Category Archives: PHOTOGRAPHY

Foggy Morn in Springs

Posted on August 22, 2015 by

THIS AUGUST I’VE BEEN in and out and roundabout and back and forth. I’ve spent more time on the Long Island Expressway, it sometimes seems, than in my much-loved house in Springs (East Hampton), N.Y. And I’ve fallen down the … Continue reading →

Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND, PHOTOGRAPHY | 5 Comments

Quiet as Grand Central Station

Posted on April 25, 2015 by

EVERY NOW AND THEN, I need a photo workshop to help me look at things afresh. In Europe last month, I was so busy chronicling all I saw as straight-up reportage that I rarely took time to be creative with … Continue reading →

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Post-Charlie Paris, Travel Plans for March

Posted on January 20, 2015 by

PARIS IS STILL PARIS, as these atmospheric photos, taken last weekend by my cousin Susan, show. She reported the streets were ‘normale,’ with plenty of shoppers (the semi-annual sales are on) and heavier police presence in the Marais. My month-long, … Continue reading →

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127 Winters Ago in Brooklyn

Posted on January 10, 2015 by

HAPPY NEW YEAR, devoted readers and anyone who may have landed accidentally on my humble six-year-old blog. For my first post of 2015, here’s a small sampling of seasonally appropriate photos from the Brooklyn Historical Society’s online photo database. It’s … Continue reading →

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Exphotographer Snaps Again

Posted on November 4, 2012 by

Photo: Caren Sturmer MY FRIEND CAREN’S username on Instagram, an iPhone photo-sharing app, is ‘exphotographer’ — by which I guess she means she no longer plies the trade for money. But she is still very much a photographer, of whose … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn When It Sizzles

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

BROOKLYN IN JULY… Nobody ever wrote a song about it. It’s hot, yeah. But I’ve found myself here more than usual these past couple of weeks, and with me, my camera (or iPhone, as the case may be) .  

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Blue Christmas

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

HANUKKAH’S WELL AND GOOD, but it was a bit of a blue Christmas in casaCARA-land. As a non-celebrator, Christmas Day is often quiet, but this one was utterly silent and very, very long. I felt empty and flat, kind of … Continue reading →

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