Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS . I’ve made a sort of study of musical instruments from around the world, each with its own unique sound. From India there is the sitar, best known, but also the sarod, sort of an Indian lute, and another stringed instrument called the veena. All … Read more
Photography and Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 A Stitch in Relative Time . What really is photography? I think it is an outgrowth of our inability to revisit moments in time. The old tentmaker wrote: The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on, Nor all thy piety nor wit can lure … Read more
Text by Mikala Mikrut, Copyright 2019 Photography by Tony Ward, Copyright 2019 . RED . You said you liked red. So I started seeing it everywhere: The fabric on my couches, The scratches you made when my chest was bare. You said you liked red. I’ve always loved the drive behind passion, The power … 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