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Lie Detector Test (NSB)

Many gigabytes of my video, sound, and body data were recorded by artist Paulette Phillips in Room 17 at Atlantic Center for the Arts. Ever the cruel sadist, Paulette forced us to tell lies under threat of high-voltage electronic shock as we were strapped naked to a medieval chair. Do I lie? I lie. A really interesting art project actually, and I was glad to be data harvested.
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Sunset on the Water (Turnbull Bay)

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Cactus and Van (NSB)

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ACA Inside and Out (NSB)

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Composer-musicians, Terri Hron, Sergei Tcherepnin, Cecilia Lopez, and David Kant performed on the open studios night at Atlantic Center for the Arts
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One of My Short Stories Is Favorably Reviewed

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My first actual review of a short story which appeared in the Sonora Review in spring of 2009. This was part of a longer review in The Review Review.
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Madonna and Weeping Willow (NSB)

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Fishing in Turbull Bay (NSB)

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Seth and Barbara (NSB)

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While riding back from the beach I found a woman struggling to get her wheelchair back onto the sidewalk. After we got the chair out of the sand, she allowed me to photograph her with her Brussels Griffon on Faulkner Street.
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More Birds on a Wire (NSB)

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Reflection (NSB)

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Palm Tree (NSB)

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Antonya Nelson Reads at UCF (Orlando)

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The ACA writers got to hear Antonya read from Nothing Right at the University of Central Florida.
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New Smyrna Beach at Sunset

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By the Side of Turbull Bay Road (NSB)

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Armadillo

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Elliott x 7, Muybridge Meets Music (Orlando)

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An in-camera multiple exposure.
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Elliott Sharp Concert (Orlando)

As part of ACA's outreach program, one of the master artists, composer and musician Elliott Sharp, performed in Orlando, at Timicua White House, a private residence which hosts regular jazz concerts.
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South Street (NSB)

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Skate Park (NSB)

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Faulkner Street (NSB)

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Caribbean Idol Singing Contest (NSB)

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For the next couple of weekends, the Dolphin View Restaurant and Bar is featuring a Caribbean Idol singing contest. A nice evening of free Bob Marley and $1 drafts.
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Chevys (NSB)

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Church (NSB)

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Fire Extinguisher (NSB)

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Spikey Plants (NSB)

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Arrow (NSB)

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Dogs (and More Dogs), NSB

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Maytag Man (NSB)

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Halloween Cometh (NSB)

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Car, Sunset (NSB)

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Superhero (NSB)

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Night, Sunset Drive (NSB)

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Pond, Dusk (NSB)

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Indian River (NSB)

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Flags at Sunset (NSB)

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Dog on a Fence (NSB)

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Birds on a Wire (NSB)

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Bird on a Wire (NSB)

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A Tale of Two Businesses (NSB)

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Lawn Jockey (NSB)

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Ode to Backlighting (NSB)

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Community Pool (NSB)

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Sweeping the Driveway (NSB)

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For Sale (NSB)

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It seems like every fifth house is for sale here in New Smyrna Beach.
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Mein Baaden Meinhof

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Coincidentally, I was looking through a catalog raisonée of Gerhard Richter's work on the 32nd anniversary of the biggest events of the German Autumn on October 18, 1977. I am returning to a novel which takes some of its inspiration from the tragic, misplaced angst of the RAF.
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Man and Nature (NSB)

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Laundry (NSB)

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Fence (NSB)

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Stadium (NSB)

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Bike Week (NSB)

Thousands of Harleys descended on Daytona to celebrate Bike Week.
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Car Dealership (New Smyrna Beach)

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Tristan and J.K. (New Smyrna Beach)

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Turnbull Bay (New Smyrna Beach)

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Sunset (Spruce Creek Reserve, New Smyrna Beach)

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Beware of Dogs (New Smyrna Beach)

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By the Beach Where the Living Is Easy (New Smyrna Beach)

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Biking around the streets near ACA, I felt like I'd entered a William Eggleston documentary.
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New Smyrna Beach

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On my first day at Atlantic Center for the Arts, I rode out to the beach with fellow artist Daniel Traub and went for a swim where I lost my sunglasses in the warm, sunset bathed water.
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Food Vendor Trucks (New Smyrna Beach)

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Clouds (Florida)

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Steam (Upper East Side)

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The Kiss (Union Square)

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Irving Kriesberg in His Studio (West Village)

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Me X 4 (West Village)

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Nothing like multiple mirrors in the bathroom!
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Irving Kriesberg's West Village Studio

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Lasagna (The Bronx)

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The last meal at the Locust Restaurant featured a 4-inch high block of lasagna.
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Irving Kriesberg's Palette

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A blurred closeup of Irving Kriesberg's oil paint palette. More about the 90-year old artist, whose work I have been documenting, in future posts.
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A Sad Sight (Port Morris)

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A stray cat drinking from a street puddle on Locust Street.
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More of Industrial Port Morris (Bronx)

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Jazz Dancing (Governors Island)

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The View from Governors Island

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Fall Leaves (Governors Island)

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Wedding Photography (Fulton Ferry)

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Max Is Walking!

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After a couple of weeks of baby steps into our arms, Max is proudly walking everywhere, usually with his arms out in true take-me-to-your-leader zombie fashion
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Port Morris (Bronx)

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Nary a tree grows in Port Morris, this industrial neighborhood of the Bronx near Hunts Point. Here it's all warehouses, autobody, construction, storage, oil refining, and potholed streets.
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Locust Restaurant (Port Morris, the Bronx)

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The prices are cheap and the servings are huge at The Locust in Port Morris, the Bronx. I've been on an intensive 3-week photoshoot, documenting the paintings of Irving Kriesberg in an industrial warehouse. Lunchtime has been truly a pleasure at this most unlikely diner-like restaurant with great, friendly service and a homey atmosphere.
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