Archive for August, 2005
Saturday, August 20th, 2005
Homecoming
Tomorrow, August 21, I will be returning to San Diego. A week after that (August 28, for those of you who are mathematically or chronologically challenged), I will be returning to school and turning my dorm room into my own little photography studio. Within the next couple of weeks, you should start seeing […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2005
Attitude
Sara, Claremont, California, 2005
This photograph is all about attitude. Sara’s pose gives her the appearance of being totally in control. Her thumbs are hooked in her pockets, her stance is wide, her posture straight, and she has a little smirk that says that she rules this space. The warm yet sharply contrasting […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2005
Irving Penn: Platinum Prints
Picasso at La Californie, Cannes, France, 1957
platinum/palladium print, 1974
Copyright Irving Penn, 1960
This past Sunday I took a trip to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. While there I saw an exhibit on the photographs of Irving Penn. While his work is truly impressive (I’m particularly fond of his portrait of Pablo […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2005
Lois Greenfield
Image copyright Lois Greenfield
I was introduced to Lois Greenfield through a friend of mine, and I’ve really fallen in love with her work. While she works with motion (likely a holdover from her early work as a dance photographer), her photographs have a tendency to freeze a moment of that motion, rather than catch […]
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Friday, August 5th, 2005
Rubbings and Reflections
Vietnam Veteran, Washington, D.C., 30 July 2005
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Thursday, August 4th, 2005
A Photographer’s Best Friend…
The camera does not make the photographer, but Ansel Adams sure as hell didn’t go around with a disposable camera, so here’s a quick list of the equipment I use:
Canon Digital Rebel
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III Telephoto Zoom Lens (the stalker lens)
Canon EF 35-80mm Zoom Lens (the lens my first SLR came with)
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Thursday, August 4th, 2005
About the Artist
I know you’re all dying to know more about me, so here it is. My name is, quite obviously, Richard Garfinkel. I am an engineering major at Harvey Mudd College and will be graduating in 2007.
My foray into photography is a relatively recent development, starting about two years ago. My prior artistic […]
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
Rebooted.
Well, the blog has been down for a while, but now I’m back and better than ever. You’ll note two major changes immediately, and smaller changes will become noticeable if you keep reading. The biggest change is probably that I’ve started over. All the posts are gone, and, while I may migrate […]
