@Londy3 Unfortunately, we I was transferred from New York back to New Orleans several boxes were lost in the move. Two of them were my photo files and negatives I had kept from 1975 through 1989. Here are some that I've shot since then or didn't get lost. This is a black & white portrait I shot of my father in 1984.
I did the film processing and printing on all the black & white photos. I have some more that I just have to find including some photos I shot in 1988 when Ellis Island in New York Harbor was being renovated for tourist. Most people know Ellis Island as the first stop in the U.S. for immigrants coming from Europe. There was one wing of the Ellis Island facility that housed immigrants with communicable diseases. It also included an amphitheater where autopsies were conducted and doctors from New York and New Jersey would come to watch and learn about the diseases.
This was all before World War II. I was amazed to find the island still had storerooms of belongings that immigrants brought with them that were left on the island like this piano. The top photo is the walkway leading to the amphitheater. The bottom is a piano.
During WWII it also served as a a school for the Coast Guard.
@PappyJoe Good / Great photography takes an artist's eye. Composition, contrast, color, etc. In other words, I would classify you as an artist WITHOUT a brush. Did you create photo albums of your work, or ever display them for public viewing?
@KA9FFJ With the exception of the one on top, these were copies of Official US Coast Guard photos. Before they were lost, I dad 15 3-ring binders with prints I made over the years. A lot of what I shot were released to newspapers, magazines and even tv outlets.
I know none of you care, but the INDYCAR season starts today at noon (EST) with the opening race in St. Petersburg FL on NBC and Peacock!!!!! I watched the practice and qualifying yesterday...it's going to be a very exciting season!
@Londy3; Funny, that you told @mapletop "We shall paint happy trees make happy accidents together." I had a girl tell me almost the same thing years and years ago, except I don't think she was talking about art. I ran like hell.
I started the two pens for my friends and neighbors that let me have the black walnut logs from their tree. My family has know them since they moved to our neighborhood back in 1973? Their children were the same ages as my youngest brother and two little sisters. Interestingly, my sisters could have been sisters with the neighbors…people even asked if they were sometimes. Black Walnut trees are very rare around here, so I was pretty excited to get the logs. These are the pen blanks I have started, made from some of that Black Walnut. I just glued the brass tubes inside them, ready for the next phase. The couple was pretty excited when I mentioned I was going to make the pens for them. It looks like they are going to turn out fine, dried well, and no big splits. I hope they stay that way🤞🏼
@Zouave Thank you. I hope my family’s friends like them. Maybe they will remind them of the story they told me centered around that Black Walnut tree. One of their children when young, 20-30 years ago, had picked up a bunch of the walnuts that had fallen on the ground and made “soup”, stirring it with their hands. It dyed their hands black and it did not wash off. It took several weeks for the tint to go away from her hands😳. They happen to be a very “light skinned” family, think Nordic.
@Londy3 I have made several pens on the lathe, just because🙂. I actually liked a “Sketch Pencil/Pen” I had seen and decided it would be interesting to try to make some. I have a mini ballpoint I made from Ebony Wood that I use nearly everyday. I use the Sketch Pencil/Pen at work often as well. I made one from aluminum for my friend that lives in TN now, as a “shop pen”. I made his wife a pen in an orange dyed stabilized wood and pen design she picked out. This particular set of pens was made from the pickup load of Black Walnut logs that was given to me by the neighbors/friends that live next door to the house I grew up in. Too bad the tree cutting service cut them to firewood lengths, it would have been hundreds if not thousands? of dollars worth of Black Walnut in 8’-10’ lengths of 6”-15” diameter logs🙁
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Unfortunately, we I was transferred from New York back to New Orleans several boxes were lost in the move. Two of them were my photo files and negatives I had kept from 1975 through 1989.
Here are some that I've shot since then or didn't get lost.
This is a black & white portrait I shot of my father in 1984.
This was all before World War II. I was amazed to find the island still had storerooms of belongings that immigrants brought with them that were left on the island like this piano. The top photo is the walkway leading to the amphitheater. The bottom is a piano.
During WWII it also served as a a school for the Coast Guard.
Good / Great photography takes an artist's eye. Composition, contrast, color, etc.
In other words, I would classify you as an artist WITHOUT a brush.
Did you create photo albums of your work, or ever display them for public viewing?
With the exception of the one on top, these were copies of Official US Coast Guard photos. Before they were lost, I dad 15 3-ring binders with prints I made over the years. A lot of what I shot were released to newspapers, magazines and even tv outlets.
Excellent. You have the eye of an artist. You should publish a book of your art.
Excellent stories your great photographs tell. Really nice work.
Sweeeeet.
Looking good, Brother. The oil isn't bad either.
We shall paint happy trees make happy accidents together. 🎨🖼️🖌️
HaHa…that’s what I was….maybe not so happy though🤔
Funny, that you told @mapletop "We shall paint happy trees make happy accidents together." I had a girl tell me almost the same thing years and years ago, except I don't think she was talking about art. I ran like hell.
Thank you. I hope my family’s friends like them. Maybe they will remind them of the story they told me centered around that Black Walnut tree.
One of their children when young, 20-30 years ago, had picked up a bunch of the walnuts that had fallen on the ground and made “soup”, stirring it with their hands. It dyed their hands black and it did not wash off. It took several weeks for the tint to go away from her hands😳. They happen to be a very “light skinned” family, think Nordic.
Heyy, those are awesome! What made you decide to make wooden pens?
I have made several pens on the lathe, just because🙂. I actually liked a “Sketch Pencil/Pen” I had seen and decided it would be interesting to try to make some. I have a mini ballpoint I made from Ebony Wood that I use nearly everyday. I use the Sketch Pencil/Pen at work often as well. I made one from aluminum for my friend that lives in TN now, as a “shop pen”. I made his wife a pen in an orange dyed stabilized wood and pen design she picked out.
This particular set of pens was made from the pickup load of Black Walnut logs that was given to me by the neighbors/friends that live next door to the house I grew up in. Too bad the tree cutting service cut them to firewood lengths, it would have been hundreds if not thousands? of dollars worth of Black Walnut in 8’-10’ lengths of 6”-15” diameter logs🙁
That's really cool man 😎