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Posters by Rosemary

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Rosemary

I aspire to make “vintage posters” using my photographs. I love looking at real vintage posters. You can easily find them on line or buy books about them. Dover has lots of beautiful books on thirties art.   I made the … Continue reading →

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African Girls

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Rosemary
A Berber girl covers her mouth with her hand

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This is a Bella girl who is a slave of the Touareg. She was part of a wedding celebration we attended in Northern Niger. I caught her expression at the exact right moment. Luck happens. Her face is lovely here. … Continue reading →

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How Others Live 101

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Rosemary
a makeshift cradle in an Indian hut

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Traditional houses in western India, Gujarat and Rajasthan, are small and round with conical straw roofs. The women love color and decoration and have become experts at painting, embroidering, and sewing. They make the beautiful hand embroidered clothing that the … Continue reading →

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The Last of the Black and White

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Rosemary
joss sticks placed before a grave in vietnam

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I shot my last film when I went to China and Viet Nam about 4 years ago. I never thought I’d use a digital camera. I’m not sure now why I felt that way. I guess because I knew nothing … Continue reading →

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Biting the Dust

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Rosemary
cowboy falling from bucking horse

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I like to go to the county fair to shoot the rodeo every year. Here’s one of my shots. With modern cameras and a good place to shoot from, it is easy to get a shot like this. No skill … Continue reading →

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Moscow, Then and Now

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Rosemary
Moscow subway director and her security monitor

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This is what one of my teachers used to call a “drive-by shooting”, meaning that you shoot from the car window. Sometimes when you are on a tour you have no choice. I don’t usually shoot from a window, but … Continue reading →

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Haji Ali Mosque Bombay

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Rosemary
a mosque surrounded by water

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If you’ve ever seen a photograph of this mosque then you’ll know why my friends and I made a special effort to photograph it ourselves. The mosque sits in the waters of the Arabian Sea. There is a causeway to … Continue reading →

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ARCHITECTURE AS STILL LIFE

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Rosemary
an adobe wall from a Spanish mission

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This is Tumacacaori Mission near Tuscon, Arizona. It isn’t easy for me to ‘find the picture’ when the subject is static, a landscape or architecture, for example It was a help to have been here before (almost 20 years ago … Continue reading →

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Tea Time in the Village

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Rosemary
tea being strained into cups in a tea house in India

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I enjoyed drinking tea in India, no matter if it was in a shack like this was. I never got sick. The liquid is boiling, after all. The Indians poured theirs into a saucer to cool it, but I didn’t. … Continue reading →

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Shoot for the Shadows

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Rosemary
a man wearing interesting shoes and his shadow

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Shoot for the shadows was our byword when shooting with black and white film. If you did “shoot for the shadows” you’d have detail in your blacks and you could control your whites with your darkroom developing techniques. But my … Continue reading →

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