Back on April 15, the Islamic Center of Irving hosted the 2017 Candidate Forum for the local candidates. This year, Irving citizens get to choose a new mayor—Beth Van Duyne, who hasn’t really been the best friend of her Muslim constituency, decided not to run again, thankfully, and will soon be up in Washington, helping …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
Lomography F²/400: first roll
You probably already know the story: back in 2010, Lomography “bought the last ever Jumbo Roll of original 400 ASA film from some renowned Italian filmmakers” and recently pulled it out of cold storage and turned it into ~2000 rolls of Lomography Color Negative F²/400 that sold out within days. If you’re in a hurry, here are …
ignorance will suffice
A reminder for me, first, if perhaps a bit late: As narrated by Abu Huraira, the Prophet, peace be upon him, said إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظَّنَّ، فَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ أَكْذَبُ الْحَدِيثِ، وَلاَ تَجَسَّسُوا، وَلاَ تَحَسَّسُوا، وَلاَ تَبَاغَضُوا، وَكُونُوا إِخْوَانًا Beware of suspicion (about others), as suspicion is the falsest talk, and do not spy upon each other, and …
Thanks for the Memories
After almost 6 years together, I took Hank, my beloved Golf, back to Volkswagon. He got caught up in dieselgate, and, given how much money they offered for him, I couldn’t really refuse, but I’m still sad to see him go.
Everywhere, signs
I photograph to encourage thought, or hope to. I don’t always succeed, but it’s not always up to me, and I’m not really sure, yet, how to direct thought in specific ways. I hope to refine my vision and technique, and learn to make photographs that remind myself and other of the wonders that are all around us. …
Looking at (my) Photographs (2)
So much of my photography is devoid of people. I often explicitly exclude people from photographs, wait for people to exit the frame, move myself and re-frame to crop them out. I’m not sure why, but I think it’s partly (or mostly) due to fear. Whatever it is, of the 20 photographs I selected for …
Looking at (my) Photographs (1)
As mentioned yesterday, before I started looking for my photographic intent, I printed out 20 photographs, and after I found my photographic intent, I looked back at those 20 and made some comments. That exercise is reproduced here, with some additional commentary.