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homage to parr

Hats and high society, Forest Park, St. Louis.
Channeling Martin Parr at the recent 21st Annual Hiram W. Leffingwell Awards Hat Luncheon in Forest Park. Editors felt this would be the perfect assignment given my addiction to hats. However, the Canons attracted too much attention and people mistook me for the hired event photographer, grabbing me [...]

Posted 02 June 2011 † erik § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

American Fare

Illustrated menu, Rib America festival, downtown St. Louis

Posted 28 May 2011 † erik § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,

home sweet home

Tornado aftermath, Maryland Heights, Missouri.  Leica M6, Fuji Provia 100, 1/30 @ 2.8
A frame of slide film, held up to the light, has an effect like none other. In your hand you hold a tangible piece of reproduced reality. Like little worlds I sleeve them and store them, stash them and bind them into a [...]

Posted 21 May 2011 † erik § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

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.

Posted 02 May 2011 † erik § everyday art ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

waiting on a bride never seen

Lambert International Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
Glen Jordan, the last person waiting for a flight in the Southwest terminal late Wednesday evening, awaits his bride from Chicago. He donned his best clothes with a trio of roses for a person he hasn’t yet met in person. The flight is delayed. He waits.

Posted 28 April 2011 † erik § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

along with the clock

After the high school talk, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. Leica M6, Provia 100F

Posted 26 April 2011 † erik § ‡ Comments (0) °

thirty one and counting

31 and counting.

Posted 24 April 2011 † erik § everyday art ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

making a lost cemetery holy again

Washington Park Cemetery cleanup, St. Louis, Missouri.
I had always seen this cemetery from the highway, located in the takeoff path from Lambert airport. It was dilapidated, overgrown, infested with mounds of trash, tires, parts of appliances, and broken headstones. At one point there was a police pursuit of a suspect in the cemetery. A tree [...]

Posted 18 April 2011 † erik § recent posts ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

shirtless at the pole

World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Posted 11 April 2011 † erik § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

asleep at the little house

World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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