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I'm just here to say goodbye. I've tried every which way to create a new website, blogsite. give up. The Wordpress people either can't or won't help. So, this is it. It's been a nice 12 years. Y'all take care and stay mighty.

No Post Today I’m just here to say goodbye. I’ve tried every which way to create a new website, blogsite. give up. The Wordpress people either can’t or won’t help. So, this is it. It& #821…

It's all the blues to me. I started this day thinking about the things I really like. Some are obvious. Some less so. There's photography. Art. Design. Color. There's baseball. The New York Yankees. F1 Motorsports. Music of all genres. Live music. Recorded music. There is travel. Other countries. Southeast Asia. Hong Kong. China. The American Southwest. Virginia. Even New Orleans....

Can’t Let Go It’s all the blues to me. I started this day thinking about the things I really like. Some are obvious. Some less so. There’s photography. Art. Design. Color. There’s baseball. Th…

And, then it burned to the ground. A side from Spotify buying AEG which owns Jazzfest, other strange things happened. First, neither of my musicians won Grammys. When I realized Musical Miss was competing against Lady Gaga with 95 year old and end stage demented singer Tony Bennett I knew she had no chance. Just as well. Spotify buying Jazzfest means no more fighting for scraps and we can be paid well what we are worth....

Do That and You’ll Lose It And, then it burned to the ground. A side from Spotify buying AEG which owns Jazzfest, other strange things happened. First, neither of my musicians won Grammys. When I realized Musical Miss was co…

Once upon a time in Central City. N ew projects are always exciting. This is one that I've photographed on and off over the last billion decades or so. It's about the end of things. Buildings, cars, places. Just about everything We talk about recycling. We talk about limiting plastics. That whole thing is a ridiculous notion. Have you ever driven across the country?...

The Push and Pull Once upon a time in Central City. N ew projects are always exciting. This is one that I’ve photographed on and off over the last billion decades or so. It’s about the end of things. Bui…

And, it stoned me. S unday. My day of quiet. That's good for you too. All you have to do is look. You don't have to read my babbling. It's a peaceful day. Let's keep it that way.

Another Park, Another Sunday And, it stoned me. S unday. My day of quiet. That’s good for you too. All you have to do is look. You don’t have to read my babbling. It’s a peaceful day. Let’s keep it that…

Not yet. S ometimes, stuff just gets too hard. Tiredness sets in. You wonder just what the hell you were thinking. Here's what I haven't said yet. We are getting ready to return from our longest trip in years. We are returning from Abu Dhabi. I negotiated one show for musical miss. The promoters threw so much money and first class perks at us that I couldn't say no....

How I Got Here Ain’t Exactly Clear Not yet. S ometimes, stuff just gets too hard. Tiredness sets in. You wonder just what the hell you were thinking. Here’s what I haven’t said yet. We are getting ready to return from ou…

Sometimes just the sky... and some trees. O nce, on a walk, I saw these Doctor Suess-like trees. You know, "Green Eggs and Spam," "The Cat in the Hat." Well, maybe. I always thought "The Cat in the Hat" was about Miles Davis. He wore hats most of the time. He certainly was a cat. With a trumpet. He changed music five or six times as he once said to a woman who questioned his reason for being at an awards banquet....

Where Time Stands Still Sometimes just the sky… and some trees. O nce, on a walk, I saw these Doctor Suess-like trees. You know, “Green Eggs and Spam,” “The Cat in the Hat.” Well, maybe. I al…

Contemporary. T here is a group of photographic artists who have seemed to have determined what contemporary fine art photography should look like. It looks something like this picture, but probably more precious in concept and explanation. A friend of mine, a good photographer, has started to make inroads into that world. And, I have to wonder. He makes art that fits into that world....

The Hard Way Contemporary. T here is a group of photographic artists who have seemed to have determined what contemporary fine art photography should look like. It looks something like this picture, but probabl…

Water is wet. T he Oscars. The failing Oscars. We don't watch the, We don't even watch the Grammys and we have a vested interest in them. Two vested interests in fact. Awards shows are dead. But. Will Smith and Chris Rock tried to liven this one up. Insult Jada Pinkett- Smith and Will walked to the stage and slapped Rock....

Standing At The Crossroads Water is wet. T he Oscars. The failing Oscars. We don’t watch the, We don’t even watch the Grammys and we have a vested interest in them. Two vested interests in fact. Awards shows are …

The Monday Mood. A ll Monday. I sort of felt this way. Not exactly blue, but out of sorts. I still don't know why. Perhaps there is just too much going in the world, in New Orleans, in my life. I'm not the only one who feels like this. Even on nice days things turn weird. I don't get it. I suppose that may just be New Orleans....

