tonight…..

nobody loves books more than Gigi Giannuzzi….he loves them so much that he publishes instinctively and without any thought of "commercial appeal"…he does not do "readership tests"….he goes by his gut and then scrambles like a madman to try to sell enough of his little masterpieces to be able to go on to the next…. …

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plans….

meetings are not really my thing….a career in photography has afforded me a natural escape from meetings…looking at graphs, flow charts, cost projections, etc etc. is  generally better than a sleeping pill for me…if i start snoring, just roll me over!! however, i have called a meeting..what is my world  coming to when i am …

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basic instinct….

i feel the bar band drumbeat beat shaking the floor and it flows through my body up from my toes… so i slide in close…physically close, in their space… total strangers …and somehow quickly, inexplicably , become "one" with them….for a few moments i am "transported"…they do not know me..i have not spoken to them…and …

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PATTAYA

                                                        a quick reading of comments under our previous post and you will note that our boys Marcin (with his wife Alex) and Herve are now in Pattaya, Thailand…a quick review of Herve's picture diary tells us they are having a good time ….i have re-posted Herve's photo links here for easier review…. several …

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lord of the ring…

story and photograph by Eric Espinosa I met James a few months ago when starting the "Lords of the Ring" project, a photo essay on the boxing tradition in Cincinnati.  James was a young vibrant boxer coming from one of Cincinnati's tough neighborhoods…the type of neighborhoods that offer little chance for the present and even less of …

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Obamatime…

in my last post, i implied that perhaps not all was right with the world….yesterday afternoon at this exact  time i was filled with apprehension as we drove across the mountain range that separates Oaxaca city from Puerto Escondido on the Pacific coast of Mexico…twists and turns in the steep mountain road presented at least …

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troubled waters…..

     does it seem to you that so many things seem to be a mess at the same time?? the financial market, the war, the campaign, and oh yes right here on our blog…er, forum… right here, after almost exactly two years, things could appear to be coming  unglued…as i read your comments and e-mails, …

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surf’s up….

all anybody ever talks about down here in the Outer Banks of North Carolina is the weather… wind and the direction thereof is on everyone's mind and it is cause and effect of  the changing patterns affecting fishermen and surfers who make up most of the population..and, oh yes, there are a few photographers …and …

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poll….

for sure you cannot pick up a newspaper or turn on the television in the U.S. and not see the latest "poll results" regarding the choosing of the next leader of the "free world"…polls, polls, and more polls….we have an international readership here, but i suspect the choice of the next President of the United …

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aftermath…..

  all good things must come to an end….i hate writing those words….but, those words are one of life’s  little truisms….and i suppose the richness of any experience is actually enhanced by the very fact that it is temporary…so all of us, when smack in the middle of the buzz of camaraderie, just try to …

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