It’s another beautiful day in paradise. Dark, and rainy. It’s one of those days that suggest the beauty of film. F-stop wide open, the darkness and…
My mother used to say that when she was young she wished she had learned to smoke cigarettes. Because she always liked the smell of tobacco…
Philosophy & Reflections
The Wet Side – My Early Career in NYC Darkrooms – By Gerard Exupery
September 24, 2020Working as a photographer’s assistant, especially for fashion photographers, got old fast. The first job I had was for a guy, let’s call him Tasso, who…
This is my friend Jim. Jim was one of those people who understood what it is like to yearn for something big where his talents could…
Philosophy & Reflections
Death in the Camera Store / Learning to See On the Other Side of Fear – By Gerard Exupery
July 20, 2020I am standing with my fingers knitted together, resting on the top of my head. A few feet away, there is a gun pointed at my…
Philosophy & Reflections
The Waitress, the Tarantula, the Body in the Bathtub and Why I Had To Buy My Girlfriend a New Pentax
June 3, 2020The amount of damage was difficult for me to comprehend. The first time, trying to put the debacle into perspective, I thought this must be what…
Philosophy & Reflections
Reflecting on Old Photographs – Nathan’s Famous Since 1916 – By Gerard Exupery
May 6, 2020When I was maybe six years old, my father introduced me to Nathan's. We had dropped off his mother at her what was to me dreary…
Pinball machines; depending on your age, you might know all about them. Once, considered so evil that New York City banned them. Wasted youths (juvenile delinquents)…
