Here died Minor White

Sun Spots
Originally uploaded by photoq.

Today marks the passing of photographer Minor White in 1976, as did Thursday of last week mark my birth that same year. Real or imagined, I feel like I have some connection to Mr. White: the proximity of my entering the world to his leaving it, the beautiful texture-based photographs he made (and I aspire to), and of course the greatest compliment from an art teacher I ever had- Michael Simon taking me aside after a photo class and telling me that my work reminded him of Minor White's for their beautiful "almost Japanese in simplicity" quality. So here is a photo taken in homage to Mr. White's "Windowsill Daydreaming."

PS posting has been uneven as I attempt to move my blog over to our new domain: http://www.wordstudio.net/re-photos/
I'll let you know when I'm there for good, in the meantime if you're looking for Will you can find him at the address above (minus the /re-photos/).