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School’s Out

By gkessel51 | Published December 21, 2011

Thinking about how happy it was to be a kid this time of year, with Christmas arriving and school being out and I ran across this old 35mm film image I shot years ago. It made wonder how long this school had been “out” and were all the kids celebrating Christmas with their kids and [...]

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Man vs Machine

By gkessel51 | Published December 12, 2011

Winter is not quite here but you know this is coming.   The time when we will have to lookout for sliding vehicles and slippery ground, specially when our paths cross like you see in the image. I shot this looking out our condo window and was struck by the simple pattern of “crossed paths”. [...]

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UT College of Pharmacy

By gkessel51 | Published December 4, 2011

This is a view of the atrium lobby space at the new University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy on Madison avenue in downtown Memphis, Tn.  The college was designed by the joint venture of  brg3s and EFTC and built by Inman-EMJ, all of Memphis.  It  creates an open airy volume while providing  visually connected yet private [...]

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UFO

By gkessel51 | Published December 1, 2011

This is one of my last  images shot traditionally with a Shen Hao 4×5 view camera using Fujichrome Velvia 100 transparency film.  The color has not been enhanced in any way.  I carried the original transparency with me to art shows just for proof!  It is a view of the bottom of an old work [...]

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Influences

By gkessel51 | Published December 1, 2011

There are things that influence our view of life every day. Some are bigger than others and some are smaller. Here is a photo of a “small” thing that has a “big” influence on how my day goes. She is a little rascal. Her name is Jazz and she carries a lot of weight for [...]

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Day 1

By gkessel51 | Published November 30, 2011

I have been sort of wandering in my interest and efforts lately.  I need to focus and I am thinking that making myself sit down at this blog everyday may help that.  I have no idea at this point what shape it will take and can only imagine the variety of posts that will show up.  If you intend [...]

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