STUDIO NEWS: A pair of limited edition vintage prints from the archives of Tony Ward have been purchased for $5500.00 by a wine connoisseur based in Geneva, Switzerland. Caress. New York, 1997, a vintage gelatin silver print in the size of 16 x 20 recently sold for $3000.00. Surrogate. New York, 1997, was sold for… Continue reading Studio News: Recent Vintage Print Sales
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Bob Shell: No Nudes is Good News
Photography and Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 No Nudes is Good News . As far as the Virginia Dept. of Corrections is concerned, that is. They came out with a new OP (Operating Procedure) a couple years ago, banning all nudity in publications, with no exceptions. The OP bans any depiction (photo, drawing,… Continue reading Bob Shell: No Nudes is Good News
Bob Shell: Political Correctness
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 Political Correctness . I’ve never been a particularly politically correct person. I’ve lived my life my way, caring little for the prevailing winds of intellectual fashion. Today I learned of something that really takes the cake as far as PC nonsense is concerned. We’ve all seen the famous… Continue reading Bob Shell: Political Correctness
Bob Shell: America’s Puritanism
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 America’s Puritanism . “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” — Benjamin Franklin Franklin, along with the others who founded this country, was very smart. He realized that government, any government, would likely… Continue reading Bob Shell: America’s Puritanism
Bob Shell: The Loss of a Fine Photographer
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 THE LOSS OF A FINE PHOTOGRAPHER . When we get older there comes a time when we have to update your address book regularly because friends have died. I’m seventy-rwo now, and I’m having to do this more often than I like. The world of photography lost a… Continue reading Bob Shell: The Loss of a Fine Photographer