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This beautiful life-size pieta is a family memorial in the Asian section of Earthman Cemetery |

I don’t know that I was as much interested at the time in
creating art as I was in simply doing fairly decent documentations of the works
on display. But in thinking about it I do a great deal of photographing other people’s
art from sculpture, to architecture, to graffiti, to manikins in antique
stores. Am I creating art, I am not sure that I am but in interpreting the
works of others through my photography I think may be tilting it just a little
in the direction of art. Frankly, to me it is immaterial. I photograph what I
find interesting with little if any thought of it being art. Which is what I personally
believe that artist do.
Of course, someone forgot to give that same lecture to
Richard Prince (see previous article) and he is millions of dollars richer as a
result.



I wanted to work on what may be my portfolio this October at
Northwest. At the present it is tentatively being called Small Manifestations. I am
looking for artifacts that have been placed on the grave sites that draw a
connection to either the deceased or to those left behind. Truthfully, I am
most interested in objects that have a feeling of poignancy or objects that
have a religious connotation. I have been doing photographs along this theme
for a couple or three years but never really devoted time to it. Now I am.
I haven’t decided exactly how I will present the
photographs, or even for sure the name of the portfolio. That will come as more
work is done. I believe very much in letting the photographs take on their own
life and it is best if I just follow along.
It was a good day.The smell of incense on a soft breeze and the families praying for the deceased and a chance to see the tiny tributes placed lovingly on the tombstones.
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