Instant Grafitication
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Instant Grafitication

My whole career has been bouncing between the worlds of commerce, fine art and academia, with the commercial work paying most of  the bills, with teaching keeping me engaged, and my fine art feeding my soul. Always had galleries, exhibitions and enough sales to pay for my habit. But my commercial work specialized in black and white, so I was…
September 5, 2016Posted inOdds and Ends, Seattle, Selfies, Uncategorized
No Longer a Member
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No Longer a Member

Does it mean I no longer exist? Featured Member, Mel Curtis Posted on August 8, 2013 Featured Photographer, Mel Curtis Name and business name: Mel Curtis / Mel Curtis Photographs. Hometown: Columbus, Ohio. Current residence: Seattle, Washington. url/phone: www.melcurtis.com / 206.323.1230. Number of years as a photographer: 33 years as a professional. Close to 40 since I first picked up a camera. Family, spouse, significant other, kids, pets,…
July 13, 2016Posted inCelebrations, Odds and Ends, Seattle, Uncategorized
Return to Farmville
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Return to Farmville

Based on request from one of my stock agencies based in London, I went looking through the archives. They wanted more imagery that says, America. I don't really go in search of that type of imagery, but not being particularly busy and looking for distractions of any kind, I went nosing around and ended up back in Farmville, Virginia. A…
June 28, 2016Posted inarchitecture, Odds and Ends, Travels
For What it is Worth
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For What it is Worth

    I am sorta floundering around right now.  Not particularly sure what I want or should be planning for.  Thankfully I still have a few interesting clients, but I have always had trouble with doing personal projects.  I need to have them in a greater context. Not just necessarily for money, but at least for more than my singular…
January 25, 2016Posted inOdds and Ends
Happy New Year
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Happy New Year

It is through my photographs that I am acutely aware of the passage of time. The photographic image fixes a place or moment and time stops. Until the next image alters that truth. Last summer I made an image such as this, and called it the perfect moment. And it was, then. But it was a fleeting moment, ephemeral and…
January 1, 2016Posted inarchitecture, Celebrations, Odds and Ends, Seattle, Uncategorized