I recently had the unalloyed joy of working with Jamie Jordan of Jacksonville, a designer with a fine eye and even finer sneakers, who, as a parting gift, gave me the URLs of her favorite blogs. It would be unspeakably greedy of me to keep these to myself:
Oh Joy! — inspiration, design, style
Camilla Engman — [...]
Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
A Blessing of Blogs
Posted in Art, Blogroll, Fashion, Photography on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Books to You
Posted in Libraries, Literature, Photography on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is this not the most wondrous of bookmobiles? From the website of the Tompkins County Public Library, long may they serve and prosper.
Elephant Lake
Posted in Photography on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This postcard from 1948, discovered on eBay, brought back memories from one of my family’s earliest vacations, in the summer of 1951 I would guess, when I was four years old. First, this is Elephant Lake exactly as I remember it, with the barn-like structure next to the dock, and the main lodge building on [...]
Awning
Posted in Environment, Photography, Skaneateles on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seen on my walk home, a tree fungus serving as an awning over the entrance to a squirrel’s nest.
Kasuga Temple, Nara
Posted in Photography, Religion on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Kasuga Temple is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Japan. First built in 768 A.D., the shrine has been rebuilt several times, and is famous for the hundreds of stone lanterns that line the way to its doors. The shrine and the nearby forest are registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Incense, 1912
Posted in Art, Incense, Photography on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Boy with Incense, 1912″ was taken and printed by Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), a remarkable American photographer whose career as artist and mentor spanned eight decades. In 1912, she had a photo studio in Seattle, a city with its own Chinatown, but I could only guess if this photo was taken in her studio, or while [...]
Incense, 2009
Posted in Incense, Photography on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Incense “flowers” in Hue, Vietnam, from Travel Vietnam.
Incense, Angkor
Posted in Art, Incense, Photography, Religion on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Burning incense in Angkor, Cambodia, an image from the photography of Heikki Alanen, an enthralling portfolio of black & white images if you like black & white, which I do.
The temples of Angkor were built by the Khmer civilization between 802 and 1220 A.D. And Heikki Alanen’s book, camera + travel =, is available here.
Incense, 1906
Posted in Art, Dance, Incense, Photography on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Born into an era when the choices in dance were limited to ballet and “popular,” Ruth St. Denis (1878-1968) was a pioneer in modern dance. She was a sensation as a performer and influential as a teacher, counting Martha Graham among her students.
One of her earliest pieces, “Incense,” was first performed in 1906 in New [...]
Incense, 1900
Posted in Art, Incense, Photography on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A group of Japanese women burning incense, circa 1900, photographer unknown.
