The cavernous heart of Arizona. Here are some images from the Grand Canyon, taken 23 months ago. My parents and I, mittened and capped and bundled against the Arizona night, our boots crunch-crunching down the lofty and marshmallow-snow-bound switchbacks of the Bright Angel trail, found ourselves in the blazing luminosity of the last few hours...
A belated “Happy New Year.” Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne? Illness has made me late in wishing you all the very best in 2013 and thanking you all for your support and friendship in 2012. It’s my great pleasure to know...
An homage to Mr. Armstrong. By now, the passing of Neil Armstrong is old news. As an explorer, Mr. Armstrong had only a handful of living equals. As the history books go, he will probably have but three: Christopher Columbus, Charles Lindberg and Yuri Gagarin. Only time will tell how carefully we remember the second...
Luna and the pincushion skyline of San Francisco A set of photographs from a rare conjunction of a setting, fully eclipsed moon and the Golden Gate can be found here. The wikipedia entry describing the “supermoon” phenomenon is here. Saturday, May 5th marked the perigee-syzygy of the Earth, Moon and Sun. The sun set over...
A torrent of images. We live in a world of exploding photographic documentation. Not only is it certain is that the number of photographs taken every year is growing, its growth rate is growing. Years ago, I remember reading that the average American is exposed to as many images in a day as his great-grandparents...
