Pant Dance
I was walking around the Boston University student union way back in February 2011 and I loved how the woman in the photography was standing in the best lit part of The Link. She was originally standing in tableaux with an expression of longing on her face, but by the time I had the Bronica focussed and ready to shoot, she’d begun to perform the unmistakable Pant Dance.
Bronica ETRSi, 75mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec
Ilford FP4+125 pushed to 200, D-76 1+1, 15min
Epson 4490
Chihuly’s Colorful Crystal Coppice
“I’d seen a chandelier in a restaurant in Barcelona when I was traveling. The chandelier was hanging at eye level. It was really beautiful. When you sat down to eat you looked underneath it, and it acted as a centerpiece for the table. I loved this idea of hanging a chandelier at eye level. And it triggered something that said, I now can make a chandelier, because it doesn’t have to be functional.” -Dale Chihuly
Nikon D40
35mm, f/2, 1/20 sec, ISO 800
Your Name in Lights
The DMUBoston Meetup was 441 days ago today (that’s 63 weeks!) and I’m FINALLY posting my last photograph from the weekend.
The weekend of October 22nd to October 25th, 2010 was by long and far the most amazing weekend of my life (photographically speaking, that is). A massive group of photographers from across the US and Canada came to Boston for the sole intent of photographing the city. Among the participants were Thomas Hawk, Mo Tabesh, Sonja Burgess, Michael Wilbur and many more. We visited a large chunk of Boston’s core and bits of Cambridge with a [very] brief jaunt into Southie to visit the ICA. Here’s a screen grab of my geotags from the weekend. All in all, it was just epic. DMU itself may not be the same as what it was back then these days (so it goes), but the people are still just as awesome. Thank you to all of you. Yes, even you, Jakes.
In this photograph is the central vertical sign of the Paramount Theatre marquee. The Paramount was originally opened in 1932 as a 1700-seat, single-screen movie theatre and is noted as the first movie house in Boston to play talkies. It closed in 1976 and most of the [art deco] interior was destroyed in the ’80s during asbestos removal. The facade of the theatre was restored in 2002 and the building was subsequently bought by Emerson College in 2005 and renovated as a mixed-use performing arts facility including a 550-seat theatre, a 125-seat black box theatre, and a 200-seat film screening room.
Nikon D40
35mm, f/3.5, 1/100 sec, ISO800