If I Die The Monday Mood. A ll Monday. I sort of felt this way. Not exactly blue, but out of sorts. I still don’t know why. Perhaps there is just too much going in the world, in New Orleans, in my lif…

Deep and dark. T his isn't my usual style of Monday photograph. No matter. I like this picture and that's good enough. It's probably more about me than I know. It was made at night, which is rare these days. Especially when I'm just using a phone. I suppose I could call it photographer's luck but luck favors the prepared. Being prepared is an interesting point....

Deep, Dark, And Dreamless Deep and dark. T his isn’t my usual style of Monday photograph. No matter. I like this picture and that’s good enough. It’s probably more about me than I know. It was made at nigh…

Now, THIS is a Sunday picture. S omething for Sunday. Something pretty. In pink. These are called by a couple of names. I call them Japonicas. Some call them Japanese Magnolias. Doesn't matter I suppose. Because. No matter what you call them they are pretty and joyful. And, pink. This particular picture suffers from me. Heh. Looking at it here I think I went too far. Or, not. What do you think? This, being Sunday, is a day when I don't write too much. So. Happy Sunday. Stay mighty.

I And I Now, THIS is a Sunday picture. S omething for Sunday. Something pretty. In pink. These are called by a couple of names. I call them Japonicas. Some call them Japanese Magnolias. Doesn’t matte…

Into the heart. S pring. Color. Sometimes it's muted. Mostly it's bright. It livens up a muted scene. It's not quite this purple, but we'll talk about that next door. I tried my best not to read the news, or much news. That proved to be impossible at this time in our history. I am amazed at the corruption and hatred in our government....

Magenta Shadows Into the heart. S pring. Color. Sometimes it’s muted. Mostly it’s bright. It livens up a muted scene. It’s not quite this purple, but we’ll talk about that next door. I trie…

I keep using this path. I try to learn something everyday. Sometimes I don't. Mostly I do. Luckily. I also think that I can read. I also try to read beyond the headline. And, think. Just a little bit. Today I was scrolling through my Facebook feed. I know, I know, that's courting disaster. I came to a story that the local paper published about a hundred year law that banned students from playing music in school....

The Grass Is Blue I keep using this path. I try to learn something everyday. Sometimes I don’t. Mostly I do. Luckily. I also think that I can read. I also try to read beyond the headline. And, think. Just a li…

Gentle. I have a need for solitude, she wrote. That's what this picture is about. Quietness and solitude. And, peace. I'm going on a news diet. I can't keep reading about... everything. That's not true. It's about to be baseball season. I love baseball. The season is so long that the sport becomes a symbolic of life. It's the only sport that is negative....

Silence. Gentle. I have a need for solitude, she wrote. That’s what this picture is about. Quietness and solitude. And, peace. I’m going on a news diet. I can’t keep reading about… e…

Begin Again. T here's lot going on in the world today. Most of it isn't good. But, things can turn on a dime. I had to laugh when Lindsay Graham went on a whining rant and walked out of the supreme court justice confirmation hearings. I also had to smile after reading the the Ukrainians had held the Russian to about the top of their invasion tide....

It Ain’t Over Yet………………………………… 2 Begin Again. T here’s lot going on in the world today. Most of it isn’t good. But, things can turn on a dime. I had to laugh when Lindsay Graham went on a whining rant and walked out of…

It started out as a rose. D o you want to help Ukraine? Then help Poland, specifically Warsaw. They have absorbed almost two million refugees. Their systems are cracking under the weight of so many extra people. Lodging, food , medical and schools are really feeling the strain. One of their leaders said something like,I can turn some away from care for a little while, but I cannot do it for a long time....

Between Here And Gone It started out as a rose. D o you want to help Ukraine? Then help Poland, specifically Warsaw. They have absorbed almost two million refugees. Their systems are cracking under the weight of so many…

Upon arrival. S pring. The first day was yesterday. Winter is over. Sorta. But, there is a change in the quality of light. That's what I'd like to discuss. Light. The thing that makes photography possible. Photography, after all, is either painting or drawing with light depending on what you read. It's Greek. But, it's not all Greek to me. Light is what makes pictures like this one of a little bitty wildflower in the grass possible....

New Day Upon arrival. S pring. The first day was yesterday. Winter is over. Sorta. But, there is a change in the quality of light. That’s what I’d like to discuss. Light. The thing that makes p…

Bright and colorful. T his is without question a Sunday picture. Maybe it's more like an Easter Sunday picture. At any rate, it's a spring picture. It is one of my brightest pictures in a long while. It is layered and experimental. The base layer is the same as the top layer except it's been moved around a bit. It sort of just fell into place....

