This Week in Photography: Portfolios from the LACP Review

    My grandfather was a criminal. (Step-grandfather, actually.)     Grandpa Sam, (as he liked to be called,) came into our lives when I was about ten, since my actual grandfather died of cancer when I was three. He was a larger-than-life character, Grandpa Sam, like a mini-Trump, as the dude couldn’t have been […]

The Best Work I Saw at the LACP Exposure Portfolio Review

  Almost everything I write is available for free on the internet. There are a few exceptions, though. I’ve written essays for two of Alejandro Cartagena’s recent books, the companions: “Santa Barbara Return Jobs to US,” and “Santa Barbara Shame on US.” These are limited-edition, fine art books in which the photography was obviously the […]

The Best Work I Saw at the LACP Portfolio Review, Part 2

  I haven’t written a Trump column in months. I was going on about him weekly, for quite some time, so I decided to take a break. It seemed healthy, as this is not, in fact, a politics blog. Rather, aPE is about photography, so I decided that #247Trump was not appropriate. But it’s been […]

The Best Work I Saw at the LACP Portfolio Review Part 1

  Hollywood is hip these days. It’s always been popular as an idea, of course. As “Hollywood.” But I’m talking about the actual part of Los Angeles; one section of the many that stitch together the Megalopolis. In that respect, Hollywood is just the North-Central part of LA where Hollywood Boulevard sits just above Sunset […]

This Week in Photography: Vanishing Points

      Last Friday, I took the day off.     Normally, I tell you ahead of time, (and plan a proper get-away,) to help rejuvenate my creativity. It’s a solid trick, and normally works well, but this time was different. Rather than taking an actual vacation, I used the week-off to deal with […]