Photography and Writing by A. Cemal Ekin
A. Cemal Ekin
This post is not photography related, feel free to skip it. One would expect good service and support from an establishment like the New York Times, at least I did. What a disappointment. Allow me to bore you with details how the New York Times turns customer service upside down in a horrendous way. I …
This post will have minimal text related to the photographs, that will come later. It is an experiment that relies on your willingness to share your thoughts after viewing the photographs. After all, we share photographs to create a level of commonness in thought. This, I would like to put to test. I have taken …
On Cruise Nights, the Oakland Beach Park in Warwick becomes a gathering place of show cars and people who enjoy viewing them or simply being near the beach. Yesterday, Jan and I decided to visit the place once more. The weather was gorgeous, a gentle breeze from the bay was the icing on the cake. …
The Providence River provides many opportunities for the town and to its residents. There is the Water-Fire, rowing possibilities, walkways, the view it provides, and the new pedestrian bridge. It officially opened on August 9, 2019, and a couple of days ago I went to see it with Jim. (He also wrote about the bridge) …
Published in the Issue #59 with 15 photographs.
I heard, then read about the cutting tens of thousands of trees on Mt. Ida, a.k.a Kaz Dagi as they call it in Turkish. Apparently, the Turkish government allowed a Canadian company to explore for gold on Kaz Dagi. To facilitate the explorations, a huge area was shaved clean to make room for vehicles and …
Things are getting back to normal and I am picking up the camera again. At least when I can find a cool place to photograph, both subject wise and the temperature I mean. Dave’s Supermarket where Jan does the grocery shopping has been a place you are getting to know. It is an inviting place …
We have been expecting Elif and Mina on July 4 around 2:30 PM. And that evening around 11 PM our relatives from North Carolina were expected to arrive. Well, partly the weather and partly due to the Trump’s July 4 show, Elif and Mina arrived around 7:30 PM and the crew from North Carolina did …
I feel lucky that I still see many of my friends going all the way back to our high school years and a few even before that. I have known Alpay since we were freshmen in Adana Boy’s High School. Even then, I was not very active but I remember him running around during the …
All photographs are from our yard, except the last two which are in neighbors’ yards. All taken today. Instead of my narrating the experience, I would like each photograph to tell their own story. And, their names are in the titles that will appear below each when clicked to view larger. I hope you enjoy …
Well, almost summer. If it weren’t for the flowers, we wouldn’t recognize the arrival of the seasons. The weather has been fluctuating a lot lately and gradually settling on warmer days. Being a fair-weather photographer, I pick the days to take a walk or step out to the back yard. If the weather is not …
It seems as if I have known the name Ara Guler all my life, at least from my high school days. He was a well-known photographer going back to the 1950s in my memory. I have never met Ara Guler although I have seen him on several occasions. A scruffy-looking Istanbulite with an eye that …
In the previous post, I presented a photographer, Levon Biss whose special project involved tiny insects that yield gorgeous photographs. I will now go to the other extreme and present the work of John Eaton and his photographs of the medieval cathedrals of England. I first learned about John Eaton and his project when he …
A while back, I wrote a post What Is A Project and followed that with What Is A Commissioned Project. I will visit the idea once more with a couple of examples and introduce two new photographers whose work you will enjoy very much. The second post will bring a very different kind of project, …
I learned about Eudora Welty as the namesake of the old e-mail program I used to use, Eudora. Yes, it was named after her and her story titled Why I Live At The P. O. She wrote short stories and novels about life in the south, especially about Mississipi, her home state. Back in the …
Generally, when we take a photograph there is a single scene, one element; and, that is what we expect to see. There are, however, reasons to combine multiple photographs to produce one, more evocative image. This article was supposed to be a presentation I prepared for the Stony Brook Camera Club but due to an …
Yesterday morning Jim invited me to go down to Jamestown and we left around 10:30 AM. After the rain we had, the morning was a bit chilly and the water was foggy. As we drove over the Jamestown Bridge I could see the fog covering some parts of the vista and towards the end, as …
Andre Kertesz was one of the masters of photography yet he was curiously underappreciated until the near the end of his life. A New York Times article highlights an upcoming exhibit of his work from his window. You will see a mixture of abstracts, surrealist views, and all will have his emotional touch. Read more …
With a brief post, I alerted the subscribed visitors of the pending change to the site appearance and it is already done. I have been using the StudioPress Genesis framework with one of their child themes that essentially provides the external appearance. I wanted to change to a child theme that provided a little more …
In an effort to have a more visual presentation of the content on the site, I will be switching the theme currently in use. Instead of blocking access to the site during the switch, I have decided to do it on the live site. All the content should be available although the presentation may fluctuate …
Sotheby’s, Supermodels and Seduction: 50 Years of Fashion Photography Super models slideshow worth viewing. You may or may not recognize the models and the photographers but their impact in the fashion consciousness is undeniable.
The dying, 59-year-old chimpanzee recognizes and reacts to her longtime friend behavioral biologist Jan van Hoof. Watch how she comforts him by tapping on his neck and shows her pleasure for their last meeting. The book is also available from W. W. Norton & Company.
Now, this is a “project” published in The New York Times. The photographer Bruce Polin created unique works using strangers and an 8 x 10 view camera. Worth viewing it! Read More on NYT. Thank you, Bruce Polin!
Close to 35-40 years ago I used to build model cars. I accumulated a decent collection and one day when I visited the Newport Auto Museum I mentioned that to the owner. He wanted to see them which pleased me quite a lot. The following week or so, I took about 5-6 models and visited …
