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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,…
My Last Portrait of John
The last portrait I made of John was at his gallery on the 27th of December 2015. I forget why I was there or what possessed me to take this photo of him, but it wasn't out of character to make pictures on the fly. Because I can I guess. I was to see him in a few days for…
What Would I Say to My Younger Self?
What would I say to my younger self? The youthful me image was taken in Athens, Ohio in the Fall of 1982 when I was a grad student. the older me image was last week (by Connie Wellnitz) at Google in Fremont. I would probably tell my younger self to relax…enjoy the ride. It is nothing like you think it is…
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30 April 2013 A walk on the Quad
The cherry blossoms are in full bloom and it was a beautiful day in Seattle land. It is spring break and the students are gone. but who could tell with all the people. I never saw many camers pointed up in the trees.
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Have you Recently Retired?
I went to the IMA at the University of Washington recently to renew my gym membership. The young woman at the desk took my ID, swiped it and pondered her computer monitor for a moment. She then walked over to another person at the desk and asked him a question, he plugged some numbers in his computer and they chatted…
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Renewal
Finally the basement renovation is done and I am moved back in. Now begins the fun part of once and for all reorganizing stuff.
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…
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Home, Sweet Home
I should clarify about the housing here. My first home did cost $92k in 1994 and I sold it for $200k in 2001. Probably would sell for maybe as much $300k today. The $700 is the average price of homes in this area now. My first home was a co op in an old building built in the 1920's. A…