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Valerie
Model: Valerie, Downtown Los Angeles, 1989-1990
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One Man Band
One Man Band, Venice, California, USA, 1994
I can no longer remember the name of the One Man Band. In the early 90s, he was a fixture on the boardwalk at Venice Beach and that’s where I first talked to him. He played bass and bass drum with his feet, His right hand was his mike stand, his right arm performed lightning fast cymbal crashes, left hand played sax and left elbow triggered the snare drum (visible behind his right shoulder)…and he had da funk!
He disappeared for a while, then showed up at Bally’s gym in North Hollywood, a LA musician’s hang/workout place. When I asked him about his absence, he told me someone who caught his act on the boardwalk, booked him on the Tonight Show, then gave him a one year nightclub booking in Japan. When he returned, he bought a van and that was where he was living.
My next encounter with the One Man Band was when we we both wound up in the same piano class at LA Valley College. The photo above was in 1994. That was the last time I saw him.
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Nikon N6006 SLR, AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D lens, Kodachrome 64 Professional color transparency film, exposure not recorded, handheld, scanned on Plustek OpticFilm 7600i Ai 35 mm film scanner, LaserSoft Imaging SilverFast 8 scanner software
Cattedrale di Palermo 2
Cattedrale di Palermo 2, Sicily, 4/30/2018
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Nikon D810 DSLR, AF Nikkor 24m f/2.8D, exposure: f/11.0, 1/80 sec, ISO 64, WB: Auto, exposure program: Manual, shutter: Mup mode, Vello Wireless ShutterBoss Timer Remote, Induro Stealth CLT203 carbon fiber tripod, Induro PHQ1 Panhead, capture date and time: 4/30/2018, post processing: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Camera RAW, Photoshop CC 2019
Pescivendolo 2
Pescivendolo 2, Mercato del Capo, Palermo, 4/30/2018
If this fishmonger was in the US, he would be using a band saw, but he is in Sicily so he makes perfect cuts with a very sharp knife.
The sign:
trigly e pomodorini (mullet and cherry tomatoes)
scampi e cernia, (shrimp, prawn and grouper)
nero di seppia (black cuttlefish ink)
sarde e finocchietto (sardines and fennel)
…hungry yet?
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Bottles and Jars
Bottles and Jars – Mercato del Capo, Palermo, Sicily 2018
Whoever set this up this display, is an artist in his own right.
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Nikon D810 DSLR, Nikon AS-F Nikkor 85mm f/1.8G lens, exposure: f/5.0, 1/80 sec., ISO: 800, WB: Auto, exposure program: Aperture Priority, handheld, capture date and time: 4/29/2018, 8:48 am, post processing: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Camera RAW, Photoshop CC 2017.
Tyrrhenian View, Cefalù
Tyrrhenian View, Cefalù, Sicliy, 5/04/2018
When looking at this scene, my first thought were those antique Stereoscope viewers that were the rage of the late 1800s. Stereograph cards with two similar images side by side were inserted into the Stereoscope for a 3D effect, and each image had an arch shaped top. Most of the images on Stereographs were photographs from around the globe, and there I was, far from home, standing in front of two similar arch topped views of the Tyrrhenian Sea side by side!
La Tempesta
La Tempesta (The Storm), Sicily, 5/02/2018
I arrived early at Villa Daphne, an agriturismo outside the town of Alia, Sicily so my room wasn’t ready. While the maids were rushing to clean it, I made this capture of a storm closing in quickly. Half the sky was black, yet I was still in sunshine. Later, I borrowed the title La Tempesta from the painting by the great Italian Renaissance Master Giorgione. Art scholars have been in controversy over the years about why Giorgione named his painting La Tempesta. It’s far more obvious in my photograph above.
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Nikon D810 DSLR, AF Nikkor 24m f/2.8D, exposure: f/9.0, 1/400 sec, ISO 64, WB: Auto, exposure program: Manual, shutter: Mup mode, Vello Wireless ShutterBoss Timer Remote, Induro Stealth CLT203 carbon fiber tripod, Induro PHQ1 Panhead, capture date and time: 5/02/2018, 3:53 pm, post processing: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Camera RAW, Photoshop CC 2017
The Sheep of Ciminna 2
The Sheep of Ciminna 2
From the Belice valley in Sicily, this is one of the most productive Italian sheep. The breed is a triple-cross of the Pinzirita, Comisana and Sarda breeds, and its milk is perfectly suited to cheesemaking, being fatty and full of protein. Many say this breed’s milk is the only milk worth stretching. In fact, the only Italian stretched sheep cheese, Belice Vastedda is made from its milk. Belice is one of the seventeen native Italian sheep breeds listed by the National Association of Pastoralists. It is bred in the provinces of Agrigento, Palermo and Trapani in Sicily.
I knew nothing about this breed of sheep at the time of capture. I simply admired their stately, regal bearing. I had never seen sheep that looked anything like them before. They are truly majestic animals.
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Nikon D810 DSLR, Nikkor AF Zoom-NIKKOR 80-200mm f-2.8D ED, focal length: 200mm, exposure: f/8.0, 1/640 sec., ISO: 400, WB: Auto, exposure program: Aperture Priority, handheld, capture date and time: 5/03/2018, 11:53 pm, post processing: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Camera RAW, Photoshop CC 2017.
Macellaio, Mercato del Capo
Macellaio, Mercato del Capo, Palermo, Sicily
Out of all the butcher’s at Mercato del Capo street market, this one stood out because he was missing 4 digits on his left hand. No wonder he wears a red apron! I wonder if it was an accident or maybe he couldn’t come up with protection money. If he missed a payment, I’ll bet he had the money next month.
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Nikon D810 DSLR, Nikon AS-F Nikkor 85mm f/1.8G lens, exposure: f/6.3, 1/320 sec., ISO: 800, WB: Auto, exposure program: Aperture Priority, handheld, capture date and time: 4/30/2018, 8:28 am, post processing: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Camera RAW, Photoshop CC 2017.
Cefalù on the Sea
Cefalù on the Sea, Sicily, 5/06/2018
Leaving Palermo traveling east along the Tyrrhenian Sea, this was the first pull off with a view of my destination, the city of Cefalù.
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Nikon D810 DSLR, AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D, exposure: f/10.0, 1/250 sec, ISO 64, WB: Auto, exposure program: Manual, shutter: Mup mode, Vello RS-N1II wired remote switch RS, Induro Stealth CLT203 carbon fiber tripod, Induro PHQ1 Panhead, capture date and time: 5/06/2018, 10:05 am, post processing: 32-bit HDR, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Camera RAW, Photoshop CC 2017
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