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Food, Summer, Travel

Holy Mackerel

July 13, 2023

Some years I get lucky fishing from a kayak off Islesboro Maine. This year was one of those years, no more than a minute after dropping a line I had 3 mackerel! There used to be a lot more when I was a kid but great to see there are some left. We used to

Portraits, Summer, Travel

A Walk with a View

July 13, 2023

This was taken on the southern tip of Islesboro, an island in Penobscot Bay Maine. The area is called Town Beach and faces south towards North Haven and Vinal Haven. The rocks in this area have a flat top with distinct striations that show the north-south movement of glaciers. The picture is of a friend

Europe, Portraits, Travel

Pompidou

November 3, 2022

This is a photo of Ali, the nephew of a long-time friend Feisal. Ali went to art school so we have much in common. This was taken at the Pompidou Center in Malaga Spain from inside the glass door entrance so the lettering is reversed. There’s something about this photo I really like – the

Sea Vista

October 31, 2022

The wide flat Mediterranean sea looking towards Morocco contrasts with the dense city streets of Malaga Spain. A city known for its cuisine, beaches, and nightlife. It’s one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities dating from 770 BC first by the Phoenicians then by Romans, Moors, and Christians. Even though mobbed by British and

Malaga Spain

October 31, 2022

Had the pleasure of visiting Malaga Spain. A beautiful ancient and modern city with many tourists who flood the historic center with its narrow streets. The nightlife often goes till near dawn, both locals and visitors enjoying southern Europe’s passione.

Glass Window Bridge

December 30, 2018

Located on the north end of Eleuthera, Glass Window Bridge is referred to as where the Atlantic meets the Caribbean. The water to the east is a dark blue from the Atlantic and to the west a light blue of the Caribbean. This bridge is also called the ‘narrowest place on earth’ and since the

Amalfi Coast

April 21, 2017

Returning by ferry to the Amalfi coast from the island of Capri in Italy. This always reminds me of the song Tales of Brave Ulysses by the band Cream and the line ‘how his naked ears were tortured’. The myth was that Ulysses needed to be tied to the boat so he wouldn’t jump off

Marrakech wall art with hearts

Marrakech

December 29, 2016

A wall in Marrakech, so many streets and walls in the Medina – a beautiful city with endlessly interesting vignettes.

Moroccan Mule

December 21, 2016

This was taken in Morocco, southeast of Marrakesh near the Atlas Mountains. The way the mule looks out and the web of green grass has a surreal quality to it that I find intriguing and hard to pinpoint why. Mules are an important part of Moroccan life since it’s mostly agrarian in the south. This

Muir Woods

August 21, 2016

This was taken while visiting friends in Mill Valley and my middle son looking at colleges in California. We hiked in the Muir Woods and stopped for some food and something to drink. I don’t know much about California but this seems like a very California image of the water with mint.

Van Gogh

April 20, 2015

This is kind of a weird photo of a woman looking at a guy looking at a Van Gogh painting. It’s in a museum in Paris I think and the Van Gogh painting is right near this guy. I just took two photos side by side so to speak and then combined them. The really

Europe, Portraits, Travel

Barcelona

January 2, 2015

Hopefully, this doesn’t look too spooky, it was during an upbeat, adventurous time, back in Barcelona again. I’d been taking a lot of photos of a friend so had the urge to take one, this in the bathroom of a beautiful vegetarian restaurant right after New Years. Here’s another pic from that time.

Americas

July 26, 2002

Photos of the US and Mexico by Harry Bartlett. From the series Pictur Pomes. Music by Richard Thompson, Treadwell No More.

Europe, Travel, Video

Europa

October 26, 1998

Photography from the 1980s and ’90s of Europe – mostly of Dublin, Barcelona, Madrid, and Lisbon. From the series Pictur Pomes, animated photography with music by Sigur Ros, “Ba Ba”.

Portraits, Travel

Lisbon

August 25, 1993

Lisbon & Sintra Portugal 1993

Portugal

August 9, 1993

This was taken along the Portugal and Spanish border somewhere in the mountains. We stayed in a beautiful Pousada. From what little I understand some of the Pousadas were originally private estates and then taken over by the government, possibly under Communist influences, and turned into public hotels. Anyways I love this photo of the

Volcano Watermelon Wedding Cake

October 25, 1988

A film by Alex Wolfe I helped with back in the 1980s. It’s based on a road trip we took with a car from Auto Driveaway Corp, a company that relocates cars in the US. It was a Pontiac 6000 if I remember correctly that needed to be in El Paso. We ran out of

Rings

July 11, 1988

Not exactly sure where this is from, possibly Lisbon or Madrid. Not looking very expensive but powerful in what they mean, I love photographing rings on displays like this, often on sidewalks from street vendors with the light and gold so bright and shiny and romantic. This was taken while traveling from England to Ireland

Dublin

July 10, 1988

Along the coast, Dublin Port where the ferries land this was taken. After staying up all night with newly met friends playing guitar on the ferry drinking endless Carlsburg beers, the next morning walking onto Ireland for the first time it was quite the beautiful spot and this lad having parked his bicycle and just

London

July 9, 1988

Somewhere in London, a city of classic architecture and statues back in the 1980s. While traveling from city to city down to Morocco I spent my days looking for photos and this one appeared in an odd way, a backlit statue emphasizing the form and adding to a haunting sense of ancient Greece. Though the

Embrace

July 7, 1988

In Lisbon by the Tagus river, I believe… two young lovers in an embrace oblivious to the industrial tankers nearby. Traveling to Lisbon for the first time in the 1980s, I had taken an overnight train from Madrid. It was enchanting indeed with the seven hills. I remember going for drinks with people I met