Ceveland Park Geological Tour

I did not take many photographs on today's Cleveland Park Geological Tour, but the link below should open a slide show of a few I did take. Click on Show Info in the upper right of the slide show to see titles and descriptions.


Cleveland Park Geological Tour - 10/13/12

MLK Memorial

An interview with Bonnie Fisher, the Landscape Architect who designed the Martin Luther King Junior Memorial in Washington D.C. with her husband, Boris Dramov.

Bell Tower Climb

This morning I took the Bell Tower tour at the Washington National Cathedral. I went up all 333 steps. That is the number of steps they say it is, but I am not sure if the fact that the number is 1/2 of the Mark of the Beast has any significance.

Below are links to two set of Photographs. The first set contains photographs in and from the Bell Tower. The second set has other photographs inside and outside the Cathedral. Several of the photographs show the netting that was hung below the ceiling of the Cathedral after the earthquake refecting the light from the stained glass windows. The netting is rather ugly, but it does create a magical affect when the light reflects off of it.

Also remember that every stone in this building was carved by hand.

The Links below should open the photo sets. If you click on the "Show info" link in the upper right after the sets open, you can see information about some of the photographs.

National Cathedral Bell Tower Climb - 9/29/2012


Washington National Cathedral - 9/29/2012

Illustration (The Finest Occupation)

Poetry in Motion by Temujin Doran

Illustration (The Finest Occupation) from Studiocanoe on Vimeo.

Sunset/Moonrise

To mark the impending end of my vacation, below is a link to a set of photos of Sunset and Moonrise tonight from Navy Pier.



Sunset/Moonrise

Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park

Below are several sets of photographs I took today on the Chicago Architecture Foundation's tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings in Oak Park, IL.



Frank Lloyd Wright Residence & Studio

Moore-Dugal Residence

Hills-DeCaro House

Arthur Heurtley House

Laura Gale House

Peter A. Beachy House

Frank Thomas House

Unity Temple

Santa Fe Photographs

Finally, the photographs I took last week in Santa Fe have been posted. There are five sets. Below is one of the photographs, followed by links to all five sets. I have added what information I have to the photographs, and you can see that if you click "Show Info" at the top when the slide show opens.



Architecture - Santa Fe

Loretto Chapel/Miraculous Staircase

San Miguel Church

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

Santa Fe Sculpture

Albuquerque Pictures

Here are three set of photos from Albuquerque.

Old Town Albuquerque	San Felipe de Neri Church
Sculpture @ The Albuquerque Museum

LA Pictures

Below are links to the sets of photographs I took in Los Angeles on Monday.

Los Angeles	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Los Angeles Music Center	Union Station

Leroy Neiman (1921-2012)

A profile video of the artist Leroy Neiman, who passed away earlier this week.

Pacific Coast

A link to a set of photos I took earlier this evening along the Pacific Coast Highway north of Malibu.

Pacific Coast Highway

Artomatic 2012 - The View

Here is a link to a couple photographs from the eleventh floor of the building currently housing Artomatic. The building, on Crystal Drive in Arlington, VA, will be imploded sometime after Artomatic closes.



Artomatic 2012 - The View

Artomatic 2012 - 3D

Another set of photographs from Artomatic 2012.  These are mostly 3 dimensional objects.

Artomatic 2012 - 3D

Artomatic 2012 - 2D

Below is a link to a set of photos from Artomatic. These are all relatively two dimensional works of art. This is not really a representative sample of the art in the show. These are just things I thought were interesting, and would photograph well.


Artomatic 2012 - 2D

The Peep Show

Here is my first set of photos from the 2012 Artomatic. My favorites of the Peep dioramas.


Artomatic 2012 - The Peep Show

Thames Diamond Jubilee River Pagent

For anyone who missed it, here is a three minute montage from today's Jubilee Pageant on the Thames River. If only Canaletto hadn't died almost 250 years ago, he would have been able to paint one amazing picture.

The Real Housewives of Shakespeare

From the Great River Shakespeare Festival,  The Real Housewives of Shakespeare.

The Resolute Desk

This is a marketing video, but it has some very interesting history of the Resolute Desk that now occupies the Oval Office. Who knew that the door on the desk that John John was famously pictured climbing through was originally installed to hide FDR's leg braces.

Best Commencement Speech Ever

Ira Glass' commencement speech at Goucher College in Baltimore.

Happy Birthday Studs

Today would have been Studs Terkel's 100th birthday. Unfortunately Studs only made it to 96, so her is not here to celebrate. Below is a short animated film from NPR's StoryCorps—"The Human Voice"—based on a recording of Studs.

Here is also a longer interview with Studs when he was in his middle 80's, talking about his life and career as an actor, writer and TV/Radio broadcaster. He was a fascinating man.