Monthly Archives: July 2011

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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Another guy named Dick…er, Richard

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Richard Lund

You may not know his name, but you have seen his style. Another guy who called me Dick. We Dicks get along fine with one another. I see that a news reader got into serious hot water of the name … Continue reading →

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Just the house across the street…

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Richard Lund

Sometimes I shoot pictures of the proverbial “house across the street.” Okay, mostly boring stuff… It happens that a production designer wants a translite photo backing of the house just opposite the “hero” location. This can be at street level … Continue reading →

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