Just thinking.

Eons ago, when I was studying at the school of Art & Architecture in Chicago, I was lucky enough to attend a brown-bag seminar given by photographer John Pfahl. His work came to mind the other day when I'd been thinking about photography again and I was remembering an exercise we did in Photography in college doing paired pictures. John Pfahl had just finished his series called "altered landscapes." I loved it and what a privilege to find it online. See, just now I went to his site and found he's been busy all these years and still has plenty to offer a sideways mind like mine. I particularly like his series, "extreme horticulture" (oh what a heavy hand us humans can attempt to have!) and "missile/glyphs". "Power Places" is really good, too. Back when I did 35mm work, it was a two-pronged artistry. Still is, but different. There is the shooting, then there was the dark room dedication and a lot of sacrifice of time, paper and film, not to mention money to get things right and really work in a print. I loved it, staying in the darkroom until the wee hours, then riding the El back to Evanston, although those wee hours were a bit risky. I tried to mask my gait and look like a guy in the dark. I dunno. Just been thinking about pictures lately. Kind of refreshing not to have flashy things to say, huh. I think so.