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Travel Porn
An elderly German tour guide once said to me, “You know, Cairo wouldn’t be Cairo without the flies,” and she flashed a smile as she remembered years of traipsing through its back streets, and sailing up and down the Nile …
Posted in News, Photos, Thailand, Travel
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Succulent Danger
Much like certain Chinese officials who have a penchant for tiger bits and shark fins, I’ve always liked to eat things that could kill or harm me – provided they’re not endangered, of course. Like sea urchins. A single step …
Posted in Italy, Photos, Risking it All, Studio Sicilia, Travel
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Risking it All for a Lost Dream
Paradise? Afternoon sun falls over a valley as I search for papermakers in Lai Chau province, Vietnam —- I've spent a long time working toward the next step of my life. Spent years of my childhood dreaming of the faraway …
Posted in Photos, Risking it All, Studio Sicilia, Vietnam
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Delectable Travels
Hand tinted Cyanotype Illustration from H is for Hong Kong, 2008 While some of the most interesting people I know are eating their way around the world, I’ve never given food much airtime here. Yet one of the most immediate …
Posted in Art, Cyanotype, H is for Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Photos, Sydney, Thailand, Travel
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The Floating Village
Last week I looked around my room and despaired. Stacks of Cyanotype prints lined my shelves, and 95% of them were worthless. I had 40-50 illustrations for my paper book to complete before mid-December. While it’s not unusual for me …
Posted in Art, Photos, Thailand, Travel
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Behind the Curtain
Chinese operas are a spectacle of light, color, and clashing cymbals, best viewed with a pair of earplugs. The costumes and scenery are sumptuous, the singers’ warbles unearthly, and their painted expressions are heightened for viewers as far as the …
Posted in China, Photos, Travel
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Quirky Heritage
There’s nowhere in the world quite like George Town on Penang Island, Malaysia. As soon as I read about Penang International Print Exhibition 2010, I did what I have rarely done: applied to exhibit in the show. I don’t like …
Posted in Photos, Travel
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Love the One You’re With
Back in my 20s when I was making eyes at every bilingual boy who came into my narrow Midwestern horizons, I couldn’t imagine staying with a man when someone more appealing came along. Since then I’ve stayed with one Man …
Posted in Photos, Sydney, Travel
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21 Essential Links for Independent Artists
Here are some people who have helped me in my quest to be an independent artist. They range from artists to creative entrepreneurs who are shaping possibilities undreamt of 10 years ago thanks to the internet, like: 1. Chris Guillebeau, Creative …
Posted in Art, Artist Opportunities, Books, Cyanotype, Photo, Photos, Studio, Travel
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Walking on Air
Sun and clouds inverted into a Camera Obscura on the Man’s hat Recently I slept inside of a Camera Obscura, and now I can’t stop shooting these curiosities every time I run across them. In these photos the sun and …
Posted in Photos
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