Category Archives: closeup

Composition with Colored Woman and Colored Wall

My daughters’ threw a party at our house back in 2002 on the last day of school. One of their friends had her whole arm tattooed. I saw her sitting in this chair and next to her I could see … Continue reading

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The Observer and the Observed

I noticed the woman in the distance drawing me while I waited at the coffee house for my friend who was going to model for me. When she arrived I did some drawings of her, then some photos. All the … Continue reading

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wind ow

We had a fire drill where I worked and as we all gathered in this little outdoor area I was up close to a woman I hadn’t met before. I introduced myself and she told me where she worked in … Continue reading

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Striations of Emotional and Cultural Geography

These were all taken on a brilliant October day in Luray, Virginia. My eldest daughter was getting married and some of our dearest friends took the day off and drove from Annapolis, MD to be there. This is a collage … Continue reading

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Truths and Things I Made Up About This Woman #14

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The Ace Pilot and the Daddy’s Girl

The Ace Pilot and the Daddy’s GirlOriginally uploaded by digihuman. Bruce Anderson was a fighter bomber pilot in WWII with the VSMC 243 Goldbricks, my father’s squadron. He was the flight officer, he got two distinguished flying crosses then, and … Continue reading

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