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59101 'Village of Whatley' takes the line into Westbury at Fairwood junction while helming 7Z12 Merehead to (Royal) Wootton Bassett working with more Mendip Limestone for Johnson Aggregates.
Despite the obvious presence of a popular Volkswagen vehicle adjacent to a big yellow sign with the letter 'T' on it I have resisted the temptation to go-to-town and unleash a stream of golf-related puns, clever wordplay and tortured metaphors as all previous such babbling expeditions have been met with a silent wall of crushing indifference, so sadly I have decided to take the advice of LAPD detective Joe Friday from iconic 1950s American TV show "Dragnet" and stick to "just the facts, ma'am, just the facts".
Shame, and a wave from the Driver would have been nice, or from the Putter, the Wedge or the Iron - Damn, I just couldn't leave it alone!
In the late-1950's, when I was six or seven years old, I started to watch detective shows on TV, including Perry Mason, Dragnet, the Adventures of Ellery Queen, and Peter Gunn to name a few. I watched these shows on a TV that was black-and-white only, and reception was via a small antennae on top of the TV that we referred to as "rabbit ears". Because the reception was so poor, the picture on the TV screen was not only black-and-white, but it was filled with grain (or "static" as we called it). Perhaps my early love of b&w analog photographs was partly due to the fact that they looked much like what I saw on our TV screen.
Occasionally I stumble across a moment that instantly triggers my brain and transports me back in time -- often it is so strong that I literally feel as if I've gone backwards in time. I love it when this happens, and I love it even more when I can capture the moment with my camera.
I happened to have my Leica M6 film camera with me as I traveled through a tiny Indiana town, and this scene instantly caught my eye and reminded me of a 1950's detective movie on our old b&w TV. Fortunately I had Kodak Tri-X film in the M6 and I knew that by under-exposing slightly I could get a dark, grainy scene just like I saw in those detective shows on our old TV.
Once developed, I was not disappointed with the photograph. It captured exactly what the scene had triggered in my brain. Not a sharp, grain-free perfect photograph, but instead what I used to see on our old TV. And for just a moment, I was that little boy back in front of that TV in our house on Main Street. And all was well.
Clarks Hill, IN
2021
© James Rice, All Rights Reserved
Leica M6 TTL, 0.72
50mm Summicron
Kodak Tri-X 400
Developed: The Darkroom Photo Lab, San Clemente, CA
Warsaw, Poland
Winter
Beautiful morning to explore my new city and gather some impressions!
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Sidewalk stories. Friday after the Holiday yesterday and there is no hurry to be anywhere this morning...including myself. I find it very easy to be distracted by all of this delicious sunlight and long shadows as I make my way to work...albeit slowly.
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Just the facts Ma’am as Joe Friday always said on the old TV show Dragnet. Now I’m really showing my age. But I’ve taken a detour and must explain. The Nikon D7500 with the 200-500 Nikon lens is not a match for the Sony A6600 and the 200-600mm Sony lens that now sits in the mud at the bottom of Horsepen Bayou. I’ve just not been able to get the thing to dance with me and those are the facts. This is the old Sony setup and the details were always spot on where the Nikon just doesn’t quite get the job done. I’m sure it’s a capable camera, but that is in someone else’s hands. It is what it is and I’ll just continue to move forward and post the best of what falls out of the system. This is an adult Little Blue Heron foraging on the banks of Horsepen Bayou.
BTW, Dragnet was on in the late ‘60’s. Ouch…that’s OLD!!
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In the best traditions of all those 1960s cop shows and movies ...
youtu.be/XbpbbodzGiQ "Madigan" (1968) Trailer ( Richard Widmark.)
youtu.be/9odRuy4D-VA The Detective (1968) - Theatrical Trailer ( Frank Sinatra.)
youtu.be/IMc3RS_afSE Dragnet - Joe Friday Being a Cop Speech (Jack Webb.)
"Seine fishing (or seine-haul fishing) is a method of fishing that employs a seine or dragnet. A seine is a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water with its bottom edge held down by weights and its top edge buoyed by floats. Seine nets can be deployed from the shore as a beach seine, or from a boat.
Boats deploying seine nets are known as seiners. There are two main types of seine net deployed from seiners: purse seines and Danish seines" - Wiki
The KZN page theme for two weeks is "low down". I put the Hahnel tripod away and got low down, dirty and damp ;)
Photo - Low Down Netting
Location - uShaka Beach Durban South Africa
Canon 6D, 24-105mm @ 60mm, ISO 640, 1/50 sec, F14
Ladies and Gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
These are the kind of scenes that I'm truly after when I go out for photo-shooting in Ofrinion Beach of Kavala's Prefecture ... This is definitely my kind of weather ... The dragnet boat has just sailed for its all-night through fishing journey, even though the extremely heavy weather conditions ahead are trying to change its fearless skipper's mind ...
