Hiroko

Hiroko was a model brought to Paris in the mid 1960s by Pierre Cardin, who considered her his muse. You can find other pictures and a brief account of her in Linda Morand's Diary of a Mod Model. Linda was another model who worked with Cardin.

Public art, Central Square

Public art, Central Square, originally uploaded by madduane.

Hello, down there!

Hello, down there!, originally uploaded by madduane.

Then & Now

9/12/08



6/11/10



These photos were taken with the built-in iSight on my work computer, a year and nine months apart. I know I don't get flattering pictures from that camera, but for my purposes here, 'twill serve.

John

John, originally uploaded by madduane.

This came out nicely. John thinks his beard is a little long, but I think this look works, and I like the expression I captured here.

Beach Grass, Long Island, February 2010

Beach Grass, Long Island, February 2010, originally uploaded by madduane.

This is a bit late getting posted, but here 'tis, one of my more recent photo adventures.

Stromlight Night video

Here's what I've been working on for the last few weeks:



I'm happy with the video itself. I worked really hard on timing, so it's disappointing to me to watch it hang up when it streams. I hope your streaming works better than mine. Part of what makes me love this vid so much is how much it gets from all of my friends and family. So many of these images are references to people who are important in my life.

bubble tea poster

bubble tea poster, originally uploaded by madduane.

Dunny "Mr. Frante"

Dunny "Mr. Frante", originally uploaded by madduane.

My brother brought up these boxes for us to open -- inside are these little dolls with kinda like rabbit ears. They're painted different ways, they're sold as blind stock and meant to be collectible. This one is Karen's, and I photographed it sitting on my brother's dining table. I's about 4 inches high.

New Kitchen #4

New Kitchen #4, originally uploaded by gwanderlyn.

I wrote a song about it. Want to hear it? Here it goes:

Oh, my mommy gots a new kitchen
with lots of counter spaaaaaace
I gues the old one had her bitchin'
that it wasn't a good cookin' place!

NEW KITCHEN!!
NEW KITCHEN!!
My Mommy gots a
NEW KITCHEN!!!

Me as a female Simpsons character

Chinese Whistle & Drum Toy

Chinese Whistle & Drum Toy, originally uploaded by madduane.

fwiw

I posted a new song at macidol. I got this chinese toy whistle that also has a drum and made a song using it as the only sound. I toned it down some in the mix -- added some distortion, left it pretty dry, but darkened the tone some. The toy is designed to be loud & piercing and to stand up to the way little kids treat such things, but I also find it a beautiful object. I will link to photos of it from flicker later.

Bô

Bô, originally uploaded by gertrudramones.

this is the lead singer of Naive New Beaters, who I blogged about below.

One thing that annoys me about this blog template is that it is not quite big enough to show photos at normal size without cutting off the right edge. I'll try to figure out how to fix that soon...

John McCain is so Suave

Jux

More Blue Stars

Gee, that looks kinda cool, let's take a picture of it!

I had to test this whole bin full of pens the other day. I saw potential for some interesting photos in ithe resulting scribbles, so, since I pretty much carry my camera everywhere with me these days, I dragged it out & took a few shots. I've posted four of them at flickr.com: this is the one that's gotten the best response so far.

December 13th storm 9

December 13th storm 9, originally uploaded by mattduanegriffin.

And here I am at home! Next door you can see the neighbor happily blowing the snow away with his little tractory thingie. I can see home and warmth, and the end of a far too long journey home.

December 13th storm 7

December 13th storm 7, originally uploaded by mattduanegriffin.

I realize this is up backwards, but I'm posting it as I'm telling the story, and for me it's forwards! I kinda like doing that Chris Nolan style storytelling, anyway.

So I'm on my own street finally, and I've forgotten that it's freezing cold. I'm jazzed to see that everything is covered with this thick layer of virgin white. I can see that the orange of the street lights is reflecting around everywhere and it's way brighter out than it ever is at night otherwise.