Paris idea and Photography Project based on D&G Fall/Winter 2009-2010 Ad Campaign

D&G Ad Campaign for Fall/Winter 2009-2010The following is a repost of a note that I wrote on Facebook. I thought I would share on this blog. This is one of my favorite ad campaigns that I have seen...

Presidents Past, Present and Future - The Rhetoric of a Photograph

There is Rhetoric in image production. Symbolism and iconography play a role in communicating messages. What is important is being able to identify the symbols that are key in interpreting an image. These...

Taking Pictures of Stars

A few months ago, I wrote this with regard to the Orionids Meteor Shower. Thought it would be good to repost it here. Last night provided a great opportunity to review some of the basics in photographic...

About Fred Pirone

I am a man of many hats. I am a lawyer, archaeologist, and a photographic artist. Currently, I am working on finishing my Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology at the University of South Florida and work as...

A Woman Pope

The following is text written by the Dominican, Jean de Mailly, in his chronicle of Metz, Chronica Universalis Mettensis, written in the early 13th century. I have pasted the text in part for your reading....

Xanadu

In Xanadu I thus decree a new genesis for all to see, and in my garden I shall erect a temple dedicated to me. In the temple I shall place the stone of destiny. The walls shall be bare and from the sanctum...