Jeans
Michelle’s jeans. Manchester By The Sea, Massachusettes. We are gathered for a family wedding tomorrow. Relaxed attire today, dress up tomorrow.#jeans
Year: 2015
The Last Days of Summer
Last days of summer. Warm water and spectacular weather always marks the now subtle change from summer to just a twinge of fall air. Wind direction is the big topic here in the outer banks. An offshore breeze and it’s time to surf and an onshore wind kills the shape of the waves and is …
Sipho Mpongo – Born Free
Sipho Mpongo Born Free The ‘Born Frees’ make up about 40 percent of the population, and the critics among older South Africans contend that they are apathetic and apolitical, unaware of the history of the struggle that made their lives better. Will they allow themselves to be defined by the scars of apartheid, or will …
The last fiction/fantasy picture
This is the last of my series of three fiction/fantasy pictures I am posting on Instagram Actually it was the first one I ever made. Shot about three years ago on my rooftop in New York as part of a Magnum Nudes portfolio originally sold at a Christies art auction in Paris. It is still …
Masks
Masks intrigue all of us. This one from Venice, Italy. Every culture has masks and I have a small collection from various cultures around the world. This photograph continues my non documentary fantasy/fiction series. I am in the “playing” stages of both shooting and choosing. Oftentimes I start a project and then drop it or …
Final reflections
Day 10: Final reflections on the week. Omak Lake, Colville Indian Reservation. @itomhyde for @burndiary #photodiary #wildfire #okanogancomplex #climatechange
Influences
While I have earned my living as a straight documentary photographer, I was influenced as a young boy by fiction writers. Even on documentary shoots for National Geographic I would read fiction to get a real feel for a culture. Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabelle Allende and Carlos Fuentes shaped my psyche for Central and …