Bill Frakes – Agony, Ecstasy

[slidepress gallery=’billfrakes’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Bill Frakes Agony, Ecstasy play this essay I am a photojournalist, a storyteller–the world’s greatest vicarious adolescent profession. The crux of my exploration of athletic competition is the intersection of motion and emotion, the sometimes chance but more often calculated inclusion of art, …

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William Daniels – Faded Tulips

William Daniels Faded Tulips ESSAY CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT I remember seeing images of Kyrgyzstan for the first time on television, in March 2005. There were scenes of excited Asian-looking men rushing toward an imposing Soviet style administration building. They entered the building, vandalizing, even pillaging, all they found. Then, on the roof, a scene of …

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akaky says…

Before I start, I should point out that summer is not usually a particularly silly time here in our happy little burg. It’s true that the kids are all out of school now, save for those who find the modern curriculum of pabulum and political correctness too educationally challenging to qualify for social promotion, and …

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Michael Hagedorn – Facing Dementia

[slidepress gallery=’michaelagedorn_facingdementia’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Michael Hagedorn Facing Dementia – A New Approach play this essay Dementia is a rapidly growing social challenge in almost all societies of the world.  For most of us who are not directly involved, dementia seems to be synonymous with a uniform regression …

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ahh, Paris in spring…

Joseph Koudelka gives a winsome Martin Parr a pat on the back after the Paris portraits session John Gladdy emerges from his Paris hotel executive suite, only to be met by the dreaded Burn paparazzi   Like most photographers, I have a bunch of ideas about half cooked….Only some very few of my many on …

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father by kerry pane

Father by Kerry Payne   I adored you.   Fiery red hair, flashing blue eyes, and a laugh that engaged your every cell. You were electric.   I feared you and your heart that moved from tender to cruel with each drink you took; learning early to tiptoe through eggshells, not knowing when they’d crack, …

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think tank…

sorry i have not been around here for comments etc…nevertheless i HAVE been doing all things Burn …both at LOOK3 and now at my home…the whole Burn staff and a few crashers and hangers-on did manage to get to my house after the three day non-stop marathon that was LOOK3…Burn  officially started off the final …

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