18 March, 2025
Memories of Eden – A One Shot Story
I had forgotten about this picture. Last I thought about it was a couple of years ago when I entered it in a gallery’s call for entry. It placed as honorable mention. The ...
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13 March, 2024
A Roll of Delta 400 and the Walk to ICP
Every other year, Jenny and I visit NYC the week of Thanksgiving. It coincides with the week-long break that the university grants to students and faculty. The trip reminds me...
30 August, 2023
5 Frames with Lomography Metropolis, an OM-2n on the central plains of Kansas – Ruralopolis
The first week of June I made a 3 night, 700 mile trip from my home outside Indianapolis, IN to Wichita, KS. I had images in a curated exhibition at the Midwest Center for Phot...
I took two vacations when I was young. I never recall being disappointed about it, but looking back with a lifetime of experience I realize it was the best my single mother cou...
I was doomscrolling in the digital wasteland of 2023 Twitter and saw a photographer talking about putting together his very first project. He was lamenting how to begin. Most o...
24 February, 2023
The Gratitude Project – By John Pemberton
It’s that time of the year. Joy felt Holiday celebrations are ramping up and resolutions are being planned to contribute to a brighter year ahead. Photographers make resolutio...
3 November, 2022
Farewell to a Friend – Nearly a Whole Roll – By John Pemberton
In 45 years, I can count the number of cameras I have taken meaningful pictures with by using the fingers of two hands. Three of these cameras are still in regular rotation. A...
28 September, 2022
Revisiting Glimpses and Opening a Door – By John Pemberton
Several months ago, one of my first posts on this site was titled “Glimpses at the Conservatory.” It documented the development and near completion of a photography project I h...