Bruce Gilden critiques photographs

September 26, 2014 by Howard Dale Posted in Uncategorized Leave a comment

Magnum’s Bruce Gilden Delivers a Brutally Honest Critique of Art Photography

I’m not such a fan of Bruce Gilden‘s in your face with camera and flash style. And I’m not sure that I like his pictures much. They seem a bit ‘samey’ to me. However, as I said in an earlier post on Garry Winogrand it may just be that I struggle with street photography in general. I keep trying, but I still “don’t get it”.

I do like Gilden’s style in his critiques though and I find that I pretty much agree with everything he’s saying.

Bruce Gilden — a Brooklyn-born photographer who has won numerous awards and is now part of the Guggenheim Fellowship thanks to his street photography work — recently sat down with VICE to do a little art critique. Although ‘critique’ might be a nice way of putting it.

Gilden’s no-nonsense personality makes for a blunt and honest review of art photographs the likes of which you probably won’t see anywhere else. Fortunately, it’s also extremely educational… and a bit funny.

via Magnum's Bruce Gilden Delivers a Brutally Honest Critique of Art Photography.

A couple of interiors from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

September 26, 2014 by Howard Dale Posted in Black & White, Buildings/Structures Leave a comment

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.

More pictures from my recent trip into the city. This time interiors of the Metropolitan Museum of Arat.

I’m not sure exactly what this gallery is. Looks like something Greek or Roman.

Hudson Valley View

September 26, 2014 by Howard Dale Posted in Landscapes Leave a comment

This was taken from the property adjoining our house – less than one minute away. While our property goes right down to a dock on the lake, our neighbours have large boulders overlooking the lake. I like our view from lake level, but I also appreciate their view from I slightly higher elevation.

Taken with a Pansonic LX-3 in August 2012

Stained glass at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

September 21, 2014 by Howard Dale Posted in Places, Things Leave a comment

For some reason I haven’t been taking many pictures lately so I’ve fallen back on looking over my old pictures, deleting a lot and seeing if I can improve some of them (I usually can) through re-processing. Here are are few taken in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – with Panasonic cameras: the first two with an LX-3 and the third with a ZS-3.

Taken at the large Helmsley Mausoleum. You may remember that Leona Helmsley left $12 million to her dog, Trouble. After Trouble’s death she wanted him to be interred with her at this mausoleam, but NY state laws did not allow it.