November 13, 2022
Photos From Old Negatives
I've recently been scanning some old negatives (not slides). Here are a few of them.
Sal and me on the Cape Cod National Seashore near Provincetown. Kodak TMax 400 film, late 1980s.
A tree in Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain (Boston) 1980s. TMax 400 film.
Diamond Head Lighthouse on Oahu, November 1986. Kodak Gold 100 film.
Apparently I went to a college wrestling meet in Boston and shot TMax 3200 film, but I don't recall doing this.
This is how I would clean snow, sand and salt off my Diamond Back while I lived in Boston. TMax 3200 film.
The grave of Howard Hughes in Houston, November 1989. Tri-X film.
A panorama of the Boston skyline shot from a hill in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. That's Harvard stadium in the center of the photo (in Allston). Sometime in 1989, Fujifilm.
Modern headstones in Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, 1989. Tri-X film.
Williams Tower in Houston shot from Waterwall Park in 1989. Tri-X film.
Roosevelt Cottage on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, 1989. Fujifilm.
West Quoddy Head Light in Maine, 1989. Fuifilm.
Stegosaurus by Alexander Calder in Hartford, Connecticut, 1990. Kodak Gold 200 film.
Washington County Courthouse in Brenham, Texas, 1989. Tri-X film.
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October 22, 2022
Boston Rain
Shot in autumn 2019, just before the pandemic. It starts on Beacon Hill. The video, that is, not the pandemic.
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July 26, 2022
6th Street Viaduct
There was a block party on the new 6th Street Viaduct in Los Angeles on July 9 and I went to it. It was open only from the Boyle Heights (eastern) end, and it only went to the edge of the L.A. River where a performance platform was set up for bands. There were about three more arches past that point that we couldn't get to. I took a lot of photos and the complete set is here. Some samples:
Besides the ramp, there will be stairways, but none are open yet.
The neighborhood the bridge passes above.
When I walked off the bridge I was surprised to see a lot of locals walking down the onramp to northbound 101. I followed them and it turns out they all knew where the best spot was to get a sunset view of the bridge and downtown skyline.
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July 17, 2022
More Slides
Grand Hyatt hotel and Chrysler Building, 1982.
1985.
Orient Point Shellfish Co., Inc. in Manhattan (not Orient Point), 1985.
The atrium in the Tip O'Neill building where I worked in Boston. It had a high-rise side and a low-rise. The low-rise was five floors. Atop the fifth floor is this glass roof over the lobby for the building. The elevator lobbies had balconies where you could look out across the lobby. To shoot this in 1986 I stood on the fifth floor elevator lobby balcony.
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July 10, 2022
Four More From The Mid-80s
I can't identify this cemetery, but it looks like it should be in the Boston area. Photo taken in 1985.
The resident Physician's House at Mass General Hospital, 1985. I stood on Cambridge Street to take this photo, but now there is a new building blocking the view.
The light fixture is on the Boston Public Library. In the background are the two Hancocks and Copley Plaza hotel. Agfachrome, 1983.
Christian Science Church in Boston, 1985.
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July 2, 2022
Four Architecture Shots On Slide Film
Construction of Copley Place in Boston, 1983, Agfachrome. The dome in the foreground is the backside of the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade.
In Chicago, 1984. I can't identify the building, but I'm sure someone else can.
The north tower of the World Trade Center, 1985. This was my one trip to the top of the WTC. The roof deck was closed that day.
Citigroup Center in NYC, 1983.
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June 29, 2022
Four From The 1980s
Snow on the Charles River, Agfachrome, 1985.
The Cloisters, 1986. I don't even remember visiting the Cloisters or how I happened to be there, but no denying the photographic evidence.
Canoes, Polaroid Polapan instant slide film. Late 1980s, but I don't recognize the location.
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June 28, 2022
Million Dollar Theatre
A good shot of the Million Dollar Theatre while the Los Angeles World Naked Bike Ride was passing by. Photo by westwood1727.
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June 24, 2022
Old Stuff In Slides
Greg in Washington DC, Kodachrome, possibly 2001.
St. Patrick's Cathedral and Atlas, Agfachrome, 1983.
Two Wall Street, 1985.
Myself at Tanglewood, late 1980s.
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June 16, 2022
A Variety
Rockefeller Center, Agfachrome, 1983. This one had taken on a bit of a magenta cast and the easiest way to get rid of that was just to make it black & white.
