I am not a winter person. As far as I’m concerned, winter is something to be survived, not enjoyed. Where other people go out skiing or sledding or whatever, I’d much rather curl up inside with a good book or blog. So winter is a great opportunity for me to revisit the 12,000 or so shots I took in the last year and find images that I overlooked the first time around, or didn’t have time to process.

Here are a few shots from the inn I stayed at in Chester, Nova Scotia:

I also discovered a folder of images from downtown Guelph last January, and for whatever reason, I considered them all utter failures. Now, however, I like them, so I processed them:

I like how all the images from that gray day are preoccupied with geometry.

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“They say my prints are bad. Darling, they should see my negatives.”*

A few days ago, I discovered that my local gallery has an exhibit of Lisette Model’s work up until Sunday. So I went. This image, “Paris, Sleeping by the Seine,” took my breath away.

* I’ve seen that attributed to Lisette Model but I’m not sure if it’s true. Sounds more like Dorothy Parker to me, if she had made photographs.