Category Archives: Roughness Is Beautiful in Pictures

Richard Lund talks about roughness, making a case for its use in visual expression.

Short highways lead to important places…

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Richard Lund

Well, my cousin said that it was the shortest highway in Minnesota. Well, it was and it wasn’t. But the point is that he was right and that is why I could not find my turn-off from Hwy 10. Here … Continue reading →

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Well, it’s here. Makes taking pictures a new adventure. Really.

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Richard Lund

You may not have any idea what I am talking about. That is okay, because I don’t really have all the facts just yet. But have a look, seriously. (Hint: click within the picture for a choice of focus.) So, … Continue reading →

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Nearly black and white

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Richard Lund

When I started to take pictures for real, I began in black and white. We could shoot, develop our film, print it, mount it, and show it, all with a little help from Kodak’s Tri-X®, some HC-110, fixer, Photoflo®, Polycontrast … Continue reading →

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Money, Money, Moneyball…

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Richard Lund

I still love baseball. The game, not the experience of being a fan necessarily. And the big league ball parks are a world to themselves. Got to visit one recently. Athletics’ home field. Shot a backing for Moneyball, the new … Continue reading →

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Getting ready for what’s next…

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Richard Lund

My friend Paul has often remarked, “I am just getting ready for what comes next.” Good answer. History can be kinder than life at the time. We think back to the cigar chomping, plump guy in the UK who said, … Continue reading →

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The part you didn’t see…much

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Richard Lund

Arguing that “there is a fractal for that” Richard Lund Back in the “we got to try out something new department…” Jim Fenhagen got me involved with a new project way back in the last century. In fact the last … Continue reading →

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Finally, a hotel with style…

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Richard Lund

Most of my time away travelling is spent in pursuit of my objective: making the best pictures I can for my translites. But sometimes I take a detour. For twenty-seven years of my career as a translite photographer, I dragged … Continue reading →

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String theory, a new way to see people…

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Richard Lund

Some ideas take a while to percolate. Guess that is a word that is out of use. Hint: it has something to do with old fashioned coffee makers… So, on this one, I go a ways back. All the way … Continue reading →

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Vintage cities show their roughness in lovely ways…

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Richard Lund

People and buildings may not look much alike, but we can appreciate both for similar reasons: their roughness. Let’s have a look. My travels sometimes take me to interesting places. I look at location photography from a completely self-focused perspective, … Continue reading →

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Making connections…

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Richard Lund

So today I will talk about somebody who knows how to make connections. More about that in a New York minute… Ken Hardy is a regular guy who works hard every day at a job he loves. Of late he … Continue reading →

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