Back in Amsterdam. Busy packing and taking care of a million things to make our move to New York. As most of you know I’ve been commuting back and forth for a number of years. That will finally come to an end in January. In the meantime, journal posts may be somewhat sparser than usual. […]

Photo by Rodger Kingston I met Rodger not too long ago–a terrific photographer and Walker Evans scholar. Recently he volunteered his eye and digital camera to the Deval Patrick gubernatorial campaign in Massachusetts. Rodger photographed various public events, covering the speakers and notables like Barak Obama admirably, but his best moments were when he turned […]

Midtown Manhattan I spent two days on the 50th and 51st floors of a Midtown office building photographing the executive suite of a large international bank. Great views on all sides. Looking northwest, and standing amid a forest of mostly mediocre skyscrapers, is Norman Foster’s newly completed Hearst Tower. It’s the one with the diagonal […]

I haven’t posted much lately because I’ve been hoofing it all over lower Manhattan looking for an apartment for my family. It’s been an incredibly frustrating experience. It’s not just that prices are high–that was a given–but that there’s so little available for rent at any price. One loft in Tribeca that I loved was […]

David Byrne not exhibiting photographs at Pace/MacGill, New York Times I don’t know quite what to make of today’s New York Times article about photography galleries. Philip Gefter alerts us that traditional photo galleries are now occasionally showing other media. He writes: It may not be a revolution, but it is a significant change in […]