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THE ADDENDUM is an occasional blog about cities, culture, books, writing, photography, and painting. Here is where I post my thoughts and reflections, updates about projects I am working on, and other original content.The blog takes its name from small publications that were inserted into books with corrections, additions, and expansions, allowing a book to be updated without reprinting; THE ADDENDUM serves much the same function for this site.
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The Addendum | 2011: Ten Best Images
It’s almost the end of the year again, and with most of my photography is done, it is once again time to look back and pick out the ten best images of the year. “Best” is, of course, a rather … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridges, Digital Photography, Film, G9, Industry, Landscapes, Portland, Railways, Small Towns, Ten Best, Transit, Transportation
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The Addendum | Review: Steam: An Enduring Legacy
Steam: An Enduring Legacy: The Railroad Photographs of Joel Jensen By Joel Jensen. Essays by John Gruber and Scott Lothes, Afterward by Jeff Brouws. W. W. Norton & Company, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110; wwnorton.com; 11.9 x 11.1 … Continue reading
The Addendum | It’s a wrap!
Last friday, my first photography exhibit wrapped up at the City Club of Portland. The exhibit, a preview of a planned larger display next year, was built around my Portland Switching District Project. Now that it’s completed its run, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Digital Photography, Industry, Landscapes, Portland, Railways, Transportation
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The Addendum | Valuing Negativity
Posted in Books, Photography
Tagged Landscapes, Philosophy, Photographic Technique, Railways, Transportation
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The Addendum | Time, Loss, Plowden
went on Iowa Public Radio to talk about steam locomotives, photography, and this latest book. The interview is 49 minutes long, but well worth making time to listen to. It made for a good start to this Monday with my … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, Architecture, Bridges, Center for Railroad Photography & Art, David Plowden, Industry, Landscapes, Railways, Ships, Transportation
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The Addendum | Update: Railfan online photos & story now archived
Old United Railways mainline in Guild’s Lake. Portland, OR, April, 2010. Kodak TMY. Earlier in the year I noted some photos and text published on the Railfan & Railroad web-extra section, “Extra Board.” At the time, these small stories were … Continue reading
The Addendum | Photos on Railfan’s web site
Old United Railways mainline in Guild’s Lake. Portland, OR, April, 2010. Kodak TMY. Back from the Center for Railroad Photography and Art‘s 2010 “Conversations About Photography” conference in Chicagoland, I’ve got a few brief things to catch up on. First, … Continue reading
The Addendum | The Role of Loss
Checking For Obstructions. Portland, OR, March 2010. Kodak TMY. This week, a friend picked up a copy of David Plowden’s retrospective, Vanishing Point, a book I once wrote a Russian-novel length review of here. I’ve come to be a great … Continue reading
The Addendum | Urbanity and intimacy
North Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR, February 2010. Kodak TMY. The sweeping view, the grand vista, the bird’s-eye perspective. These are all classic ways of shooting the city, of trying to capture the greatness on a metropolitan scale. Such perspectives have … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Land Use & Transportation, Photography
Tagged Architecture, History, Landscapes, Portland
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The Addendum | Review: Wild Beauty
Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River Gorge, 1867-1957 By Terry Toedtemeier and John Laursen, Eds. Oregon State University Press, 121 The Valley Library, Corvallis, OR 97331; http://oregonstate.edu/dept/press/; 12.4 x 12 x 1.5 in; hardbound; 360 pages, 9 color, 9 … Continue reading