Hearse "minty," Red Tree Sunset, Ect.
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Paul Lange
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Compositionally different from most of your other photos but they do have an undertone of broken America running through the series. As a series I really like them, they seem to be telling a story.
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Love the hearse and the light pole especially Steve - there's a great feeling of desolation, and I've just noticed there's never anyone else around in your shots
Brian Moore
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What Chris said about desolation reflects what was going through my mind as I pondered your images, Steve.
Er,...I should rephrase that lest I leave you with the wrong impression.
Ahem,...there were actually many many brilliant and intelligent thoughts going through my mind as I pondered your images, Steve. One was the sense of loneliness or abandonment that you seem to so often engender in your non-canine photography. It is very appealing.
Er,...I should rephrase that lest I leave you with the wrong impression.
Ahem,...there were actually many many brilliant and intelligent thoughts going through my mind as I pondered your images, Steve. One was the sense of loneliness or abandonment that you seem to so often engender in your non-canine photography. It is very appealing.Steve Boykin
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What Chris said about desolation reflects what was going through my mind as I pondered your images, Steve.
Er,...I should rephrase that lest I leave you with the wrong impression.
THANKS for the compliments guys. I realize they are kinda boring photos.
Um let's just say it's very difficult for me living in Texas. Nothing against the good folks here, I just don't really fit in. Unfortunately, I have some responsibilities with my family that require me to stay. This weekend I have been having a Bowie 70's retrospective while cleaning the house (plus I ran out of film so I can't do my homework). I grew up in Waco, TX in the 70's. I was probably one of the 5 people in that city that listened to David Bowie. Wow that music is still as good if not even better than when it was released. I am particularly fond of Low and Station to Station.
Anyway, thanks again for the compliment even if they aren't deserved.
I was (am) also a big Stanley Kubrick fan. Not many of them in Waco either.
Here's two incredible videos from that period. I actually remember skipping school to see David on the Dinah Shore show. The second one Be My Wife, is one of my favorite David Bowie songs. Very appropriate for my life. What can one say about Stay. Just brilliant. Love the dance moves.
Time to mop. The dogs dragged in a bunch of mud......
Brian Moore
Moderator
I saw that Dinah Shore show with Bowie also! I recall in particular that they had a chat on stage and she was naming a few names of great composers of the 20th C such as Cole Porter and one or two others and Bowie mentioned Hoagy Carmichael. Why I should remember that particularly I don't know. Maybe it was because it was the first time I saw Bowie in relatively normal circumstances and appearance..
Steve Boykin
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You know if you listen to some of Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory, there's a good bit of Hoagy there.
In some ways he's not a rock star but an artist. People like that always have influences that will surprise you. I am very fond of Station to Station. I drove with a couple of friends to Memphis to see that tour. It was revelatory for a kid from Texas.I played everything straight through from Man Who Sold the World to Scary Monsters this weekend. Pretty amazing. I'm not sure there is any thing like that happening now. I just remember how shocked I was when Low came out. I loved it then and still do. Amazing record. Most of his music has aged really well which more than I can say about a lot of artists. It still sounds very different than anything else. That's not an easy thing to do.
I'm also really fond of Aladdin Sane. For some reason I always liked that one more than Ziggy Stardust. I think it's because I love Panic in Detroit.
Beth Carter
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that's not country music. i'm surprised you weren't shot or even hung for treason against the great country of texas.
i love your urban decay photos. the hearse with the flat is my favorite. love the irony, the dead people carrier is dead.
Steve Boykin
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Paul Lange
Moderator
Desolation, that was the word I was looking for when I used undertone of broken America (used for a lack of a word that I could think of at the time). What lens did you use Steve? What I meant by compositionally different is that these seems to be either taken with a wider angle lens than usual, our further away? I think these printed as a set would work really well, I wouldn't have said they were boring. I have to go to Houston soon, hopefully they wont check my MP3 collection on the computer, I might get arrested.
Steve Boykin
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I used the 14mm. Just carry a gun, rent a truck, and wear an "I hate Obama" pin on your lapel. Then they won't check your computer.
Actually Houston is not bad just be prepared to drive a lot. It's really spread out. The city doesn't have any zoning laws/codes which makes it rather interesting aesthetically in some areas. And by Texas standards it's comparatively liberal. Comparatively.......
Pete Askew
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What can I add? Super stuff again Steve. I'm going to keep nagging you to produce a book of these you know. I can be very persistent!
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