But he has a different opinion and decides to face uncertainty ... The agile and in constant search for a quick meal seagulls seem to totally fall in with his opinion and decide to form a permanent companion to the lonely drifter's journey ... The whole scene is a true relaxation to one's eyes !!!
A difficult frame to capture to say the least !!! The ship was much too far away for a successful take !!! Only a camera with telephoto lens, accurate Auto Focusing capabilities and a quick bursting mode (in order to grasp many alternative, crystal clear captures of the same scene, while at the same time effectively obey the rule of thirds) can create a true synthesis out of merely a snap ... I just happened to be properly equipped !!!
EXIF: NIKON D90 with Tamron 70-300 mm lens, Manual mode, High bursting mode, f 10, ISO 200, focal length 85 mm (wide enough to adequately capture the rainy background), manual exposure selection, white balance set to cloudy weather, center weighted average metering mode, Automatic focusing, shutter speed 1/80 s, HDR processing was made out of only one raw image, no tripod, original RAW image dimensions 4288 X 2848 pixels ....
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Holly backstage, prior to performing with tha KIllaz at indie club Kitsch Bitch, on this occasion held at Madame Jojo's. It was our last gig with Jasmine, and second-last ever. Photo: Sarah Demetriou. Originally appeared in Miss K's Killaz flickrset.
Find out more about Six Inch Killaz here...
Filmography and television appearances
Harry Perry has primarily played himself, bringing life to his Venice Beach persona in various films, and has also appeared in acting roles in numerous film and television works with cameo appearances that include:
Fletch, Dragnet, Starstruck, White Men Can't Jump, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Gift and Point of No Return, Marching out of Time, Way Past Cool, as well as the television shows CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Vengeance Unlimited, and Heroes. He can be seen for a moment in the music video for Cruisin' by Michael Nesmith, found on his Elephent parts DVD. He has been featured in multiple E3-episodes of the Dutch television program Gamekings. He made an appearance in Cycle 15 of America's Next Top Model. He can be seen in beginning of the music video for Party Train by The Gap Band.[16] He also performed one song on the soundtrack to the movie Point of No Return. He can also be seen briefly in the 2007 documentary Without the King. He can also be seen in Red Hot Chili Peppers musical video The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie from their last album I'm with You. On September 6 and 7, 2013 he performed at the Hollywood Bowl with the Blue Man Group in a rendition of Ravel's Bolero. He was also seen skating playing his guitar on the TV show, In the Heat of The Night, episode; No Country Boy.
I first met him in the mid seventies, a few years after he came to Venice Beach in 1974.
Created for Colour Me Sick: The TG Self-Portrait Colouring-In Project ...
And when you've checked out "Colour Me Sick", why not pay a visit to Miss K's site, The Dragnet...
Oh, and you can find Erika Baarova's flickrstream here...
Asian guy gets beat and robbed at the coner of Florence and Normandie because he is the wrong color and in the wrong place at the wrong time. A good samaritan leads him to safety. Makes me wonder why the photographer didn't intervine from the begin. All I know, if I'm gettin a beat down I want some help not my picture taken.
Photo by Kirk McKoy. SCAN FROM L. A. RIOTS BOOK
Turning Hollywood's B-movie stars into modern art....a new tribute by expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley to Hollywood film and TV actress Paula Hill (1926-2000) ; inspired by photographs of her playing 'Doreen' in the surreal sci-fi movie, Mesa of Lost Women (USA 1953) - which was released 70 years ago.
When life allows, the artist likes to make iconic portraits inspired by his great interest in the often more obscure players from Hollywood's Golden Age.
The portrait tribute was predominantly painted on Paula Hill's birthday February 15 and completed yesterday.
A minister’s daughter from Birmingham, Alabama - who suffered the loss of her father at 5 and her older protective brother at 12 - Paula Hill is most known to film buffs as the blonde lead of Mesa of Lost Women (1953). She was credited as Mary hill - as she was in several other early 1950s pictures including Outlaw Women (1952) and Models Inc (1952).
She had smaller roles in The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953), The Greatest Show On Earth (1953) & Hot Cars (1956) & in many other films .
Paula Hill was prolific on TV in the 1950s in such series as Dragnet, Mike Hammer , Mr & Mrs North, The Man Called X & Burns & Allen.
