Tag Archives: artistic process
Mike Sketch Series: Mike Getting Loving Help January 1992
My brother Mike gets a lot of help. Everyone I met who takes care of Mike like him and give him loving help.
Mike Sketch Series: Jack Patting Mike on the Chest, November 1993
Mike sometimes responded to me when I patted him on the chest. I got the impression that he liked it. He was always hitting himself on the chest, so I wonder if a less violent touch somehow communicated to him. I hope that it showed love.
Vintage Photo: Man Relaxing at Sailing Pond in Central Park, NYC October 1991
Mike Sketch Series: Mom Saying Goodbye to Mike April 1993
I spent more than 25 years exploring, and documenting the life of my brother Mike*. Fifteen years of that process was devoted to photographing him, his activities associated with his group home, day school and parties. I was a novice photographer at the start of this project. Much of my emphasis was on capturing moments, […]
Mike Sketch Series: Mike Wearing Vest October 1993
The photo for this sketch had a good range of tones. However, I chose to use a brush-tipped ink pen for this portrait. Perhaps a smaller tip would be better if I were to replicate the tones from the photo. My brother Mike‘s eyes diverge. Sometimes he looks with one, sometimes with the other.
Quarantine Portrait Series: The Self Portrait Returns
Vintage Photo: Brooklyn Days at Grand Army Plaza, NYC June 1990
This must be an instrument played by aboriginal Brooklynites. I don’t remember the name.
Vintage Photo: Clothes on the Line, NYC May 1989
My photographic wanderings have been informed by my interest in classic photography. I’ve always been on the lookout for a cityscape composition that included clothes on a line. It would have been a bonus to fine a person at the window pulling them in, or setting them out.
Mike Sketch Series: Mike Clicking the Shutter, August 1994
When I was working on my long term project to document my visits with my brother Mike, I took my cameras and sometimes, a tripod. The photo on which this sketch is based, shows me (my hand) helping Mike to click the shutter with the cable release. I think Mike liked doing this.
