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5701 S. Woodlawn
Neubauer Collegium exhibition "The Chicago Cli-Fi Library" (work by Dan Peterman, 2012)
I've started a tumblr thingy to document/digitize/transcribe the contents of Grandma's Recipe File, one of the few treasures I kept with me when I left Adelaide, almost 10 years ago.
After leaving home in something of a rush back in 2003, I eventually jettisoned most of the belongings I'd accumulated over 30 years, after having kept them in storage in Adelaide for a year or two after I left.
Amongst the few things I ended up bringing with me to the New World are:
- a small wooden rainbow Mum gave me ages ago,
- a stone mortar and pestle I bought for cheap at an Asian grocery,
- Grandma & Grandpa Oates' cutlery that still makes me think of her Sunday lunches and afternoon teas and cornflakes with warmed milk,
- a chef's knife I can't remember when I bought that has the right heft,
- a handful of important photographs, and
- some CDs that have various meanings from various times.
Hampstead Heath London
Geoff, Paula, Chris & Steve
The film is Kodak Safety 5035 which I think was Kodacolor II. I took this with my Olympus Trip 35.
Scanning negatives for archive
Scanned with Epson Perfection V100
File name: 08_02_000023
Box label: Churches: C-E
Title: The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Christian Science Center, Boston, MA
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Creator/Contributor:
Date issued:
Date created:
Physical description: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
Genre: Gelatin silver prints
Subjects: Christian Science Center (Boston, Mass.); First Church of Christ, Scientist (Boston, Mass.); Churches
Notes: Additional information on item: The small, Romanesque building at the right (completed in 1894) was the first permanent home of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. It is also called The Mother Church. When the congregation outgrew the original edifice, a large domed building was constructed beside it. Completed in 1906, it became known as The Mother Church Extension. Today, the side-by-side edifices are in the midst of the Christian Science Church Center. The original edifice is used for special church meetings and regular Sunday morning services in Spanish. English services are held in The Mother Church Extension. Christian Science was discovered by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866. The Church of Christ, Scientist, was founded in 1879.; Stamped on item verso: Christian Science Church, Committee on Publication
Provenance: Gift of the Christian Science Church, May 19, 1976
Statement of responsibility:
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
Romanian Monastery, 1532. Moldovita, Romanian Orthodox
Camera: Minolta 700si Film: Film Provia 100F
Scanned with Epson Perfection V100
The newly opened IAEA Archives Reading room boost a collection of IAEA documents, records films, sound recordings, photographs, publications and architectural plans. It is open daily from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 12:00 in the mornings and from 13:00 to 17:00 in the afternoons. IAEA Vienna, Austria. 28 September 2017
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
2022_CLondon52w1: Setting Goals
From the C.London website: "In the next year we will challenge ourselves as photographers and artists. Setting goals is the first step in that journey. Right now in this moment think about what you’d like to achieve. Are you hoping to get better at portraits? Maybe you want to be able to document your travels more coherently? Maybe you just want to give yourself a new hobby and artistic outlet.
For our first week, set a goal and make a photograph which demonstrates that goal. We will revisit this midway through and at the end of the year."
Since just revisiting my 2021 photography goals in Week 52 of last year’s challenge, this week kicking off the 2022 challenge with photography goals forced me to think about subjectivity and objectivity in goal setting; how do know when a goal is met? With this in mind, here are three goals for 2022:
1. Story Telling. Continue to become a better visual storyteller. “Every picture has a story. It may be factual. It may be fictional. It may be intentional. It may be accidental. It may be superficial or it may be deep. But it’s there, somewhere.” The difference in 2022 is that I want to do this with more than just single images and put some focus on small “series” or “projects”. My son’s girlfriend, an art professor and accomplished artist (reganrosburg.com), has helped me articulate my “voice” in words - “The visual storyteller of unseen objects and occurrences.” Chelsea has helped me find my voice through her coaching and critique sessions. Sean Tucker’s new book (The Meaning In The Making) is providing inspiration to keep creating…and to do it for me. This goal is fluid, not truly measurable, and will likely never be finished…but that’s okay as long as progress is made.
2. Organize. This is a measurable goal. I want to digitize old slides, negatives and snapshots to bring all of my images under the LRC catalog umbrella. As I get older, it’s important to have my entire collection of photos in one place.
3. Website. I have been posting my images to a Blogspot site for over 10 years. It’s a running blog of almost entirely single images and is not very conducive to posting series or projects as noted in Goal #1 above. Establishing a domain and creating a website that better supports the presentation of creative storytelling is therefore another measurable goal.
The image for this week's challenge conveys Goal #2 in progress. The scanned slide is a self-portrait from 1968 while on a high school ski trip. It’s been a ton of fun reacquainting with these old treasures.
Ricoh GRIIIx @ f3.5 1/80 40mm equiv ISO 400
Photographed 1/1/22
File name: 08_02_002257
Box label: J.R. Smith prints: Excavation of Beacon Hill in 1811
Title: Beacon Hill, from the present site of the reservoir between Hancock and Temple Streets
Alternative title:
Creator/Contributor: Smith, John Rubens, 1775-1849 (artist)
Date issued:
Date created: 1811 - 1812 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 drawing : watercolor and pencil ; 11 x 16 3/4 in.
Genre: Watercolors
Subjects: Capitols; Buildings; Massachusetts State House (Boston, Mass.)
Notes: Title from the lithograph of the watecolor created by J.H. Bufford & Company.; Item is part of a series of drawings by British artist J.R. Smith of the excavation of Beacon Hill. The Boston Public Library owns both the original pencil and watercolor sketches and a series of color lithographs by J.H. Bufford & Company. The State House is in the background to the right. The mention of the future site of the reservoir in the title indicates that the title is from the Bufford & Company lithograph and not Smith's title. There is no indication that Smith titled his sketches.
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Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
I had lots of fun making this sweet girl!
Prism grew up in the colorful Primrose Forest, where the sunlight peeps through the trees and illuminates the world in a kaleidoscope of colors.
Title: Larnook Public School - School picnic
Dated: c.1940s
Digital ID: 15051_a047_007510
Series: NRS 15051 School photograph collection
Rights: No known copyright restrictions www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/rights-and-permissions
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