photography

  • Daily Prompt: Compliments

    It’s 2012, and I’m in a paint-splattered garden level classroom that feels like the caves of Lascaux.  Our old art teacher just retired, and gone were the days of freeform projects and self-directed art.  Our new art teacher insisted, instead, on actually teaching about art, our projects interspersed with lectures on art concepts and styles…

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  • Death of Experience

    Death of Experience

    When the camera first caught on in society, a trend appeared: death photography.  The folks who prepped the body for this trend were excellent at making you believe the person was alive.  Nothing but a strange, dead gleam in their eyes gave them away. We’re a long way from hefty cameras on tripods now.  My…

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