Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 Photography by Anthony Colagreco, Copyright 2019 . The Digital Era . Many of you reading this came of age in the digital photography era. Most likely you’ve never used, maybe never even seen, a film camera. My girlfriend Marion was like that. The first time I handed her … Read more
. Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #35 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 . Photography by Anthony Colagreco, Copyright 2019 . I have often been asked why I had my office/studio in Radford, VA, not exactly the center of culture.. In the mid 70s, after the near collapse of the US economy (caused by … Read more
Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #34 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 . Wherefore Blog? . A friend who looked at this blog summarized it as “look how smart I am!” That came as something of a shock. Sure, I’m as vain as any other man, but I hadn’t thought I might be … Read more
Video and Text by Rongrong Liu, Copyright 2019 . LIGHT . This video art project is all about light. I started thinking of using light as my main subject when I saw the disco ball installation recently at the Institute of Contemporary Art. What’s most interesting about it is that what I am able … Read more
Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #33 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 . FIGHTING MONSTERS . Friedrich Nietzsche wrote: “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”. I’ve been fighting a monster known as The Commonwealth of Virginia since my life was disrupted in … Read more
