Category Archives: prayer and despair

fifteen years ago in japan

Pond, Anrukanji, Japan December, 1994

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Taha Muhammad Ali

Angel. Jodphur, India. 1995. platinum-palladium print.  When Taha Muhammad Ali speaks of poetry and words, to me, he also speaks of photography and vision. His work engulfs me. Buy his book, So What, and read ‘The Falcon’. Where Poetry hides somewhere behind the night of words behind the clouds of hearing, across the dark of [...]

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diwali, a time for light, appreciating dark

Moonrise, Araam Hotel, Jaipur. 1995 Platinum-palladium print, 8×10 in 

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wishing gentleness to Gustav

Deer fence. Near Irkutsk, Siberia. 1995 platinum-palladium print, 8 x 10 in

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moonrise, lake baikal

moonrise, Lake Baikal, Siberia. from series, ‘Prayer and Despair‘ 1995. platinum-palladium print, 8×10 in. My friend Chris Bucklow, in a discussion (What’s in the Dwat) of Phillip Guston’s work, considers the use of rising suns as a symbolization of polarization and dichotomy. Multiple suns, moons, selves; multiplicity. Even Salman Rushdie, in his new book, The Enchantress of [...]

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unmade bed

unmade bed, Mumbai, 1995. platinum-palladium print, 8×10 in.

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coconut

Coconut. Gujerat. India. 1995 platinum-palladium print, 8×10 in

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traveling with mark

wood. sky. near lake baikal. 1995 platinum-palladium print, 8×10 inches. This image was made in one of the most ‘natural’ spots on this planet that I have ever been to. And yet, what I formed my thoughts around is the result of death and decay, and ultimately, rejuvenation. Photographically, this image is not at all [...]

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