Tag Archives: Photography

Friday Photo: Sears Tower Edition

This is a photo of the Sears Tower from the LEGO Architecture: Towering Ambition at the National Building Museum. It’s a small exhibit but strangely fascinating, with iconic buildings reproduced in LEGOS.

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Art, Food and Protest: My Year in Photos

A ship in harbor is safe — but that is not what ships are built for. – John A. Shedd 2011 was the year I decided that a camera in a bag was a dead camera. Our photographic tools (DSLRs, … Continue reading

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Friday Photo: We’re All Famous Edition

This is from the Audio Warhol concert at the National Gallery of Art. It was a beautiful and weirdly moving, as the strings played with a DJ accompaniment of sound clips from the 1980s.

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HARD ART DC 1979 and the Art of Possibility

Washington in 1979 was a scarred metropolis just ten years removed from riots that had hollowed out the city. It was a grim time, with hundreds of buildings boarded up just blocks from the White House. 1979 was a tough … Continue reading

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First Place in the Fotoweek Mobile Phone Image Contest

I recently won first place in the Fotoweek Mobile Phone Image Contest. Here’s how I came up with the winning photo. The theme of the competition was “Fotoweek Through the Mobile Lens”: Mobile devices allow you to get up close … Continue reading

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InstantDC Returns

I’ve become a huge fan of iPhoneography. While I have a “real” camera (a Canon T2i), my iPhone is with me all the time. It’s great to capture the little moments of life that you might otherwise miss. Somehow, it’s … Continue reading

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Friday Photo: The Road Ahead

This is from one of my favorite places – New River Trail State Park in southwest Virginia. It’s an old rail-trail that follows the river for miles. It’s scenic and sparcely-used, especially in late fall. I was lucky to get … Continue reading

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Friday Photo: Baltimore Edition

If DC is where high school valedictorians go, then what is Baltimore? The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street have given this charming, scruffy city a bad rap. It’s home to some delightful neighborhoods, like Federal Hill (pictured above). … Continue reading

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Friday Photo: The Unsinkable Mary Murphy

It was one of the hottest days of the year, at the end of a week of 100+ temperatures in Washington, DC. Cooped up by the oppressive heat, I had gotten a little stir crazy, so decided to venture out … Continue reading

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Friday Photo: View from the Porch Edition

A hazy evening in Waynesville, NC, where I went to visit friends for a few days. It’s an iPhone pic that I ran through the “Lolo” filter in CameraBag.

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