Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Walker Evans was Here
Hudson Storefront, 1996 Michael Lardizabal 8x10 in silver gelatin contact print
Walker Evans, Warren St ? Hudson NY
1933-34
I need to thank Melissa Stafford who's the director at Carrie Haddad Photographs in Hudson, NY who I just saw this afternoon for pointing out to me that Walker Evans worked in Hudson .
Hudson is near and dear to my heart since its only 15-20 mins from where I live and is truly an American jewel.
All those years I studied Evans' work at the Getty Museum study room I never came across any of the Hudson material, but it seems as if the Metropolitan has a group in theirs but didn't end up in the major Evans book they did.
Here's one of my favorites from the Hudson group at the Met and one of mine from Hudson.
According to the annotation attached to the archive it was made w/ a 35mm camera, so at that time Evans had both a Contax II and a Leica IIIC. I have to admit I would've loved to have seen the old man prowling the alleys and streets of Depression era Hudson w/ a Leica on his neck.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Back Home.........
Who says you can't go back home again ?
I was out in California a few times this summer and got a chance to reaquaint myself with the flatlands of Central California where I spent many years making photographs.
These open expanses of land have fortunately remained un-developed. Its still beautiful and mysterious. There are some valleys that are pristine with just cattle .
The heat is dry and therapeutic.
James Dean died not too far from where I made these images. Edward Weston also worked near Taft and Coalinga as did Morley Baer and I think Ed Ruscha. Where I stood I felt the same ancient vibes and whispers I first experienced in 1988 . Nineteen years of looking at this landscape and it still captivates me to the core.
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