Category Archives: everyday art

happy fourth of july

Fireworks over the Arch, St. Louis, Missouri

pen and ink

Reflections in pen and ink, African Arts festival, St. Louis, Missouri

concentric crema circles

Concentric Crema Circles, Northwest Coffee, St. louis, Missouri

tweeting patterns

seeking solace, Kirkwood, Missouri.
I’m always on the lookout for images that take me away, at least for a minute, to another place. I see a thicket of birds amongst the prairie. It gives me comfort, peace, solace.  Think Sam Abell’s Seeing Gardens.

thirty one and counting

31 and counting.

following the hard rain

After the hard rain outside a cafe, in the Italian part of St. Louis called the “The Hill.”

after the snow fell in spring

After the snow fell in spring, south St. Louis, Missouri. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford
More film, more love for emulsion.

you shall love neighbor

St. Gabriel Catholic Church fish fry,  south St. Louis, by Erik M. Lunsford
Good words to live by, and by the way, I’m falling madly in love with slide film color. It convinced me to re-review my Miguel Rio Branco collection. Shot this on the M6 with Provia 100F.

the editor’s desk

Photo Editor’s Desk, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, by Erik M. Lunsford
This is the desk of my photo editor, Larry Coyne. I always wondered as an intern what the desks and offices looked like of those who I sent my portfolio, in hopes that it would land front and center on the desk for willing eyes. If [...]

one orange volkswagen

Orange Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, downtown St. Louis, MO, by Erik M. Lunsford