaware and Raritan Canal was completed in 1834, it immediately defined the village’s western border and, for a time, brought modest industry. A minor branch of a (more…)
the windows of skyline west
Posted: July 28, 2015 in PhotographyTags: Manhattan, New York, NYC, Photography, urban, windows
For people in the windows game Manhattan is a Utopia, a capitalist’s fantasy born of silica and bolstered by architects. Think of all the installs, replacements, custom orders, and repairs waiting for the deft hand of a talented glazier. Hundreds, thousands, millions! Hell, one lousy building renovation could transform (more…)
hopewell
Posted: May 23, 2015 in New Jersey, PhotographyTags: film, Fuji Instax, Hopewell, New Jersey, NJ, Photography
flag bunting in front of the old Hopewell Academy (est 1756)
Hopewell exists in our consciousness somewhere between dreams and fantasies. An impossibly gorgeous spring morning is bright, cool, and verdant. The scent of blooming honeysuckle and the purposeful hum of lawn mowers are inescapable. A slight breeze slips through the trees, gently rustling leaves and encouraging (more…)
zarephath
Posted: August 14, 2014 in New Jersey, PhotographyTags: film, Fuji Instax, New Jersey, NJ, Photography, Zarephath
Pillar of Fire
An exit on the nearby interstate announces Zarephath as its main attraction, but that is a tease. The community, unincorporated and insular, is astonishingly easy to miss. The bulk sits off a main road on a strip of land tucked between the Millstone River and the D&R Canal. According to the 2010 census it is home to (more…)
berlin, black and white and gray
Posted: July 23, 2014 in Photography, TravelTags: Berlin, Blurb, Photography, photos, Surface Mono Berlin
Charlottenstraße 4
The image above and the next two come from my book, Surface Mono: Berlin, a collection of black and white photographs taken in Berlin over the course of several days this past May. The last three images were considered for the book, but not included for reasons far too trivial and dull to elaborate upon.
Berlin is a fascinating place. As you can imagine they are dealing with a lot of nasty 20th century history. The balance they strike between acknowledging their past and dealing (more…)
Surface Mono: Berlin
Posted: July 18, 2014 in Photography, Traskland, TravelTags: Berlin, book, Germany, Photography, Surface Mono Berlin
So if you look to the left…
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…you will notice this nifty badge displayed under the heading “Blurb Store.” See it, that large white rectangular shape with stuff inside its borders? The image looks suspiciously like a book cover, doesn’t it? Then come the words “By J.V. Brennan” which are placed a bit too far underneath it. Below those words and to the right is the Blurb logo, a blue irregular hexagon with (more…)
frenchtown
Posted: June 21, 2014 in New Jersey, PhotographyTags: film, Frenchtown, Fuji Instax, New Jersey, NJ, photo, Photography
Frenchtown hugs the Delaware River about 23 miles north of where George Washington crossed on that bitter Christmas night, 12 miles west of the courthouse where the Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial was held, and a million miles away from the American pastime of tearing down a fascinating past to replace it with a graceless present. A faint musty bouquet kicks up every now and then, no doubt thanks to (more…)
dispatch from yorkshire: victoria cave
Posted: May 26, 2014 in Photography, TravelTags: adventure, England, nature, Photography, photos, Victoria Cave, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales
Looking back where the path turned to dirt
We were advised to seek out Victoria Cave, a natural wonder high in the Yorkshire Dales. It sits outside the village of Settle, recessed into the earth, apparently undetectable from the prescribed path. We parked the car off a neglected road with a vague assurance this was the place to start. Caryn’s brother and his two boys led this expedition relying on (more…)
Trask Avenue 