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Sometime in 1994 our Thursday noon lunches at the Railway Club came to an end. It had been going strong for some years. Mutual friends and friends of friends who were in the magazine business would meet to converse over lunch. There were writers, pho...

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In 1974 Rosemary told me that life didn't look to good in our Mexico City. She added that she saw a difficult future for our daughters Alexandra and Hilary. She suggested we move to Canada. We put our house for sale and we quit our teaching jobs. We ...

topics: design, designer

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I started shooting as a magazine photographer around 1976 and until the late 90s when magazines began a decline in quantity, quality and editorial space I guarded my sources for stuff jealously. Before the advent of Google (have we forgotten about Al...

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It was on Saturday that I was finally able to take Rebecca and Lauren to see the show Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art Masterpieces from the Rijksmuseum at the Vancouver Art Gallery.Rebecca kept asking me, Is that an original? ...

topics: gallery, kerrisdale, museum, vancouver-art-gallery

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Back in the days of old RembrandtBack in the time of Jan SteenAll of them giants of shadow and lightBut no one was like VermeerSome paintings smell of joy and sweatSome paintings plain look so fineAnd some are sad and passionateBut Vermeer sends a ch...

topics: gallery, vancouver-art-gallery

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In a separate suit, Art Capital sued Getty Images, claiming the photo agency had negotiated an improper contract with Ms. Leibovitz, which made it difficult for Art Capital to continue its efforts to sell the Leibovitz archive for $50 million. The Ne...

topics: artist, blues, documentary, gallery, photography

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Some people think that the life of a freelance photographer is exciting. After all, the photographer meets and photographs celebrities, politicians and other important people. And when it's not important people it is beautiful undraped women in the s...

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Canadians have a special relationship with Americans and Americans have a special one with the British. As an Argentine I find myself saying often that Italians and Argentines are primos hermanos or first cousins.It would be impossible to remove th...

topics: football, granville-island, soccer, writer, writers

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Yesterday Saturday (yes I am posting the Saturday blog today Sunday) was a day with lots of promise. Ale helped Rosemary organize her closet and cleaned out her own closet from the days, so long ago, that she lived with us. That morning we had had ex...

topics: photography, tennis

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It wasn't too bad a day. I went to the graduation of my DP5 students from Van Arts. I grew quite attached to them and I while I felt proud of them I felt sad I would not have them in class anymore. Ale came to Vancouver for a few days so tonight Rose...