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One of the small sanctuaries at the DeGrazia Gallery In The Sun in Tucson, Arizona.

While post-processing the photograph I recalled something I hadn't heard in a long time, Joni Mitchell's Shadows And Light, performed live with The Persuasions (and Lyle Mays on keyboards).

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Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:03:00 -0700 always take the long way home http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/always-take-the-long-way-home http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/always-take-the-long-way-home

(dedicated to an old friend, Tom Barrett, who celebrated the 27th time he turned 30 today.)

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(Photograph © 2010, Paul Pomeroy. Catalina Mountain Range, Oro Valley, AZ. Taken July 11th, 2010.)

 

Accompanying music is Tom Wait's Long Way Home.

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Mon, 17 May 2010 23:26:00 -0700 so far away from here http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/so-far-away-from-here http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/so-far-away-from-here

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Music is by Citizen Cope on The RainWater LP.

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Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:23:00 -0700 smoke (and mirror) http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/smoke-and-mirror http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/smoke-and-mirror

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Bright memories; dark realities; self-reflection; feelings that never quite settle ...

Even now, almost a quarter of a century later, my heart and head can find what seems like a thousand stories in this photograph.

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Music is "Last Song" by the Clogs on their new album, "The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton."

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Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:13:00 -0800 brainiac http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/brainiac-2 http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/brainiac-2

From conception to birth, guess how many neurons are created in a baby's brain per second.

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Image © 2009, Paul Pomeroy. All rights reserved.

It's hard to believe, but on average, every second of every day, for 280 days, the baby's brain increases in size by an additional 4,100 neurons. (At birth a baby's brain has somewhere in the vicinity of 100 billion neurons.)

And how about the connections between all those neurons? The number of connections a neuron makes (i.e., from that neuron to other neurons) varies greatly depending on the type of neuron and its location but a low estimate of the average is 1,000. That means that, again on average, more than 4,100,000 new neuron-to-neuron connections are formed in the developing brain every second, non-stop, for 280 days.

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Music is by Mose Allison on his new The Way Of The World.

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Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:26:00 -0800 Another print: art & aid for Haiti http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/another-print-art-and-aid-for-haiti http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/another-print-art-and-aid-for-haiti

I've added another print to the set. This one will sell for $125 (USD) of which at least $75 will be donated to an aid program for Haiti. This is actually another version of a print already available for $75. The difference here is the print quality and the print type. This print is on Kodak Endura Metallic paper.

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Orange Vase (30x15 inches) on Metallic Paper


It's rather hard to describe what metallic prints look like aside from stunning. Some have suggested they look like "chrome on paper." To my eye they look somewhat more like the photograph reflected in metal that has been given a very expensive paint job. There is a depth and clarity to the image that you can't get with regular paper and the colors are all more vibrant somehow, especially dark jewel-tones. The above image looks spectacular as a metallic print.

How to order the above print

Send a check for $125 (USD) made out to Solorzano Photography along with a note including the name of the photo ("Orange Vase - Metallic"), your name and address and (if different) the name and shipping address you want the print sent to. Please, print clearly so I can read it.

If you'd rather just pick up the print at the Solorzano Photography studio, include a note to that effect along with your phone number and I'll call you as soon as it's ready to pick up.

Send all this to:

Solorzano Photography (Haiti fund)
1608 19th Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301

You can contact me with any questions via email at paul |at| solorzanophotographycom

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Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:25:00 -0800 Help http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/help-1553 http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/help-1553

Without going into details, suffice it to say that I'm in no position financially to help my fellow world citizens in Haiti as much as I want to. And yet I also can't not help.

So here's what I'd like to try. You can buy any of the following prints for $75 and I'll send, at a minimum, $50 of that to whichever established aid group seems most in need and most able to apply as much directly in aid to the people of Haiti.

