Candle on Gyro

  Candle on Gyro

  A still life with a little life.  And not so still either.

Still life stunts.

  Candles and gyro.

  Still life with energy and movement!  That's the ticket.  I got these assemblages off their rear ends and up in the air breathing, spinning and burning.

Catwoman

  Catwoman

  A local photographic volunteer and one of the kittens born in my closet.

Shuttered window, Tyler brothel

  Shuttered window, Tyler brothel.

  Hard to know where to put this photo.  It was shot as a response to the lighting as I explored an old brick building in downtown Tyler.  It was originally built as a brothel just after the turn of the century.  A friend of mine, born in 1899 remembers being sent to the back door to wake up train crews for the stationmaster.  Downstairs had a kitchen and large rooms with sliding doors.  Up a central staircase was a second story of small rooms.  One end was a larger room with sitting area, the madams quarters, I assume.  It had long since been abandoned and sealed up but the fixtures and wallpaper still showed the elegance past.  It has since been demolished.  I pulled a long piece of the stair bannister out of the wreckage and refinished it for my house in the Azalea District.

  Platinum contact, (5X7) image or silver gelatin print on 20X24 paper.  Edition of 40.  1,200.00.

Candle, gyro, string, #1

  Candle, gyro, string, #1

  I wanted to learn about still life photographs but wanted more action than most assemblage photographs brought.  I kept adding elements until I had movement, balance, fire.

  Platinum contact print, (5X7 image) or silver gelatin print on 20X24 paper.  Edition of 40.  1,200.00

Wall with chair

  Wall with chair.

  An abandoned house ruin on top of an old indian village along Indian Creek west of Tyler.  Every few years when I check it is gone a little more.  It was liveable just a decade ago, now mostly rubble.  One of the early brick farmhouses of the county surrounded by brush covering former farmland.

  Platinum contact print, (5X7 image) or silver gelatin on 20X24 paper.  Edition of 40.  1,200.00.

Half a cup of dice.

  Still life from the studio.  5X7 view camera, collected dice and a cup dug from the trash heap of an abandoned and burned hotel in Conneticutt.  Photographed at Blackfork Studio in Tyler, Texas.

  Platinum contact print, (5X7 image) or silver gelatin image on 20X24 paper.  Edition of 40.  1,200.00.