Favorite Images From the Mundane to the Sublime PARC Photo Exhibit Spring/Summer 2005 Photography by Doc Michaels

Artist Statement Ever since I first remember taking pictures with a battered Brownie on a family road trip forty years ago, I've been intrigued with the little universes you can create through the viewfinder. All those years and infinite frames later, about all I can definitively say about the photographic process is that the distinction between a nice "picture of something" and an arresting visual image is mighty subtle indeed. Here is a collection of images that, for one reason or another, strike a resonance with a thread of my creative musings. The reasons are as varied as the subject matter. True to my geeky nature, many of the pictures are favorites simply because of some technical challenge met or equipment limits explored. Others pay homage to Henri Cartier-Bresson and his "decisive moment" by freezing time for a reflective examination of Life’s strange synchronicities. And sometimes the camera just needs to be an unbiased recorder of Nature’s most humbling visages. Since I really enjoy creating photos for my own amusement, it was difficult to trim down my list of favorites to those on display. But the final result is that each one of these images is one that I never tire of looking at with a new eye. It is my earnest hope that your new eyes never tire of looking for Resonance and Harmony in both my images and your own creative ventures.

Technical Details Contax RTS III 35mm SLR camera Contax 167MT 35mm SLR camera Zeiss Distagon f4/18mm lens Zeiss Distagon f2.8/28mm lens Zeiss Planar f1.4/50mm lens Yashica ML f2.8/135mm lens Zeiss Vario-Sonnar f3.4/35-70mm lens Zeiss Vario-Sonnar f4/80-200mm lens Yashica ML Reflex f8/500mm lens Zeiss Mutar III 1.4x tele-extender Kodak Retina IIIc 35mm rangefinder camera Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar f2/50mm lens Schneider-Kreuznach Curtar f5.6/35mm lens Schneider-Kreuznach Longar f4/80mm lens Voigtländer Perkeo II 6x6 medium format camera Color-Skopar f3.5/80mm lens Kodak Medalist II 6x9 medium format camera Kodak Ektar f3.5/100mm lens Fujichrome Provia 100F color reversal film Fujichrome Provia 400F color reversal film Fujichrome Velvia 100F color reversal film Conversion to digital images by high-resolution scan on Nikon LS-1000 film scanner All images and text Copyright © 2005 Inter-Spatial Enterprises Titled and signed images available for purchase contact: pix at interspatial dot net

Dedication To the Divine Miss Ginger, for being such an unending source of creative inspiration and the Best Damn Wingman in the Business   Special Thanks To my wonderful friends in High Places at PARC that got me this gig To those unfortunate people selling their fine old camera equipment on eBay To Keeble & Shucat Photography and New Lab Processing for all-around professional service To Jerry and Hunter for paving the highways of my mind with Twisted Bricks To the extended Family and Friends network for years of unconditional support and critical input