St. Patrick’s Day parade, Dogtown, photos by Erik M. Lunsford
The St. Patrick’s Day parade, also known as the first sunburn parade of the year for me, involves a lot of green, a lot of sweat, and pair of Dansko clogs with completely worn and torn soles.
green eyes, buttons, wool cap.
A long way to the ground
baby [...]
red, rainy, rainbow, north st. louis, missouri.
Clearing space before towing away the wrecked remains, Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri
“One woman was sleeping in an easy chair; the other was napping in a bedroom. The cousins were resting up for a busy night, the wedding celebration for one of the women’s grandsons, when the home shook with a tremendous explosion….one of the women missed [...]
Pipe Show, St. Charles, Missouri.
Washington Park, Illinois
Cherokee Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford
There just happens to be the side of a house demolished with a single chandelier exposed to the world on Cherokee street. When I stopped for a photograph, these birds flew the coop (get it?)
It almost feels as if the birds are memories leaving the house [...]
Checking the level of the kettle, St. Charles, Missouri, photo by Erik Lunsford
DWI traffic stop with St. Louis County Police Officer Fred Yaakub, Canon 5D Mark II, ISO 5000, 1/100 @ F2.8, photograph by Erik M. Lunsford
There is a new saying out there — 2500 is the new 400.
Okay, I made that up, but it’s mentally cementing quickly.
Let me take you back nine years when I [...]
hacking bananas, south St. Louis, photograph by Erik M. Lunsford
Every fall, proprietor Joseph Waeltermann of the Southside Garden Stop in south St. Louis City chops down his hardy banana trees in anticipation of the winter season. Waeltermann will mulch over the chopped remains and wait until spring, when the trees will grow again.
Having learned gardening [...]
Official Deadline Clock, St. Louis Post-Dispatch newsroom, St. Louis, Missouri. Photograph copyright Erik M. Lunsford
The NY Times published a bleak article on the state of photojournalism, and you would think the walls were crashing down after finishing page 2 of the online article. Take for example this quote:
“Newspapers and magazines are cutting back sharply on [...]