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had a chance to spend a bit of time at plum produce in the south end.  what amazing stuff they have from local farms.  really some nice stuff.

heirloom tomatoes

blueberries

carrots

tight shot of greens

beautiful sunflowers

really amazing place.

Cheers, JI

rob finch of the portland Oregonian has a great blog … check it out.  this is the best gas photo yet!

JI

this week end i was able to shoot for niche catour, barbara lynch’s catering company at an amazing wedding reception held at the decordova museum.  this was an amazing tasting menu with seven courses … great food!  i was shooting food and the servers …

menu card

barbara lynch preparing a tomato consomme shot with basil oil.

one of the servers bringing out some of the passed hors d’oeuvres.  i love this shot because it works so well to focus on the food but to show the professionalism of the catering company.

Cheers - JI

last night i had a chance to spend some time at stir in boston and learn a little bit about beef rib eye.  what a night.  aki and alex from “ideas in food” were in town and put on a great show. stir is a demonstration kitchen and cook book library and is part of barbara lynch’s number 9 group.  they have great classes and it’s always fun.

aki and alex at the end of class … having a glass of red after crossing that line (alex only as aki is “with child”)

needless to say it didn’t suck.

here’s a multimedia piece i put together with more photos and a great song by none other than “beef wellington.”

later - JI

the other day was baby time in the office, and two of the cutest were on hand to entertain … solveig and oliver.

solveig keeping her eye on oliver

the little “O” happy as a clam and looking rather cute.

JI

home from the final event … amazing is all i can say.

the projections all week were unreal .. some of the best photos i’ve ever seen, shown as large as i’ve ever seen them.  the tech crew really did a wonderful job.

i went to get some cash at the atm and saw this sign in the storefront … i felt almost violated because of the massive generalization implied by the sign that a scarf can make you a photojournalists,  but i was totally bummed that they wouldn’t open before i left charlottesville since i’ve been looking for an “Antonin Kratochvil” scarf for years, and thought this might be the place to find one.

finally .. about how i feel right now.  hunter in his mom’s arms (callie shell) yawning and simply wishing to fall into a deep sleep with out any scary dreams.

this week has been one hell of a dream … some parts scary, but mostly just a wonderful tour de force with some of the best and brightest photographers this planet has.

Thanks to all - JI

it’s hard to put into word the presence and sense of peace you feel when listening to james nachtwey speak. he as been in it all and created poetry with his photographs. slightly hard of hearing, he leans in to hear questions with a genuine warmth and desire to understand. there is nothing pretentious about him. unassuming and thoughtful, you feel his desire to do the best, to reach for the most impact with every frame, every word.

james nachtwey pays tribute to the standing “O” after his presentation.

james nachtwey and festival co-founder nick nichols outside the Paramont, making their way to nachtwey’s show.

sam abell, just prior to the event which included his talk about “a photographic life.”

mary ellen mark walking through james nachtwey’s show

photographer callie shell with a question for nachtwey … pultizer prize winner renee byer, left, and time photogapher, brooks kraft listen in …

james nachtwey during the book signing at the gallery.

eugene richards and james nachetwey in the same frame with such love and admiration on their faces … the ultimate!

what an amazing week. gene richards was amazingly honest and generous and the rest of the folks i met were out of this world. i’ll be back at LOOK3 for sure.

JI

whew what a long day. met an old friend by chance and enjoyed the day people watching and catching up.

an abandoned warehouse was the scene of last nights presentation of images … what an amazing place. brian plonka’s brothers in arms work is amazing and inspiring … especially since he’s doing it on his own when his paper decided it wasn’t able to back him financially back him. andera bruce’s work with west virginia coal miners really struck a cord with me, and danny wilcox frazier’s driftless project was beautiful to see on the large screen … bought that book yesterday, don’t tell my wife.

an old friend and molly bear …

justin from lecia waiting for the train … so to speak

photo by christoph bangert

here are some photos from the scene …

vince musi being interviewed by john harrington of dc

new friends jason and maria … sweet fro

john harrington interviewing dah = david alan harvey

needless to say it was a late night and it didn’t suck …

wraps up tonight with nachtwey speaking … really looking forward to it, but after a week now

i’m also looking forward to getting home to my wife and the boys.

JI

whew … downtown charlottesville has become the photography mecca of the western world overnight. it’s pretty amazing … everywhere you look you see photographers; ones you don’t know and others who are on the rolls of the worlds greatest. it’s a blast.

earlier today we finished with eugene richards class and edited all our stuff. gene’s wife, janine altongy, brought up some books for us to purchase and she had with her two original edition (1978) dorchester days. whew, i would love to have one of those, but i resisted.

two original edition dorchester days  … in perfect condition!

tonight kicked off with mary ellen mark showing work from her early days as well as stuff she’s shot in the last month. she’s a staunch anti-digital photographer, explaining that she just purchased the last 12 boxes of polaroid 20×24 black and white film for her current project on proms.

mary ellen mark talking with npr’s alex chadwick

as i said, there are a ton of folks here … this is a quick look at those i know and saw …

this is the paramont theater where everything is taking place, and front in center there, in the cream colored jacket and very southern hat, is bill allard saying hello to none other than tipper gore.

gene richards, right, greets visa pour l’image, otherwise know as perpignan, founder jean-francois leroy.

gene and callie shell, a time magazine contract photographer who has been following barack obama for the last two years.  i met callie and her husband vince musi, a national geographic photographer, at the mountain workshops.

gene, right, and his wife talk with actress and photo fan sissy spacek, and charlottesville resident, after mary ellen mark’s talk.

needless today .. there is a lot going on.

JI