Striking in beauty, talented and possessed of a velvet voice, she never got the bigger breaks in the film industry - but Whatley champions her, is researching her life and celebrating her posthumously through his art - humbly hoping to give her the limelight he feels she deserved.
A heavy smoker all her life, Paula Hill sadly passed away from a stroke on her 74th birthday in 2000.
Paula Hill : 70th Anniversary of Mesa of Lost Women. 2023
oil on canvas, 20 x 16in/ 51 x 42cm
"For me empowerment is simply the flip side of freedom. A woman who feels, in her mind, heart and body, free enough to live in alignment with her full self is an empowered woman. It has nothing to do with who you are professionally, the power you have over people, how loud you speak, or how ‘in control’ you appear. I know a lot of women who ‘look’ empowered but still don’t feel the courage to be true to themselves, or who simply don’t know who their true self is. Doing the hard work of finding out why you are here, and doing the best to bring that woman forward, that is true empowerment. No one can take that power from you. We are most powerful (and most beautiful too) when we stand in our truth… So if I close my eyes, an empowered woman would be one who makes her choices freely, who honors her heart’s calling, who brings her unique light to the world. I have always loved the idea that humanity is a puzzle, and that a puzzle however full, cannot be complete until that one piece is found. Until each one of us finds our best selves and brings it forth.
Because the superwoman does not exist. The sooner you realize that, the freer you are to just be yourself. And our beauty actually lies in our imperfections (if only we can be brave enough to embrace them)…Many women are also prisoners of how society views them. So allowing yourself to do things that society may not approve of or the people close to you do not see you doing, can be very freeing. You just have to be careful to do them not because you want to prove anything to anyone, but truly for yourself. To feed yourself. And that’s power.
Marriage and motherhood were also significant. Both made me realize the pressure that is put on women, and the difficulty to find yourself when you are trying to cater for everyone else’s needs. Often times it’s a self-imposed pressure too. In many African societies we have created this fantasy of a strong woman, who endures everything, puts her needs last, and handles everything with a smile. That woman is celebrated, held as a model. Even if her community knows she is in pain, she is honored for her stoicism. Not being yourself becomes bravery. So she appears strong, but in reality she is not, she is simply fronting. And I think that is very damaging and dangerous for women.
It really is a journey. I think it’s important to stress that. It doesn’t happen overnight, but over countless little experiences, choices, and it’s a journey that does not really end… When I look back I realize that my most painful experiences have actually been the greatest catalysts for growth. Because grief and adversity take you to that place where you either die or rise, it forces you to look at yourself in the mirror, to look deeply at your life and to decide how you want to move forward. A few years ago I watched my father slowly lose his life to an advanced illness, and that throbbing pain brought me face to face with myself. In the weeks, months that followed, every unresolved issue came forth. Because such grief is an earth-shattering experience, it cracks you open. And it allowed me, over time, to work on myself, to find and uproot whatever else was ailing me, which lead me to a much more empowered life. But it’s a decision that one makes. You have to chose you. And it’s a choice that is always available to us. But I’ve found that challenges wash away the distractions of life and thus create a crossroad. The choice becomes much clearer.
The best way to empower another being is to be empowered yourself. It’s as simple as that. At the end of the day we only are responsible for ourselves, but if we do that well we get to lift up others in the process. When I look at the women who have inspired or touched me, it was those who, by being their full, unapologetic selves, gave me permission to be what I wanted to be. So I aspire to be transparent about who I am, by shaking my own boundaries, this may make another woman say: ‘wait a minute, I too have something I’ve always wanted to do/be’. And to be honest about that journey. Because again, there is no such thing as a picture perfect life."
♀ Ketty Nivyabandi
In lying to others we end up lying to ourselves. We deny the importance of an event, or a person, and thus deprive ourselves of a part of our lives. Or we use one piece of the past or present to screen out another. Thus we lose faith even in our own lives.
It isn’t that to have an honourable relationship with you, I have to understand everything, or tell you everything at once, or that I can know, beforehand, everything I need to tell you. It means that most of the time I am eager, longing for the possibility of telling you. That these possibilities may seem frightening, but not destructive, to me. That I feel strong enough to hear your tentative and groping words. That we both know we are trying, all the time, to extend the possibilities of truth between us. When we stop lying we create the possibility for more truth; Telling the truth creates the possibility for more truth around us, the possibility of life between us.”
♀ Adrienne Rich
“Let doubt be a source of growth rather than a debilitating force. If you want to maintain your integrity, question yourself often. Doubt your best deeds. Examine your smallness. Doubt is at the heart of any serious artistic practice as well as the day-to-day activities of an artist. Some artists think the doubts will eventually subside, but they will not. As you mature, new questions appear that challenge whatever development you have attained.”
