Texting

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Subway Scenes

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A Crisp Day For Cycling

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Urban Reflections

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From The Archives, 1980: Cape Broyle Dusk

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From The Archives, 1980: Foal And Mare

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Subway Scenes

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Portrait At A Bus Stop

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Subway Scenes

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Big Canvas

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Manhattan Mallard

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From The Archives, Circa 1979: Moon Over Coney Island

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Ivy League

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Subway Scenes

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From The Archives, 1980: Abandoned In Newfoundland

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Subway Scenes

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Gothic Newark

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“You Promised You’d Tell Us About Pointed Sticks.”

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A Quick Demonstration

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From The Archives, 1980: The Brooklyn Waterfront & Manhattan Skyline

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From The Archives, Circa 1978: Subway Scenes

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From The Archives, 1985: Bare Tree In South Dakota

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Subway Scenes

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Traffic Patterns

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“I Am A Leaf On The Wind. Watch How I Soar.”

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Mom’s Personal Shopper

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A Ring Of Green

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Subway Scenes

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From The Archives, Circa 1981: Pressmen

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I haven’t done much new photography during the pandemic, so I recently started scanning old 35mm slides and negatives from my archives. These photos were taken from the late 1970s through 1996, when I switched to digital cameras. I haven’t seen most of these images since I shot them, decades ago.

These were taken with an Olympus OM-1N camera (https://www.imagingpixel.com/p/olympus-om-1n.html)  and a 50mm 1.4 lens. I generally shot Kodachrome 25 and 64, or Plus-X, Tri-X and Agfa Superpan film. Photoshop has enabled me to restore most of the better shots; there are lots of scratches and dust. Some of the slides and negatives need a lot of work.

I don’t miss film at all; digital is easier to use, faster to access your images with, and is much better in low light. Plus, software can mimic any film stock ever made. And don’t get me started on yesterday’s manual focus cameras — Photoshop and high pass sharpening can do only so much when your manual focus was as bad as mine.

I’ll post images From The Archives about once a week while they last. I hope you enjoy them. And I look forward to civilization returning to normal so I can start shooting on a regular basis again.

Subway Scenes

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