One Financial Center in Boston with the shadow of the Federal Reserve Bank falling on it, 1983.
At gay pride in Boston, 2001, Kodachrome.
Wrigley Building, 1984.
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May 25, 2022
Times Square & Silver Lake
Times Square, 1996, Ektachrome.
Plumbago, also in Silver lake.
A home in Silver Lake designed by Eric Lloyd Wright, grandson of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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May 22, 2022
Neutra Homes In Silver Lake
A week ago I headed into Silver Lake for a tour of homes designed by Richard Neutra. It was part of Modernism Week which seems to take place three times a year now. This tour started at the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences at 2300 Silver Lake Boulevard. This was Neutra's home and office. There are nine homes designed by Neutra in the immediate neighborhood. The tour started with the interior of the Neutra VDL Studio, followed by a walk-by of the other homes, concluding with an interior tour of Reunion House at 2440 Earl Street, which the Neutra Institute took possession of just this past February. The complete set of photos is here. These are some samples:
Neutra VDL Studio and Residences.
Neutra's remains are interred in the courtyard of the house.
They let us climb these apparently insubstantial stairs to the penthouse.
Balcony overlooking the courtyard.
The gate to the Sokol House at 2242 Silver Lake Boulevard.
L to R: the Inadomi, Kambara and Yew Houses on Silver Lake Boulevard.
The entrance area for the Inadomi and Kambara houses.
Yew House at 2226 Silver Lake Boulevard.
Ohara House at 2210 Neutra Place.
Reunion House at 2440 Earl Street.
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May 11, 2022
Various Slides
In Quebec, 1994, Kodachrome.
Don't know which beach, undated E6 slide.
Saguaros near Tucson, 1988, Kodachrome.
"Peace Through Chemistry Bronze" by Roy Lichtenstein at the National Gallery of Art, 1992, Kodachrome.
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May 4, 2022
Four Slides For You
Old Bennington Cemetery in Bennington, Vermont, 1991, Kodachrome.
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve in Sonoma County, 1992, Kodachrome.
The Proctor Building in Boston, 1983, Ektachrome. From a report by the Boston Landmarks Commission:
The Proctor Building is a small-scale, flat-roofed three-story commercial building dating from 1897, faced with yellow terra cotta molded in high relief sculptural forms inspired by Spanish Renaissance architecture. The overall design is unusually bold and elaborate for a commercial structure and is intact and in excellent condition above the first story. The building covers the entire 998 square foot parcel, a roughly triangular-shaped lot which measures 62 feet along Bedford Street, 29 feet along Kingston and 55 feet along the northeast party wall.
The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré near Quebec City, 1994, Kodachrome. Wikipedia page for this basilica.
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April 12, 2022
Four From Nineteen-Ninety-Four
A man seen wearing a condom vest in NYC when I was there for the Gay Games in 1994; Kodachrome.
Manhattan Mall (formerly Gimbels) in 1994; Kodachrome.
Le Château Frontenac in Quebec; Kodachrome, 1994.
The Charles River under ice; Kodachrome, 1994.
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March 17, 2022
Four More On Ilford XP2 Super 400
These were shot with Ilford XP2 Super 400 film in January or February 2022.
Putting new gas lines under West Drive.
The Church of St Paul in The Desert in Palm Springs.
Mt San Gorgonio and DHS High School.
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March 16, 2022
Four On Ilford XP2 Super 400 Film
These were shot with Ilford XP2 Super 400 film in January 2022.
The Plaza Theater sign in Palm Springs.
768 N. Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs.
"Forever Marilyn" on Museum Way.
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March 15, 2022
Four E6 Slides
The Dead River in Maine, 1986.
In the Frog Pond on Boston Common. Agfachrome, 1983.
Louis Sullivan Exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1987.
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March 14, 2022
Again, Four More Slides
1986, but I don't recognize the location.
Traveler's Insurance in Hartford, 1990. The artwork is on the grounds of a museum.
Quincy Market and Custom House Tower in Boston. Agfachrome, 1983.
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March 13, 2022
Four From The Mid-80s
The Federal Reserve Bank building in Boston, 1986.
The Charles Engelhard Court in the New York Metropolitan museum of Art, 1986.
Coit Tower, 1985.