A Little Sunday Art Bright and colorful. T his is without question a Sunday picture. Maybe it’s more like an Easter Sunday picture. At any rate, it’s a spring picture. It is one of my brightest pictures in…

Everything changes. R ust never sleeps. Nature always seeks stasis. That may be the one thing you need to know. Oh sure, there's the stuff we learn in school and in the world. But, knowing nature always seeks stasis might help us to understand climate change better than we do. Some of the things that I've read are amazing and terribly frightening....

Rust Never Sleeps Everything changes. R ust never sleeps. Nature always seeks stasis. That may be the one thing you need to know. Oh sure, there’s the stuff we learn in school and in the world. But, knowing na…

New growth. F inally. It happened. I actually started making pictures and walking. I think I made four or five for Storyteller. I may have made one that goes into the best of file. It's been awhile. I was starting to worry. I kept telling myself that I would work my way out of the lack of motivation to make images....

About Time New growth. F inally. It happened. I actually started making pictures and walking. I think I made four or five for Storyteller. I may have made one that goes into the best of file. It’s been …

Don't know why. P hotographer's luck. I tell you. That's how this picture came about. I went outside to take the trash out and to water the dogs. I looked up and thought "holy sh*t, look at that moon." Luckily, I had my phone with me. What's lucky about that? I always have my phone with me. I just had to find something to add some context to a giant moon floating around in the night sky....

Really, Super Deluxe, Brand New Don’t know why. P hotographer’s luck. I tell you. That’s how this picture came about. I went outside to take the trash out and to water the dogs. I looked up and thought “ho…

A little sun never hurt anybody. Stay tuned, they say. Stay, tuned indeed. Just when you thought it was safe to go out with no mask, Covid is surging in the UK, many countries in Europe and in China and Hong Kong. All I can say is be patient… dammit. This isn’t going away tomorrow. I can hardly wait until the Ukrainian refugees start getting sick in the close quarters they are forced to travel and live in. All of that said, stay safe and stay mighty. Oh yeah. Technical difficulties here at casa Laskowitz. Sorry about the delay.

Are You Listening? A little sun never hurt anybody. Stay tuned, they say. Stay, tuned indeed. Just when you thought it was safe to go out with no mask, Covid is surging in the UK, many countries in Europe and in Chin…

You won't believe it. S ometimes I have to run errands. I was doing that when I accidentally made this picture. Huh? You may be wondering how anybody could do that. First, it's me. Anything could happen. Here's the story. I was walking to an appointment with my phone in my hand. It opens using facial recognition. I held it near my face in one hand as I was getting ready to pull the mask over my nose....

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Accidental Art You won’t believe it. S ometimes I have to run errands. I was doing that when I accidentally made this picture. Huh? You may be wondering how anybody could do that. First, it’s me. Anyt…

Regurgitation. Y es. I know this picture looks like the other one. The one that felt like the end of the world. But, this one is different. Those trees. You know the ones. They look like something out of The Cat in the Hat. The one the Doctor Seuss created. It could be another kind of cat in the hat. Maybe like Sammy David Jr....

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The Rent Is Always Due Regurgitation. Y es. I know this picture looks like the other one. The one that felt like the end of the world. But, this one is different. Those trees. You know the ones. They look like something …

What was left behind. T his seems like I'm carrying yesterday's post a little bit too far. I'm really not although it could be said that I really just documenting another kind of disaster. At least this one was natural. This is the Lower 9th Ward a few summers after Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the levees just about wiped the Lower 9th Ward off the map....

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Two By Two What was left behind. T his seems like I’m carrying yesterday’s post a little bit too far. I’m really not although it could be said that I really just documenting another kind of …

Is this the end? Y 'all know how I mess around late at night, right? Well. This happened. I didn't do it intentionally. It sort of just came out of me. As Bob Dylan says, I was just the conduit. You know all of the things that have been spinning around in my brain. They are probably about the same as yours....

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The Other Side Of Midnight Is this the end? Y ‘all know how I mess around late at night, right? Well. This happened. I didn’t do it intentionally. It sort of just came out of me. As Bob Dylan says, I was just the…

Colorful in purple, magenta, red and orange. S till looking and experimenting in order to find a path forward. I layered two pictures which is nothing new for me. Then I added some of what I call inscribing that I used on that mostly black and white tree image a few days ago. Some people really like it. A couple people didn't like it at all and suggested that I just work with my "regular" photography....

