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Author Archives: James Cockroft
Bumdog Torres – ‘6 Feet Back From Life’
6 Feet Back From Life: A Homeless Man’s Photo Essay On Life During Coronavirus is a collection of Bumdog Torres’ photographs and writings from 2020 and early 2021. Much of the writing and many of the photographs previously appeared on LAist, Medium, and perhaps elsewhere, so you may already be familiar. I became aware of …
Berkley Lake, Denver CO
Our last morning in Denver, on the way out of town, Mom and I stopped by Aunt Patty’s and went for a walk around Berkeley Lake and her neighborhood before heading off to Topeka. And, yes, my (so far) endless Denver coverage continues… Apologies, perhaps, and enjoy!
Wim Wenders – ‘Written in the West Revisited’
I was aware of Wim Wenders thanks to some sort of avant-garde interview thing I only dimly recall: a woman’s voice reciting questions and breathlessly saying “Vim Vindehrrrs” over and over and over, and Wenders replying with some sort of images flashing across the screen and all of it auf deutsch. I think I have …
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Lauren Withrow – ‘Somewhere at the Edge of the World’
Lauren Withrow made the pictures for Somewhere at the Edge of the World out in West Texas, I think, and as a native Texan, I couldn’t resist, and I’m not disappointed.
The Flatiron Hike
I hope you’re not tiring of my Denver trip pictures… If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I took a trip to visit Mom in Arkansas, and she and I drove to Denver to visit Aunt Patty. I spent most of Holga Week 2021 in the Mile High, then had a layover in Topeka, …
Ben P. Ward – ‘I Dream of Dust’
I Dream of Dust is Ben P. Ward‘s exploration of the prairie half of Colorado, that bit of country that most people forget about when they consider the state. It’s not all mountains, as anyone who’s ever driven from, say, Eureka Springs, AR to Denver, as Mom and I did recently, and after growing tired …
