“Seventy percent of the body’s sense receptors are clustered in the eyes, and it is mainly through seeing the world that we appraise and understand it.” -Diane Ackerman
“As we know, the eye works a lot like the camera; or rather,We invented cameras to work like our eyes.” --Diane Ackerman
The principle upon which all camera equipment works is traced back to artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci who showed that all that was needed to project an image was a small pinhole through which light could pass. The smaller the hole the sharper the image. The basic camera, called a "camera obscura" or pinhole camera, existed in the early 17th Century.
Camera Obscura Image Abelardo Morell, Manhattan View Looking South in Large Room, 1996
Abelardo Morell, Camera Obscura Image of Miami Beach in Empty Room, 2001
Abelardo Morell, Camera Obscura Image of the Sea in Attic, 1994
Harry Callahan, Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago, 1953
Arno Rafael MinkkinenSelf-portrait, Kallavesi, Kuopio, Finland, 1987
Maggie Taylor
Byron Wolfe
Summer
First day: my Grandfather died and I turned thirty five
Summer
After the funeral, cleaning out his barn
“If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close
enough”
-Robert Capa
Summer
From our favorite tree, the "Weeping Santa Rosa”
Summer
My day job
Autumn
Sunday morning
Autumn
All 156 disappointing pictures from the last 24 hours
Autumn
A little like those ancient cave paintings in France (look carefully)
Autumn
While pruning the plum tree, I pause to watch you through the window
Winter
Black mitten
Winter
Commuter traffic and farmhouse near my childhood home: standing in the parking lot of a franchised rib-joint (when I was a
kid this was a field with pet buffalo)
Winter
Pruning the peach tree
Winter
War at 7:15 PM Pacific (10:15 PM Eastern)
Spring
All in one day
Spring
Total lunar eclipse
Spring
Longest day: fallen plums from another broken bough