Physics, Inertia & Art — Nora Patrich

Newton’s first law of motion states that “An object at rest stays at rest and an object in…

Style

In my long career (1976 until recently perhaps 2008 when magazines collapsed) as a magazine photographer I dealt with very good art (called also…

Objectivity — A Subjective Invention Of Man

Sometime in the early 70s I atended a lecture in Mexico City by Spanish/Mexican…

Photography — The Limited Range of Our Memory

In my current state of photographic isolation I have found out that a lot of…

An Old Soldier & The Perfect Model

The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point, and the…

Thomas Wolfe Was Right

I have a friend who likes to use this expression when I talk to him, “Alex you are reiterating yourself.” Indeed he is…

The Viola da Gamba

My granddaughter Lauren is here today (Monday July 11, 2016) in our Kitsilano, Vancouver home. She uses her poker face to…

Wade Davis — Hero Of The Planet (But Not In Vancouver)

The Hands that Talk

Between 1954 and 1962 (with a five year period studying in Austin, Texas) I lived in Mexico City and Nueva Rosita…

Art Bergmann and Los Rádicos Popularos

A Vancouver invention from the punk era — the fuck band.