uncommons » everyday art http://www.eriklunsford.com/blog on the aesthetics of everyday art, by St. Louis photojournalist erik lunsford Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:52:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 happy fourth of july http://www.eriklunsford.com/blog/2011/07/04/happy-fourth-of-july/ http://www.eriklunsford.com/blog/2011/07/04/happy-fourth-of-july/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:52:24 +0000 erik http://www.eriklunsford.com/blog/?p=2610 St. Louis Photojournalist Erik Lunsford photographs fireworks over the Gateway Arch on Fourth of July

Fireworks over the Arch, St. Louis, Missouri


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

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

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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.

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31 and counting.

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

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After the snow fell in spring, south St. Louis, Missouri. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford

More film, more love for emulsion.

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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.

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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 you’ve sent your portfolio to the Post-Dispatch, here’s where it goes.  This photograph doesn’t show the handful of portfolios from souls who still send their work hoping for a spot on staff or as an intern. Unfortunately, the paper canceled the photo internship due to budget. How anyone is supposed to learn in photojournalism these days other than massive amounts of self-motivation is beyond me.

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

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