"The days can go on with regularity over and over, one day indistinguishable from the next. Then suddenly, there is a change." ~Travis Bickle
[Telephotopro] Tasende Gallery, Wayne Thiebaud “Cheers To 100 Years” Art In The Time Of Covid Words and photos by Reviewer Rob, telephoto.pro Man, I needed that. It’s been a while, a year at least, since I’d been to an art gallery. If you were in La Jolla and near the village / Cove Thursday night hopefully you were able to […]
[Rare Book] INFERNO by James Nachtwey Heavy coffee table photo book available for the serious combat journalism collector I’m selling my perfect review copy of INFERNO that was sent to Reviewer Magazine upon the book’s release by Phaidon in 2003. This large (some would say oversized) monograph will include the letter from the publisher and some other press materials. It […]
[Classic Hollywood] Jumbo’s Clownroom Stripclub review 5153 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 Phone: 213-666-1187 Visited: Sunday 9-29-19, 8:30 p.m. $pent: $10 By Reviewer X [This is a repost from a social media site that I had uploaded to last year shortly after visiting Jumbo’s. It had been posted on the press blog at LesRevue which was recently deleted in […]
[Hallow Eve Verbatim] La Ruocco on the spooky night 2020 Report from a New York art hipster about her Halloween party THESE ARE THE LYRICS TO THE SONG I am cutting as I type this right now tonight! Hello & Welcome to the Happy Halloween quarantine party where all the quests that show up are diabetic & plastic* no they […]
[Commerce] Fast Book Sales Looking for some help here, Amazon tech support I think I need to find an alternative site to sell books on, or maybe do it here on the blog myself. I am often out-of-town or else not attentive when a sale is made on my Amazon page and they (Amazon.com) seem to want the items shipped […]
Summer moon July 2018, Crescent City harbor, 200mm f2.8
[Social distancing] After sunset crowd “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” ~ Ansel Adams Shooting crowds with long lenses is much more effective journalism compared to doing the same with a wide angle. When you’re at least several dozen feet away people continue to act naturally. You’re an observer of them in their element. With a wide angle […]