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This photo is almost five years old and was taken at Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale, AZ. I’d made a whole series of these and a book in black and white but since nature is not usually what I do I didn’t really promote it much (like I said, this was EARLY on). I’ll include a few below, and like I said: I do have a book of “20 Little Dreams” available.

20 Little Dreams (Butterflies)

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A great title, since for portraitists this what we are dealing with. Frank Cordelle’s work collects portraits of females from birth to early 90’s and everywhere in between, in some cases the same person at two different ages. Each photo has a write-up, in most cases from the photographed person.

It’s not for the puritanical since there are underage people in the natural state and the opening photo is a crowning birth, but the material is not suggestive and it’s a beautiful collection that shows bodies and engaging gazes.

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working that is.

I stumbled upon this little gem months ago at Half Price Books and didn’t look at it until yesterday when I was going through some of my collection. It’s a delightful little piece covering the work of Philippe Halsman and his wife who acted as his assistant during the course of his career. This little volume shows some of his pieces he took of famous people in the mid-20th century, including Einstein and Churchill, and includes behind the scenes photos and little notes from him and his wife about the event. I should have known his name; he made the photos with Dali of the cats and water and chair in the air, as well as the skull formed by nude female models.

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