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The Black Harbor The Black Harbor is an online account of the work, ideas, and inspiration of a tight-nit collective of creatives. Over the years we have created things together, attended school together, fought together, and partied together. We have grown beyond the simplicity of friendship. We are now a family. Our purpose is to celebrates the work of the collective and explore creative work in the world that truly inspires us driving us to be better at what we do. Our hope is that as we document our work, process, lives, and inspiration that you will also be inspired and share your work with us.
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Bill Baird (of Sunset) put out a rad new album this year that is a slight departure from his old stuff. Dig on it
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A playlist created by photographer and artist Eric Carroll relating to his Rayko Photo Center show titled Plato’s Home Movies.
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Your stressed out. You need to chill the fuck out and take this in.
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This album has been doing the trick for me lately. I’m a sucker for anything western and psychedelic.
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Photography
The Collective's Work
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Here are some images from recent travels.  I have been on the road quite a lot at the beginning of this year.  Where ever assignments lead me I try to take time to do some work on my own.  I feel that some of this work has to wi ... Continue reading →
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Here’s a quick stop in to share a recent portrait session.  This is Karina.  She is a friend and a barnstormer. We shot near my houseboat in the Richardson Bay when the tide was out.  When the tide’s out it l ... Continue reading →
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Last spring and spent a month house sitting on Belvedere Island, CA. I was focusing on the editing and scanning of a previous project with an eminent deadline, but didn’t want to stop making photographs while c ... Continue reading →
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These first two images are inspired by the print designs from Hermes scarves.  I love the playfulness of the patterns and the whimsy created by the color and objects. These two handsome beasts were photographed at a l ... Continue reading →
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I was fortunate enough in December to be commissioned to create two images for Report On Business Magazine out of Toronto.  The article is about investing and how our human instincts can sometimes lead us to make poor ... Continue reading →
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This shape could not exist 3 dimensionally.  It is an impossible shape.  The principle is much like MC Escher’s famous staircase. For some time I have been interested in using paper as a medium.  By experiment ... Continue reading →
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         Mr. Wayne Lawrence’s portraits taken at Orchard Beach feel honest.  Depending on where you look and what you are looking at these days, there is at there is an awful lot of artifice out there and I like that ... Continue reading →
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I came across Jake’s work via Looseleaf as a small image on a web page and on a quick glance I thought they were photographs.  My first reaction was that is exactly how I see things and try to photograph landscapes ... Continue reading →
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I remember a while back discovering and really liking the work of Jeff Bark.  Particularly I remember loving his Woodpecker series. I hadn’t looked at Jeff’s work in a while when a friend showed me some w ... Continue reading →
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Andrea Galvani is an Italian artist working in Brooklyn NY.  His work spans several genres including video, drawing and installations.  There is a surreal quality and much of his work immediately raises the questi ... Continue reading →
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I feel lucky to have befriended Christopher Dawson last summer when our paths crossed at Review Santa Fe. Since that time Christoper’s work has been included in shows at the Museum of Contemporary Photograph ... Continue reading →
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Paul Strand is a master.  I am awe struck.