January 2009
10 posts
Poetry Session: For A Printing Press
When I visited New York recently, I picked up a copy of Gordon Parks’ 1968 monograph, “A Poet and His Camera” at the Strand bookstore.
It’s a simple collection of poems and photographs, and it reminded me of a simple lesson: not all journalism comes in the AP style, and prose need hold no monopoly on the telling of truths. On that note:
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For A Printing Press
The song of...
WatchAs long as we’re in the mode of pointing to other people’s stuff: here’s a video of Eli Reed from the CBS Early Show on Friday morning. A quote I love, about a photo shot from a low angle: ”If you wanna photograph children well, you gotta get to where they live.”
As an aside: the other night I mentioned to Caleb my “18 Lessons from Eli Reed.” Backstory:...
Reading List: Inauguration '09
So I wasn’t able to leave the house for yesterday’s big day. I got sick at the least opportune moment in history, and my whole week’s been characterized by far too much bed rest and ibuprofen. I’m unsure of when I’ll be back at full speed.
In the meantime, I’m gonna borrow a page from Eliot and point to the awesome inauguration coverage from some of the...
Contact Sheet: Martin Luther King Day
March along Martin Luther King Dr. in San Antonio, Texas. January 19, 2009.
This is also a cool new feature I wanna try out: Behind this link is the contact sheet of photographs leading up to and immediately following this frame, and some brief comments (audio, so turn up the volume) about how I arrived at this image.
Lemme know if this is interesting or not; much like the video-blog format,...
In These Hills – Photos and story by Joey Castillo →
Continuing with the faster pace of posts in this new year, here’s a link to a story that I wrote last summer and never really promoted on the blog. It was in conversation with Joe that I remembered I wrote it and, aside from showing it to a couple of professors, never really put out there. 2,700 or so words, plus photos, on a rural development project in the hills of northeast India. If...
The one about manhole covers in Baltimore. and...
Last night, walking back with Drew from One World Cafe in Baltimore (and as an aside, if you ever find yourself there, ask about the Welsh Rarebit Soup), I noticed a manhole cover with the name of a familiar country on it: India.
“That thing’s from India,” I told him as we bounded forward in the cold.
When he expressed doubts, we walked back and checked. Sure enough: India.
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the new york post
I shot some pictures whilst traveling with Baltimore photographer Drew Anthony Smith to visit Brooklyn photographer Joe Buglewicz. (remember Joe, I promised you I’d do that.) Basically the best people ever; and as far as new year celebration / libation / danceation / photographication, yeah. Best thing ever.
Anyway, simple post, six pictures. One of these shots is not like the others; bonus...
