Photographs and articles by A. Cemal Ekin
Articles about photographs captured or converted to monochrome.
The availability of public parks is a great service provided by the state or the cities. Since Rhode Island has a very long shoreline, some parks offer beach access and great scenery. We have been visiting them in good weather to enjoy the breeze and open vistas. Rocky Point State Park What used to be …
I wrote an article titled Better B&W Conversion In Lightroom many years ago and have been using that method since. As I explained, my approach gives more control over the color tones than the standard one-click B&W in Lightroom. And it has served me well. Others may have given it a try and adopted the …
Well, my last post failed. I hoped for some ideas coming from the visitors, narrowing the selection of photographs I presented, but none came. My presentation must have been confusing. Lesson learned. That said, I have continued the process and created the new folio. Several things changed, or new things got added to complete the …
I have created and sold many different folios. I like the small, individual prints as they provide for a more intimate and tactile relationship with the photographs. I got the idea from Brooks Jensen, the editor of the gorgeously printed LensWork Magazine and an excellent photographer. I use ready-made folio covers, and print the title …
The Village Infrared photography can make a place time-travel! The historic Pawtuxet Village is about two miles from our house and some consider it a travel secret. It straddles two cities, Warwick and Cranston, and the Pawtuxet River which runs into the Pawtuxet Cove. The cove has a marina and is surrounded by very nice …
Photography brings people together, and gives them a chance to connect and share their love of photography. That’s how I met Larry, a fellow photographer, through the Greater Lynn Photographic Association. Larry’s photography straddles shapes, forms, and textures, and leans toward abstract photography. I have visited his site many times and enjoyed his work. He …
This is a short story of a few historic photographs of Adana, my hometown. In the late 1960s, I had returned to Adana to work at the newly established Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences. Although I was hired as an assistant, as in teaching assistant, little did I know that my job definition would …
It is not easy to have Covid-19 portraits taken! For an upcoming virtual meeting, I needed a photograph of Jan and me. Although I could have set up something indoors, the camera on the tripod, and take photographs that way, I thought they would be more meaningful if they also conveyed the situation we face. …
Photography is about seeing with the mind’s eye. Our cameras merely record that idea to share it with others. And we all have a different way of seeing. When seeing becomes a profession like that of photojournalists, it becomes another very important tool in their arsenal. Steve Szydlowski is one such photographer, a photojournalist. I …
Reha's most recent book, Mimarlık Fotoğrafı (Architectural Photography) has been in progress for quite a few years and was just recently published. It is an excellent read on the intricacies of this genre of photography with many photographs from his long career.
If you are a regular visitor to this site, you will likely remember that I enjoy looking at vintage photographs. And, photo auctions at different auction houses offer all of us rare opportunities to see them. Many great photographs find their way to various auctions. I have just learned that Heritage Auctions is having a …
Old Photographs from Film Days When we were living in Adana, many ancient historic places were a day trip away. We could go west or east and stop at different places to see the remnants of times long gone. In this article, I would like to take you to a place in the Taurus (Toros) …
Celebrate life together, married for 49 years. Happy anniversary, Jan, my dearest. We have known each other for over half a century and married for almost as long. You left Rhode Island in 1971 with your wedding gown in a bag, slung on your shoulder, and came to be with me in Adana, Turkey. Thank …
I was thinking of a subject to write about when an e-mail alert arrived from Sotheby’s about their upcoming auction. It will close tomorrow, April 3, but you can still view the photographs in the auction. Photo Auctions Display Masters’ Works And what a collection it is! You will see works from well-known masters like …
In the past, I wrote about photo auctions and mentioned a few by Sotheby’s. I enjoy them because I get a chance to see many photographs I couldn’t see otherwise. And, most of them present a different set of works by a diverse group of photographers. Don’t Miss Photo Auctions About a couple of years …
I have scanned many slides, negatives, prints over the years. Since late December 2019, I have been doing it as a project to convert old photographs to digital and, in some ways, relive the memories. The result, I hope will be an archive of family members, gatherings, events as well as many photographs I took …
Do you believe in time machines and time travel? If you have a scanner, you may! They say if you have good eyes, your vision is 20/20. That is, you can see clearly at 20 feet what a person with normal visual acuity sees at 20 feet (6 meters for the metric minded.) This concept …
Mount Ida is Mythologic I heard, then read about the cutting off tens of thousands of trees on Mount Ida, a.k.a Kaz Dagi as they call it in Turkish. Apparently, the Turkish government allowed a Canadian company to explore for gold on Mount Ida, Kaz Dagi. To facilitate the explorations, a huge area was shaved …
John Eaton In the previous post, I presented a photographer, Levon Biss whose special project involved tiny insects that yield gorgeous photographs. I will now go to the other extreme and present the work of John Eaton and his photographs of the medieval cathedrals of England. I first learned about John Eaton and his project …
I learned about Eudora Welty as the namesake of the old e-mail program I used to use, Eudora. Yes, it was named after her and her story titled Why I Live At The P. O. She wrote short stories and novels about life in the South, especially about Mississippi, her home state. Back in the …
Kertesz in The New York Times Andre Kertesz was one of the masters of photography yet he was curiously underappreciated until near the end of his life. A New York Times article highlights an upcoming exhibit of his work from his window. You will see a mixture of abstracts, surrealist views, and all will have …
These Were the Supermodels! Sotheby’s, Supermodels and Seduction: 50 Years of Fashion Photography Supermodels slideshow worth viewing. You may or may not recognize the models and the photographers but their impact on the fashion consciousness is undeniable.
As this photograph zooms in on the details of the lead photograph in the previous one, our attention will get closer to the photographic aspects of the discussion. In the previous post, I tried to establish a backdrop for architectural photography. In this post, we will focus more on photography-specific issues. It is important, however, …
A few days ago, when the weather seemed a tiny bit better, I accompanied Jim to visit Roger Williams Park in Providence. It was hot but not terribly so, and the humidity seemed tolerable, at least initially. The sky had big puffy clouds, and the trees glowed under infrared light. I sought foliage with big …
