Dr. F.
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Photographer/Adjunct Professor |
| Location | DC, United States |
| Introduction | I have been a professional photographer in DC for over thirty years, and for the past several years, an adjunct college professor as well. I teach courses in photography, photo history, and film appreciation. I have always been opinionated, yet I have always tended to cede the soapbox to those with a greater compulsion to use it. That said, I was reading Esther Iverem's excellent new book on Black people in film called "We Gotta Have It" in which she says something to the effect that we all have just as much a right to our own voice as anyone and maybe more, and it really resonated with me. It is in part to help me hone my voice that I have started this blog. The other part is to have a place where I can share some of my photos and get some honest feedback about them. As an artist, I've always sort of acted in a vacuum, but I've come to realize, belatedly, the importance of getting feedback regarding my work. |
| Interests | Photography, Movies, Reading, Kayaking, Exercise Walking, Computers, Teaching, Painting, Football, Travelling, Vegetarianism, Micro-Brew Beers, Quality Pizza, My iPod, Live Music, Live Theater, Art Museums & Galleries, Museums in general, Starbucks Coffee, Quality TV, NetFlix, NPR, crossword puzzles, and The Washington Post. These are a few of my interests aside from my family which is foremost. Aside from the first two there is no order of priority to this list. |
| Favorite Movies | Black Orpheus, West Side Story, Hair, Frida, are solid top tens. I see 100-200 movies each year so I have numerous favorites as well as favorite directors and cinematographers. |
| Favorite Music | Favorite rocker: Jimi Hendrix, of course, Favorite female vocalist: Jill Scott, favorite male vocalist: probably Jackie Wilson, favorite male group: The Temptations, favorite female group: the Shirelles, favorite jam bands: Parliament/Funkadelic, War, and Mandrill, favorite jazz artist: Lee Morgan, closest thing to a hip-hop artist I can claim as a favorite: Erykah Badu. |
| Favorite Books | "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, "The World According to Garp" by John Irving, "Cane" by Jean Toomer, [all 15 DC novels] by George P. Pelecanos, "It" and "The Stand" by Stephen King, "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury |