Train Snowfall Denmark 1983

Train Snowfall 

Denmark 

1983

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Serendipity can bring us to places we have not planned to travel.

One can always find an excuse not to go when presented with an opportunity. 

When my friend had a break from her internship in surgery  she told me about a great deal on a trip to Denmark. I was with a most wonderful girlfriend (E.P.) so I said I could not travel with my female friend. My friend said "Ask her". Hmm...well that should work out well, I thought. So I asked E.P. if she could keep an eye on my business while I went to Denmark with my friend. 

E.P. looked at me and said  "Yes". She had total trust in my character.

It is hard to built "trust" in any relationship and so easy to break it forever.

Some of my favorite photographs were shot in Denmark, in Copenhagen and surroundings.

This scene is one of them.

Rainbow South Dakota 1962

Rainbow 

South Dakota 

1962

Camera; Ansco

One of the first "decent" photos by this photographer blogger.
I was on a camp bus with other kids.
We all saw the rainbow and demanded the driver stop for a photo opportunity.
Of course "decent" in this case was accomplished by being in the right spot at the right time and having a camera.

Russian Woman selling Items to Indians New Delhi

Russian Woman selling Items to Indians
 New Delhi 

January 1993
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The Iron Curtain had fallen in November 1989

By 1993 the Russian people were traveling in large numbers

Here a Russian woman is selling goods to Indians

Two Beggar Girls New Delhi India 1993

Two Beggar Girls 

New Delhi India 

February 1993

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New Delhi India Two police officers

New Delhi India 

Two Police Officers

c.early 1990s

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India 1994 Woman repairing old jewelry

India 1994 

Woman repairing old jewelry

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I was doing business in Delhi.

In this business shop a woman was repairing Jewelry

I took dozens of photos. The background and subject matter was beautiful to me.

Delhi India, Park

Delhi India

Park

c. 1990s

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Full Frame Original Shot

Nikon F2 Film Camera

Two small sections of the above image

For web these (all three) are converted to as few pixels as possible

accentuating the grain.

The originals which are for sale are huge images of many pixels.

Paris France Looking out across the street from my temp residence

Paris France 

Old architecture

c.1980s

Copenhagen 1983

Copenhagen 1983

Street Scene

1983

Childhood Dangers

Childhood Dangers

c 2003

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Escaping a Polar Bear

The Beauty Children See Better than We... so often.

The Beauty Children See

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c.2003

Boy with Peacock

Cincinnati Zoo

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March 27 2003

Adding this photo (below) now as it is interesting to me. The boy is my son. I saw my purpose in life as guiding him through childhood etc. To have a comfort zone that was expansive yet respecting. To fear what is truly dangerous, to explore what may not be dangerous. This is never easy as he would refuse to believe that he could not catch poisonous copper head snakes...so it was challenging. The other children in this particular photo below are mostly reticent while my son is calm and curious.

Ancient method of Semi Precious Stone Cutting Jaipur India

 Jaipur India

c. 1990s

 Ancient method of semi precious stone cutting

Stick and rope moved by hand powers the grinding wheels of various abrasives as the other hand holds the piece of stone to the grinding wheel.

Festival juggler outside of Delhi India

Festival Juggler

outside of Delhi India

c.1990s

 There are many fun things going on outside of a major city or inside of a village.

Take enough time to explore where few tourists go.

Old Images of Cincinnati presented on the Esquire screen in 2011 with Jerry Springer Hosting

Old Images of Cincinnati and Clifton presented on the Esquire screen in 2011 with Jerry Springer Hosting

 Clifton School

 The Busy Bee

Old Hardware Store

Burnet Woods ?

Street Cars...when Street Cars were Street Cars !

Clifton Fire House (?)

Gag shot of boy with pin about to burst balloon.

 

I have no idea why this was shown....

I would like to finish this series...so a few of Jerry Springer in 1972 and I'm done.

Jerry was, in November 2011, upon seeing this photo (and others but I believe this one in particular)
very pleased, recognizing the woman and finding an example of when smoking cigarettes inside buildings was acceptable.

Photos above  taken in April 1972, autographed November 2011

While posting this series of photos illustrating the rescue of the neighborhood theater, Ihave always had in my mind the project at hand  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/clifton-market-cooperative
I was reminded today that after "Politics" Jerry was on the air for TV news before he went on to...hosting that weird show we won't mention.

