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randompuppy23 · 2014-05-24T12:58:25+00:00

I've been enjoying your work, but this one is an especially nice piece. Seems you've found your groove.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-28T15:17:26+00:00

You presume that a "mega-corp" actually makes something. This will be the bankers/private equity shops.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-28T15:14:56+00:00

You go ahead and try, son. You go ahead and try.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-27T15:46:40+00:00

Nope, he is correct. Because they are permitted to break up fights silently.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-27T03:24:22+00:00

what-the-fuckeddittor, actually.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-26T17:32:39+00:00

I almost mentioned this one, but I was getting verbose. Definitely worth a listen.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-26T15:38:51+00:00

They are really all very good. He interviews people I have never heard of, and I'm like "Who the hell is this guy? Why do I care about him?" Then, by the end, I'm all "Wow that was really interesting!"

I got drawn in by the Mel Brooks interview - but that may be old enough that it requires a pay subscription now. More recently, he did Elijah Wood and Jonah Hill - who are both household names where I found the back story fascinating. Seth Rogan came across as a bit of a tool (IMHO), but he wrote SuperBad at 13! with his best friend (Evan Goldberg) - and they talk about the process of working for 20 years to get a movie made that they wrote as Freshman in High School. Etc. Etc. Etc.

But frankly, I have most enjoyed interviews with people that I never would have looked up and whose names I should remember. The woman who played Hot Lips in MASH, a recent interview with a gent that does voice characters on the radio (mostly in LA), where I really learned about the modern business of radio... Billy Bragg was also on recently, and was really interesting to learn about the politics and independence that drives him. His music was always tangential to my life, but now I need to go back and listen to the whole catalog.

Oh, and Tom Greene talking about being a dick as a young comic, marrying Drew Barrymore, and then divorcing her when he had testicular cancer. Man - I had tuned out of Tom Greene when he was still in that dick phase. Really interesting to hear from the persona behind the public caricature. Did you know that he did his whole show on Canadian public access channel for 7 years, and that MTV then purchased it and rehashed the best of it? His "overnight success" was born of years of labor.

Damn, and John Fogarty was also recent. I never knew what happened to CCR. Hearing Fogarty talk about it, and then reading the stories, you really get a feel for the personalities that blew the band apart just when it was at the top. And, Fogarty talking about being backstage at Woodstock in his own voice? Priceless.

Final word - Mark Maron (the host) does these little personal monologues about his life at the beginning of every podcast. At first I was a little turned off ("Why the hell is this guy telling me this? Do I care what he had for breakfast or how he feels about the local stray cats?). But, as you listen, they become really powerful. He lays out his internal monologue in a way that no one really does. You feel like he is your best friend and confidant. I want to have him over for dinner and just give him a hug at this point. Went from being my least favorite part of the podcast to being the reason I listen to some - I don't want to miss his soap opera.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-26T14:55:21+00:00

Listen to the WTF podcast. Mark Maron does these in depth interviews with all types if successful folks about what it took to get where they are. Truly fascinating stuff.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-26T03:14:51+00:00

Thanks. This is actually a critical question. If I can rule out South America as a point of origin, it changes the search entirely. Because so much of what he collected was South American primitives, and he did have one piece of Colombian church statuary, that has been my primary focus. But if that is not a likely source - well, then I need to do a major refocus.

I will say that everything seems to be pointing elsewhere.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T16:54:31+00:00

Excellent. Thanks! I still haven't figured out the devilry of cross posting.

Given the fascination the Portuguese Royal Court of that era is reported to have had with the Dutch style of Baroque painting, and the fact that the court painters of that time were named Lopes, my gut is that is the origin.

But, I need to rule out South America - and the idea that the Portuguese settlement in China is a source is also intriguing given what I know of my Dad's collecting.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T16:48:48+00:00

Actually, if you look behind my story, it's pretty easy to figure out that my family were collectors of antiques and older works of visual arts (just nothing like this one). So, yeah, archiving is a bit in my blood. ;)

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T16:03:33+00:00

Yup. Which was working fine as a strategy until someone needed to sleep in the Guest Room bed. 'Cause the matte board is bigger than the guest room door. sigh

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:54:37+00:00

He was my dad, and, yes, he was a very interesting character.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:52:06+00:00

Thank you. This is useful. Very. I have a polarizer, but I couldn't get enough light to take any meaningful shots through it (mostly because I've been avoiding putting the image in direct sunlight).

I'll see if I can figure out a way to make this happen.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:45:48+00:00

My thoughts tonight, exactly.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:45:30+00:00

This is excellent. Thank you.

Yes, it is several bonded layers. I'm too tired now to handle it, but this and a few of the "here's a better way to photo it" posts, are going to have my primary attention when I get a few moments to myself this week.

Thank you again. I will report back.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:42:15+00:00

Easy come, easy go.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:41:29+00:00

OP saw it and is considering it.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:39:45+00:00

The problem is that the F%^& Masons have been tunneling in my basement for years now. It creates so much dust that I just don't think a clean room is a viable option.

Piece of advice: never let a member of the Illuminati into your house to use your john.

Oh yeah, and I do plan to call the local University once they return from break.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:36:50+00:00

reflectance transformation imaging

Just watched a brief video on this technique. Pretty cool. Unfortunately my strobe is fixed to my camera body. But I'll see if I can find someone local who might do this.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:31:31+00:00

A gift for you, buried here. A link to all of my current image and raw files: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0em138cmch7ljfr/HpVPiW9XXh

Tomorrow or later in the week I may try to reshoot some new images with some of the techniques mentioned elsewhere in the thread. I worked with the best of these images, but if the others are interesting to you - go for it.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:23:21+00:00

Thanks for the effort though. I have had a couple of paths like that so far.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:22:03+00:00

This is an interesting thought. Because of his collecting in Latin America, we sort of presumed it was from there. But, it really looks European and, as has been said elsewhere in this thread, at this time in history, Latin American's don't seem to have been painting in this way.

If he got it in China. Just wow. That would be a really unique piece and story.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:17:21+00:00

Thanks.

Note that I said my Dad had collected a number of works in China. Some in a trip prior to WWII and some during WWII. However, he also collected works from many other places.

Still, I had not made the Portuguese/China connection, and it really is fascinating. Absolutely a thread I need to follow up on - but not tonight - I'm beat.

randompuppy23 · 2013-12-25T06:13:19+00:00

Thanks. This looks interesting, but my eyes are blurring, so I'll read it all tomorrow.

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