“Be careful with your calculations. Calculations become a habit. A calculated life is seldom radiant.”
Enrique Martinez Celaya
However deep our theoretical commitment to serenity, in the course of an average day, we are likely to encounter a number of extremely well-crafted invitations to lose our tempers badly. .... It’s just there is so much else that needs our attention: we have to hold on to our thoughts, repair our wounds, appease our turmoils and discover our routes to happiness. We must sidestep the many dragnets because we have so many other, truly more important things to do.
With her undercarriage still down, Royal Air Force No.51 Squadron's Boeing RC-135W 'Rivet Joint' ZZ665 call-sign 'Dragnet 31' shows off her lumps, bumps, cheeks and extensive aerial array whilst overshooting at RAF Mildenhall
One of three acquired to replace 51's previous Nimrod R.1's - also known at some point as the 'Airseeker' but that moniker seems to have been dropped. Maybe they ought to drop the 'Rivet Joint' name in favour of something more 'British'
Either way she made two approaches before heading home to Waddington with an apparent nose-gear door issue
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A new tribute to Hollywood film & TV actress of the 1950s, Paula Hill (1926-2000) created on her birthday, 15 February, by expressionist artist Stephen B. Whatley. Inspired by several publicity stills from 1952.
For every Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Lana Turner there were hundreds of working actresses in Hollywood who did not receive such major star status - despite often displaying as much talent and beauty.
For the artist, Paula Hill - credited in some of her films as Mary Hill - was one such actress; and since discovering her in the 1990s, he has been researching her life. Hollywood biographical research has been a passion since his teens.
A minister’s daughter born Paula Mary Hill in Birmingham, Alabama she suffered very early losses of her father and protective older brother which would mark her life - and in the late 1940s she set herself on her path to Hollywood.
Despite numerous bit parts in both classic and B-movies - including The Greatest Show On Earth (1952) and The Beast From 20000 Fathoms (1953), she only got one major break as a leading lady on the big screen ironically in what is now considered one of the worst films of all time Mesa of Lost Women (1953).
In the surreal science fiction B-film starring former child star Jackie Coogan, Paula Hill - credited as Mary hill - displayed her unique beauty and a full range of acting talents, delivered with a velvet voice.
Heartbroken by a series of career disappointments newspapers reported she attempted suicide with pills in 1954 - but ever the fighter, having survived her early bereavements, she fought on in the Hollywood jungle.
She did go onto several good leading leading roles on television in TV dramas and comedy shows including Dragnet, Highway Patrol, Burns & Allen and The Red Skelton Show in the mid to late 1950s - but by 1960 she had departed to New York to become a lounge singer ; displaying the most beautiful velvet voice. She was still acting in the Los Angeles theatre in 1962.
Nothing is recorded of her life in the 1970s and 1980s - but at the end of that decade she was re-discovered by the film producer Steve Burrows , who just happened to be living in her Los Angeles apartment building.
He gave her two cameo character roles which she played to the hilt, in his films, Soldier of Fortune (1991) and Chump Change (2000); the latter of which which she sadly did not live to see released.
Through his own tributes - both in art and the feature he hopes to write for a film publication one day - artist Stephen B. Whatley hopes the world, not just film buffs, will begin to know the Paula Hill he admires a little better - and he hopes somehow from the heavens she can see his celebrations.
Paula Hill (1926-2000). 2022
Charcoal on paper, 16.5 x 11.5 / 42 x 30cm
Boeing RC-135 R.1 ZZ665 Royal Air Force, 51 Sqn, RAF Waddington completes an ILS approach on Runway 11 as "DRAGNET 31".
Dragnet
Case Stories from the popular Television Series
Richard Deming
Whitman Publishing Co./USA (1957)
Illustration by Tony Sgroi
Crossroads of the World has been called America's first outdoor shopping mall. Located on Sunset Boulevard and Las Palmas in Los Angeles, the mall features a central building designed to resemble an ocean liner surrounded by a small village of cottage-style bungalows. It was designed by Robert V. Derrah and built in 1936.
Once a busy shopping center, the Crossroads now hosts private offices, primarily for the entertainment industry. It has been used for location shooting in many films, including L.A. Confidential, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, and Café Society, in TV shows, including Dragnet and Remington Steele, and in commercials by McDonald's, Ford, and Mattel. A reproduction of Crossroads' iconic tower and spinning globe can be seen just inside the entrance to Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Florida.
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