The thought had long been in my head and possibly in many heads that our project https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/clifton-market-cooperative could be accelerated if we had more ..something...something like the link below.

From, coincidentally, 2011, this piece http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/05/entertainment/la-et-jerry-lewis-20110805  returned my imagination to what might be possible.


Jerry Lewis...Jerry Springer..a logical stream of thought...?...
My fantasy is that Jerry Springer might do a TV or radio event in Cincinnati for a couple days to raise the funds more efficaciously to get this Clifton Market built and functioning very soon with the help of all of the Cincinnati audience. In theory enough funds could be raised to surpass the present design envisioned for the Clifton Market. There are greater design possibilities to allow Clifton to shine amongst other communities in Cincinnati. Imagination and action are only hindered by lack of "fuel - energy" ($$$$$$)....something of which I am intimately aware.

Jerry Springer singing in Cincinnati 2011

Continued from  http://lens-image.blogspot.com/2015/02/jerry-springer-cincinnati-continued.html
It looked like Jerry was having a great time. I loved it! Note the last image at bottom with the message we need to keep in mind at this time.

Jerry Springer - Cincinnati; Continued

 Going back to the movie made to promote the success of the Esquire theater.
Here Jerry Springer is playing a corrupt politician.
Apparently the big cigar is mandatory :)

The plot then thickens...or sickens.

Does any one remember the plot...or even care?

THIS is what we cared about back then....

Jim Borgman put it to CARTOON and Jerry narrates.

Our community wanted its theater back and we said NO! to Wendy's

Boarded Esquire

We wanted to stop so called progress and we did.

Saving everything is never going to happen.

Jerry Springer and The Esquire Theater (Cincinnati)

Jerry Springer and The Esquire Theater
This link http://www.gaslightproperty.com/esquire-theatres-art-house-jamboree-a-chance-to-show-some-love/  ...

First lets go back to April 1972 when Jerry Springer was but a councilman....famous then for his honesty and transparency (   :) for those who know  ).

http://lens-image.blogspot.com/2015/01/american-sniper-and-jerry-springer.html
On  November 10, 2011 Jerry came back home to Cincinnati to celebrate the 1911 opening of the Esquire because Jerry Springer was very helpful assisting the Clifton community in Cincinnati with rescuing the Esquire Theater.

Someone found out I had the photos on me from 1972 (My business is a stone's throw from the theater). He introduced me to Jerry Springer who was very pleasantly surprised by the photos.
I gave him a few prints and Jerry signed a few prints for me. I will post a few of the prints from 1972 for which I had no space in http://lens-image.blogspot.com/2015/01/american-sniper-and-jerry-springer.html

The celebration was great, at the Esquire Theater.

I did not use flash IIRC because flash is disruptive...therefore Jerry looks a bit wobbly as he graciously met and talked to old friends and new ones. What Jerry did after Cincinnati politics was JUST show business. Inside Jerry Springer is a warm good person.

In the process of saving the Esquire from becoming another fast food joint, one of millions around the world, the saviors of the theater made a mystery movie that was shown upon the rescue of the theater and then on this day of  November 10, 2011.

The above is the opening screen of that movie shown decades later. No flash so it was on slow shutter speed..it says "If you can piece the clues together...you're doing better than we are!!!

Marylin Hyland is shown playing her part in the mystery film; below. Marilyn Hyland is a publicist,

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/clifton-market-cooperative  which reminds me so much of the effort to save The Esquire.

Another frame of the movie

After the movie on the Esquire screen concluded, Jerry played with a band within the Esquire

More photos of Jerry c. 1972, as a young kid councilman will be posted later.

Please support https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/clifton-market-cooperative

Funds are coming in from all over the world and I know this Photo blog is seen in France, Botswana, Egypt, Russia, India, Australia, Israel, Malaysia, Canada,Poland, UK, Germany etc....or so Google tells me....

By the way....my autographed photos of Jerry Springer are NOT for sale....never...ever...hmm...I sure could help the project https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/clifton-market-cooperative  if I did sell them. OK... but anyone interested must negotiate with my guy... in the black eye patch... as seen here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKKHSAE1gIs