All of these are 30-inch wide prints of my photography. They're cool. You'll like owning one and you'll feel good about helping out. Of course you could just send $75 to one of the aid organizations yourself (and I'd love it if you did) or even send $50 (which is okay, too), save $25 and stare at your blank walls thinking "I sure wish I had some art to go there ..." but here's an opportunity to both help and acquire some art at a good price.

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#1 ☞ (30x20 inch print)

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#2 ☞ (30x20 inch print)

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#2A ☞ (a 30x15 inch print — same photo as in the previous one but with a 2" border all the way around and no text)

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#3 ☞ (30x20 inch print)


Don't like any of these? Take a look at my work at http://paulpomeroy.blogspot.com and if you find something there you like better, let me know. Not everything there will look fine at large print sizes but if you'll let me know which photo and what size you'd like it I'll let you know if that's possible.

How to order one of the above prints

Send a check for $75 (USD) made out to Solorzano Photography along with a note including the number of the photo (above) that you want to order, your name and address and (if different) the name and shipping address you want the print sent to. Please, print clearly so I can read it.

If you'd rather just pick up the print at the Solorzano Photography studio, include a note to that effect along with your phone number and I'll call you as soon as it's ready to pick up.

Send all this to:

Solorzano Photography (Haiti fund)
1608 19th Street
Bakersfield, CA 93301

 

You can contact me with any questions via email at paul |at| solorzanophotographycom

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Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:09:00 -0800 language arts http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/language-122 http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/language-122

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Image © 2006-2009, Paul Pomeroy. All rights reserved.

(A long-exposure shot taken through the car window while on the way out of Las Vegas.)

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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:14:00 -0800 beyond reason http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/beyond-reason http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/beyond-reason

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Image © 2006-2009, Paul Pomeroy. All rights reserved.

I took this photograph at the FDR Memorial in Washington D.C. back in 2006. It is an artistically rendered close-up of the husband depicted in George Segal's sculpture, "The Rural Couple."

Please scroll down, press the play button on the music player and then scroll back up and click on the photo to display the large version. Both the photograph and song stand on their own but, together, taken as a meditation if you will, they are something else altogether. How they resonate with you and the degree to which they resonate is up to you, of course, but I have no doubt that they will resonate.

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For who knows what reason, the music player for Posterous keeps leaving off the artist's name. The above song, Full Steam, is by David Gray. You can find it on his Draw The Line CD which was released this past September.

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Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:57:00 -0800 a difficult memory http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/with-fond-memories http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/with-fond-memories

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Girls,

I just got back from the vet's a little while ago. My dear Abby fell asleep with her head in my lap to never awaken again. It was painless for her and quick -- very quick. I had hopes of getting through this dry-eyed until I could get home but that was some kind of macho bullshit wish. The tears, like the rain here today, came in swells even before I could get her to the vets.

Abby died with her eyes open, both of them clouded with cataracts. When I laid her head down it was between her two front legs and she looked so much like she was still there, just laying there looking around like I've seen her do a thousand times before. They were kind enough to give me a few minutes alone with her. I just kept petting her and telling her how sorry I was.

At the moment it doesn't matter that it was the right thing to do for her. It just hurts -- terribly.

Dad

Hard to believe it was 4 years ago today. It was one of the hardest things I've done to sit there with her as the vet put her to sleep -- it tore me up inside much more than I expected even though I thought I was expecting the worst.

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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:10:00 -0800 lily http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/lily-247 http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/lily-247

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Image © 2009, Paul Pomeroy. All rights reserved.

What I love most about macro photography is perhaps what is most counter-intuitive about it: by looking more closely we see less and yet by seeing less we end up seeing more.

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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:27:00 -0800 autumn leaf http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/autumn-895 http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/autumn-895

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Make sure you click on the above image to see the large version ...

 

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My granddaughter, Katelyn, enjoying the hospitality (a.k.a. free brownies) at the Surface Gallery in downtown Bakersfield (California) during October's "First Friday" art event.

