Bloghttp://www.larrydhayden.com/blog/en-US2010-07-30T06:08:47ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Alpine, TXhttp://www.larrydhayden.com/blog/2010/7/25/alpine-tx.htmlLarry D. Hayden2010-07-25T07:34:59ZLeica Leica Travel color documentary flag travelAlpine, TX - July, 2010Flags in the United States, more so than any other place I've ever been, are readily displayed throughout the country, whether it be rural or urban. While walking around Alpine, TX last week this was evident but not surprising. We seem to be a very patriotic country whatever that means in this day and age. 

There were two things that promoted this little exploration of Alpine. I just got a new John Prine album that included Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore, a song he brought out of retirement in concert appearances over the last few years. The other was a scene I saw as I drove down a side street. Any other time it would be likely that I would pass the image by, too busy to actually see it. Since I had nowhere I needed to be, I stopped, walked by the house several times and started making images. It's probably the start of a project but we'll see.

This is an outtake of some of those images. I liked it immediately once I saw it on the light table and decide to invest a few moments scanning it while sheet film is in the fixer. How it fits in an overall scheme of a possible project remains to be seen. I think it's likely it won't fit but I'll have to look at it over time to really determine it's worth.

]]>Final Tallyhttp://www.larrydhayden.com/blog/2010/7/22/final-tally.htmlLarry D. Hayden2010-07-23T04:57:00ZLeica Travel large format travel 

  • 6 Days
  • 2,942 driven miles
  • 4 States
  • 2 National Parks
  • 6 Sheets of film
  • 12 Rolls of film
  • One new friend and lots of new acquaintances
  • More to come

 

]]>Zwelethu Mthethwahttp://www.larrydhayden.com/blog/2010/7/13/zwelethu-mthethwa.htmlLarry D. Hayden2010-07-14T04:21:53ZPhotographers inspiration photographersZwelethu Mthethwa and Okwui Enwezor from Aperture Foundation on VimeoThe World Cup finished on Sunday and there are several blogs posting images from South African photographers. Over at NPR they are featuring a wonderful photographer including a short video of him speaking about the work. I was particularly struck by the fact he wanted his images to be positive and not pessimistic. Worth the few minutes it will take to give it a listen.

]]>Attitudehttp://www.larrydhayden.com/blog/2010/7/4/attitude.htmlLarry D. Hayden2010-07-04T18:46:29ZKentucky Leica Leica color familyLily - Kentucky, 2010My friend Dan says he can distill his photographic life down to 20 or so images. I've been shooting a long time and I could probably say the same thing. The great images just don't happen all that often. But for me this is one of the images that I instantly think will be included in my life's images.]]>James Ravilioushttp://www.larrydhayden.com/blog/2010/7/2/james-ravilious.htmlLarry D. Hayden2010-07-03T02:21:06ZPhotographers photographers story

"In his lifetime, James received little acclaim. Instead, he choose to focus and work close to home, passionately representing a world he loved. A world he knew only too well was rapidly disappearing."

- From a BBC special on James Ravilious

In between honey-dos and work today I found this mentioned over on LUF. I had seen a short version of the video posted above but hadn't seen the long version. Thanks to several people in that thread posting a link I had an enjoyable 30 minutes this afternoon watching the interview and story of an unknown photographer. 

I'm in the UK next week and have some down time a week from Saturday. I'm hopeful I can get to the exhibition and see firsthand what I think will be wonderful and compelling images.

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