Smile - its cheap !

I was editing today and came across these 2 images of mine , 16 years apart. Amazing how the Mona Lisa's smile is so similar to the Catholic school girls smiles.

Making the image of the kids was an amazing day. I was outside in the streets close to that church with my 8x10 Deardorff camera over my shoulder, and the lady in the very back of the scene had asked me inside the church activity room to meet the priest and kids.

I can only imagine what they all are doing today.

    

Paris  2 0 0 6

Saugerties NY 1994

Saugerties NY 1994  8x10 contact print (document view)

Lake Luzerne

The Good Kind of Bills

Eggleston and Klein. Gotta love these two .

 

                                                          Copyright by William Klein

                                                            Copyright by William Klein

                                     Bill Eggleston

                                                                             

November Sky

Self Inflicted

The artist as subject has long fascinated me.

Lee Friedlander,Robert Frank, John Coplans,and Cindy Sherman to name a few , have pointed their cameras at themselves to document their physical changes thru the decades.

I myself until recently have never been that comfortable or all that interested in what I look like.

I'm going to be 47 in a little over a month - and its starting to show".

Not in a bad way, as I'm in excellent physical shape. I've done an Ironman Triathlon , 7 or 8 marathons and still get my daily workouts in .

What I see are the signs of life finally showing up in my face and hands. I've raised a family and did my best to create a comfortable home........its starting to show.  

Not sure where this is going , or how its going to evolve but here's a few to start with.

Be well and take a big ass bite out of the world today.

Driving Range

America's Oldest Driving Range, Route 9, Saratoga , NY  2010

All rights Reserved  Michael Lardizabal  2010

A Daughter's Eye

I'm very blessed to have a daughter that never ceases to amaze me.

She's entering university this Fall as an Engineering student, but her skills with the camera show more than just promise. These happen to be on my laptop for some reason. I hope she doesn't mind me sharing them for now.

From her trip to Rome and Switzerland 2 years ago..........

She takes pictures like she writes. Transparent, clear as lake water.

I'm so very proud to be her father.