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Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:17:00 -0700 signs http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/signs-262 http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/signs-262

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My granddaughter Katelyn is quite fond of playing by herself in my room and often leaves me little theatrical settings to ponder. Here on my nightstand, Italo Calvino's Difficult Loves has become a stage, or perhaps a living room conveniently downstairs from the Rangefinder loft ...

I never quite know what I will find or why things have been placed just so and then abandoned, I only know that I will find them. I see these things, love (difficult or not) and abandonment, over and over in her play knowing full well similar things will play out in her life.

Difficult Loves ... I keep thinking about that. I keep thinking that loves are never really easy, they just sometimes feel that way.

 

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:03:00 -0700 3 from the Saving Grace Fund-Raiser for Ricky's Retreat http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/3-from-the-saving-grace-fund-raiser-for-ricky http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/3-from-the-saving-grace-fund-raiser-for-ricky

Seems to me some of these looked a little different when I took them. :-)

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All images © Paul Pomeroy, 2009. All rights reserved.

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Artist’s Statement: This one is rather special to me as it is made from some experiences I shared with my granddaughter, Katelyn. We picked the leaves up while out for a walk to the park one day. The Koi fish were photographed on another outing of ours, this time to CSU Bakersfield. So what you really have here is a recipe for art, I guess:take fall leaves, Koi fish and dark waters; season with wide-eyed wonder and a dash of laughter. Add fond memories and then stir.


Tonight, Tuesday, September 15th, from 6 to 9 p.m., Metro Galleries in downtown Bakersfield (1604 19th Street), California, will be hosting Saving Grace, a fundraising event for Ricky’s Retreat, Bakersfield’s AIDS Project Hospice House and Resource Center. You can read more about Ricky’s Retreat and the Saving Grace event in the following article,“The grassroots effort to save Ricky’s Retreat.” The cost is $30 per person. Please RSVP to Jason Gutierrez at 661-496-9245.
 
The event will include a silent art auction featuring art donated by local artists including Jill Thayer, Barbara Reid, Susan Reep, Liz Sherwyn, Yvonne Cavenagh and also by Metro Galleries. All money raised will go to Ricky’s Retreat.
 
I am donating 8 prints, including the one shown above. The photos are all 6×6 inches in size. They are dated and signed as well as matted for 11×14 frames. I realize that many of you reading this won’t be able to attend. That’s okay. If you’d still like to bid on a photograph, you may do so by contacting Jason Gutierrez at the above number.

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Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:09:00 -0700 fool's gold http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/fools-gold-5 http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/fools-gold-5

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One of the fallacies regarding free market capitalism is that it is, over time, universally productive. However, with enough historical perspective one sees that while it is indeed productive it is driven by consumption and the rate of that consumption will eventually and inevitably turn the whole system into one of large scale destruction. Another flaw in what has been the conventional thinking is the idea that what free market capitalism does for technology and manufactured goods it can do for human services. Human welfare, though, is not a "for profit" service in a way that free market capitalism is able to work with. The problem is that free market capitalism has no regard for morals or ethics -- it is ambivalent in these areas -- so it has no practical means with which to value human life and well being.

One might argue that this is untrue, that it at least values these things as they relate to labor and consumerism, but in practice this isn't the case. There is a more fundamental problem at play here, one that needs to be balanced by morals and ethics but isn't. The valuation cycles that are used to steer the free market capitalism juggernaut happen too quickly to focus on the long term (future) benefits of, for example, health care. Instead, they exaggerate the value of short-term profits which, in turn, creates the current irony we live with: a health care industry that is, for the sake of profit, partly driven by a need to not provide health care.

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Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:48:00 -0700 5 cups http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/5-cups http://paul-pomeroy.posterous.com/5-cups

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If not for its caffeinated rhythm, the following song (by Delbert McClinton) would have nothing to do with five cups of coffee. Then again, if you drink five cups and then listen to it I'm pretty sure you'll be thinking it's the best damn coffee drinking song you've ever heard (except for that other one).

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Image © 1993 & 2009, Paul Pomeroy.

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Same basic technique as yesterday's post except this image was photographed from the back side of the wall.

 

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