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Purple Haze Colorful in purple, magenta, red and orange. S till looking and experimenting in order to find a path forward. I layered two pictures which is nothing new for me. Then I added some of what I call i…

Pink flight. S ometimes I get trapped and can't keep some part of the scene out of the picture. That was the issue with this picture. Cropping it square helped. But the building was still in the background. I suppose that I could have replaced the background with something different, but that really isn't my style. Instead I chose to make the final image a little more artistic and turn it into something like a watercolor painting with a lot of imperfections. Getting there took some time. You know, more failure than success. I do think that this one worked. What do you think?

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Birds of Fire Pink flight. S ometimes I get trapped and can’t keep some part of the scene out of the picture. That was the issue with this picture. Cropping it square helped. But the building was still in …

Into the sky. F inding a new and different path is hard. It comes with more failures than successes. They say that's how you learn. If that's true, then I must have learned a lot. I'm not sure I can make the change, especially since this one can't be in little increments. This one has to be a little more wholesale....

http://laskowitzpictures.org/2022/03/09/do-you-hear/

Do You Hear? Into the sky. F inding a new and different path is hard. It comes with more failures than successes. They say that’s how you learn. If that’s true, then I must have learned a lot. I& #82…

Late at night. A photographer friend of mine suggested that I talk to a new stock -- not stock -- agency. I've been far away from that for years. There are too many photographs, too many photographers and not enough return on investment. This agency claims to be different. And their licensing prices are very high. More money for them means more money for photographers....

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Little Tiny Changes Late at night. A photographer friend of mine suggested that I talk to a new stock — not stock — agency. I’ve been far away from that for years. There are too many photographs, too…

Extra special. L ast night it came to me in a fever dream just how much work there is to do. Not just me but for all of us. We know the most pressing items. The pandemic, climate change, inflation, crime, Ukraine, China. There are smaller issues that don't seem so pressing. But, they are. The infrastructure is a really huge topic when you think about it....

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Run The Voodoo Down Extra special. L ast night it came to me in a fever dream just how much work there is to do. Not just me but for all of us. We know the most pressing items. The pandemic, climate change, inflation,…

Wildflowers. A Sunday picture. Something light and frothy to make your day of rest happy and peaceful. No news. No rants. No discussions. Just peace. Give it a chance.

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Beyond The Mirage Wildflowers. A Sunday picture. Something light and frothy to make your day of rest happy and peaceful. No news. No rants. No discussions. Just peace. Give it a chance.

Spring comes to the Lower 9th Ward. A nother test. I wanted to see just how big I can make a horizontal picture. The answer is this big. I imagine that there is a way to adjust the type, but I haven't found it yet. Eventually, I will. Wordpress likes to play hide and seek with tools. Anything that is elegant and simple is destroyed by Automatticians with too much time on their hands....

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Round Here Spring comes to the Lower 9th Ward. A nother test. I wanted to see just how big I can make a horizontal picture. The answer is this big. I imagine that there is a way to adjust the type, but I have…

In the spring. I t's not quite spring yet, but the weather is warming. Nature is starting its march toward the heat and humidity of summer. That's good because it's been a long and cold winter. We've all been through a lot. I've never lived in a time when there were so many big issues occurring at once. History altering issues....

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Just In Time In the spring. I t’s not quite spring yet, but the weather is warming. Nature is starting its march toward the heat and humidity of summer. That’s good because it’s been a long an…

Simplicity. C hange. They say it's the only constant. They are correct. Just look back to March 2020 and you'll see that the world is a very different place.Just about everything has changed. While many people seem to be recovering, most have not. Businesses have either changed the way they work, or they aren't working. The way we relate to each other has changed....

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Changes Simplicity. C hange. They say it’s the only constant. They are correct. Just look back to March 2020 and you’ll see that the world is a very different place.Just about everything has ch…

The orange view. A ll on a Tuesday. It's Mardi Gras. Everywhere else it's just another Tuesday. People go about their workday, not even knowing the hell that's raised in New Orleans. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. Anyway. Here are a bunch of pictures to help you celebrate. Happy Mardi Gras, y'all....

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All On A Tuesday The orange view. A ll on a Tuesday. It’s Mardi Gras. Everywhere else it’s just another Tuesday. People go about their workday, not even knowing the hell that’s raised in New Orlea…

Masked in red beans. L earning. That was a koan one year. Just like simple is this year's koan. I was doing a deep review to find pictures for this and two other projects. After glazing my brain and frosting my eyes, I came to understand why I am not working much and not caring if I do. We've been around these parts for eleven years....

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Time Masked in red beans. L earning. That was a koan one year. Just like simple is this year’s koan. I was doing a deep review to find pictures for this and two other projects. After glazing my br…