"Do you also say 'Froderick'?"
Durham, NC - October, 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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Showing posts with label durham. Show all posts
Sunday, January 31, 2010
The World in Black & White: 1.31.2010
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Monday, January 25, 2010
The World in Black & White: 1.25.2010
"Illuminati"
Durham, NC - October, 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Sepia Scenes #66: "Stunned to Silence"
"This place is spooky, I don't care what you say."
Durham, NC - October 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The World in Black & White: 1.19.2010
"Overarching"
Durham, NC - October, 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The World in Black & White: 1.12.2010
"Everybody Must Get Stoned"
Durham, NC - October, 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Thematic Photographic 82: "2009 - The Year that Was" v.6.0 - Grief and Loss, Domestic Violence Awareness Month and City Plaza
The final quarter and change of 2009 was a tough time for a lot of people. Thematic Photographic's progenitor Carmi lost his father suddenly in September, a blow that staggered him and his family. Around that same time the Mimi, Queen of Memes and Peace Globes was struggling with watching her own father battle the illness that gripped him to the last. I couldn't make a trip to Ontario to visit with the Levy family, much as I would have liked to. But Mimi is (more or less) local, and I spent an afternoon with her at Wesley Long Hospital where I got this shot of an empty waiting room. Loss is an unfortunate part of life as we know it, but as a very wise blogger Akelamalu once wrote, "one's life, no matter how brief, is never wasted if we remember". And so it's in remembrance not only of these two, but of all the others we lost during 2009 that I present this photo.October also brought another kind of remembrance with it, a remembrance of those who struggle with - and sometimes perish in - the grip of domestic violence. If you were reading this blog at pretty much any time during the month of October, you know (if you didn't know before) that October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. You're also doubtless aware of the blog project I've gotten involved in with Maggie Dammit known as Violence UnSilenced. But during October, I was privileged to witness and record a couple of events above and beyond that work. The first was a silent march in downtown Raleigh in memory of Jammie Street, a murdered mother of three who was allegedly shot to death by her estranged boyfriend. As powerful as that event was, however, it had nothing on the play "Speaking Without Tongues" a play by and for survivors produced by the Durham-based Hidden Voices. I was able to document both of these events for you here, and it's fitting to revisit them as part of a "Year in Review" series, because they certainly both impacted me deeply.But not all of the latter days of 2009 were so grim. the Powers That Be of my fair city seem to think that we need strive to be on par with other major urban centers -- specifically New York City. and it's not that I object to urban renewal as a concept, or even that I object to the city's efforts to clean up the city core. I think these are laudable efforts on a lot of levels, most notably in containing urban sprawl. But in the process of "going vertical" I think perhaps the mayor and the city council are taking their eyes off the ball sometimes. Mr. Mayor, distinguished council members, honored guests: I submit to you that there is and ever shall be but one New York City, and it is neither necessary nor advisable to try to create another one here in our hometown. Growth, when it is properly managed, is good. But let's grow the things that make Raleigh what it is, not try to mutate it into something it isn't. Okay, soapbox mode is now off. I've shown you the area of Fayetteville Street where the "old" Civic Center used to be (if anything built 30 years ago can be called "old") and I've recently learned a couple of additional things about it. First, it has a real official name: "City Plaza". I"m going to go out on a limb and speculate that this is an extension of the naming convention that gave us "City Market". And in a recent My World Tuesday I touched on one of the elements of "Winterfest" -- the outdoor skating rink you don't see in this photo. That rink opened on the first night of Winterfest 2009 (December 4) in an "opening ceremony" that culminated with the lighting of this rather substantial Christmas tree. I forget now exactly how tall it is, but I do remember hearing that it held 10,000 lights -- over a mile's worth. I just hope they're the energy efficient LED variety, because I don't even like to think about the amount of electricity required to keep that outdoor rink frozen in this climate.
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Saturday, January 02, 2010
The World in Black & White: 1.2.2010
"American Gothic"
Durham, NC - October, 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
TTL #12: "Sanctuary"
"Silent Night"
Durham, NC - October 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Shutterday #56: Theme 148 - "Santa and/or Jesus"
"Best Selling Author"
Durham, NC - October 2009 (Click to embiggen)
Next week's theme: "The Horror, The Horror" (Worst of 2009)
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Thematic Photographic 79: "Elsewhere" v.6.0 - Definitely Somewhere Else
Durham is close enough to Raleigh that it almost doesn't even qualify as "Elsewhere". But even if it were in my back yard duke Chapel would still be "somewhere else". For starters, it's big enough to be "elsewhere" all by itself. But size notwithstanding, you cannot look upon this place without being transported (okay. maybe you can, but I can't.) Maybe that qualifies it more for "Something Else" than "Somewhere Else", but I'm counting it.
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Image is Everything #12: Nave
"Saint Somebody"
Durham, NC - October 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Two Stops Under #5: "Stone Railing"
"Duke Chapel"
Durham, NC - October 2009 (Click to Embiggen)
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
Two Stops Under #4: "Speaking Without Tongues"
"Kate"
Durham, NC - October 2009 (Click to Embiggen)
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Two Stops Under #3: "Gothic"
"Gotta be haunted"
Durham, NC - October 2009 (Click to Embiggen)
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Wordless Wednesday #137: Multi Level Marketing
"If I Have To Explain, You Wouldn't Understand"
Durham, NC - October 2009 (Click to embiggen)
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