Tuesday, December 20, 2011

The Dictators

These are the three main specification handbooks that dictate how I design anything at work. There are about three more state specific and a few other federal code books that I follow, but for the most part, I just use what I have named:

Mussolini



Hitler



Stalin

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Words I

While reading my Great Grandmother's journals, I was struck with a bit of inspiration for a new photo project: Words.

When I read the passage when my Great Grandfather Died, something clicked. To see the woman's pain over the loss with one simple phrase, "So much has happened. I can't write it." gave me a new understanding of just how much words shape us. Out of respect, I will not take any pictures of the things that hurt her. I will however post up some of the more interesting tid-bits containing history.

Wrought on this page is when president Kennedy was shot:


Without using her diaries as a sole source, I wanted to use many examples of how words change things, and while I was at it, I played with different styles.

This is from an old physics book that is describing the 2nd law of motion:


Simple words, offer up a simple moment of relaxation for me here: