Life goes on.

  

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Thank you for visiting my About page, but let's be honest, there are far more interesting photographers on this site:

 

Salmonpink is the spiritual god-child of William Klein, with Elliott Erwitt's mischievous sense of humour, who records the ebb and flow of modern China with impeccable timing. Insightful photos of children, enigmatic photos of young adults, and timeless photos of the progression of life and the toll of that progress.

 

Nina of Nina's Clicks has an unfair advantage over the rest of us: God decreed that wherever Nina goes, only the most beautiful light will follow (she is likely unaware that there is such a thing as harsh sunlight). Have you ever sat by a window, when suddenly the light changes and becomes magical? Yep, Nina's in the neighbourhood.

 

Minato has mastered the deceptively difficult art of combining delicacy with a gentle austerity. Her vision is best described by four of the words that stand out in her too-few testimonials: silence, beauty, simplicity, and elegance.

Note: Minato's Ameba blog is currently more active than her Flickr photostream.

 

Mimo Khair photographs the spiritual undertones of life. The manipulation of her images, when applied, is not an afterthought but an integral part of the image-making process, as if every step of the post-process is decided upon before she raises the camera to her eye. This holistic approach results in images with a striking clarity of message.

 

Joey Harrison's collection, spanning many decades, will prove invaluable to the future aliens who discover our long-dead civilization. His photos will illustrate well not only who and what America was, but also the fact that Kentuckians will put absolutely anything on a T-shirt.

 

Elmo Tide photographs what some may term the 'seedy underbelly' of Los Angeles, but his photographs show no vulgarity; instead they imbue this demi-monde with a distinct sense of naturalness, even wholesomeness.

Easter Egg: a Flickr 'People' search for Elmo Tide reveals bonus streams.

 

Navejo has a keen eye for the wrinkles in the fabric of daily life, mainly in the Montréal neighbourhood of Parc-Ex, which must be the discarded treasure / impromptu art capital of Canada. As she said on her Hungry Kitty post: "Sometimes I think there are aliens in my hood".

 

Aaron Aardvark, like Navejo, photographs everyday life with all of its surreal quirks left in, but does so on the other side of the world in Republic of Taiwan. Mr. Aardvark, aka AntEater Theater, is also the admin of the well-curated and vastly entertaining Street Masks and Street Party groups, among others.

 

Kazi Muhaiminul Islam Munaj is a young Bangladeshi surrealist who records "moments that never happened but happened" on his cell phone.

 

Eva Orleans is my pal, digital camera giftor, and Flickr mentor.

 

If none of the above strike your fancy, why not find inspiration in my bot-free favourites collection, hand selected and thematically organized with the discriminating viewer in mind.

  

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You may notice this snotty request on my photostream pages: "Please, no graphics, invitations, awards, emojis, chain letters, clichés, robo-comments, hyperbole, or spam."

 

What does that leave? It leaves the language of Will Rogers and Winston Churchill, of Raymond Chandler and William Burroughs, of Lou Reed and Hank Williams. You've got the words; use them.

  

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"This collection is 100% bot-free." What does that mean?

 

Social media is an illness that we all have, but some of us are more afflicted than others. You may use a string of code to simulate interest in others via robotic faves, follows, or comments, in order to garner larger meaningless numbers for yourself in return, but I'm not interested in being a pawn in that game.

  

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Eyes tired from cruising Flickr all day? Why not rest them while listening to some old time radio (OTR), courtesy of Internet Archive's ad-free, virus-free, totally free Old Time Radio Collection? For some of the best radio comedy of the 1940s to 1980s, be sure not to miss the Bob & Ray sub-collection Bob And Ray For The Truly Desperate.