Done.

After some deliberation, I have decided to put this blog to rest.

I don't really have a lot to say, well at least for the entire world to read...not that many people viewed this blog to begin with... I am just a man of few words, and am starting to really come to terms with keeping my life private.

This blog will stay up, as long as it remains free to do so...but posting will come to an end.

I have created a tumblr to post daily photographs and musical inspirations to...which you can follow either through my website: (www.mdominguezjr.com - Daily) or directly through tumblr (http://mdominguezjr.tumblr.com)

Also if you would like to keep in touch, send me a postcard... (if you put your own address on it you may get something special in return)

Manuel Dominguez Jr.
1334 E. Passyunk Ave. #2
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Thank you.

Daybooks.

Jamie.

Jamie Moyer, 49, Oldest MLB pitcher to record a win.

Flattening prints.

I am currently on the look out for a used smallish dry mount press to flatten my prints with.
Until I find one, I will have to resort to this method:

Happy Birthday Ian.

via: @eightdouble

The biggest danger.

"The biggest dangers are those you accept when you commit yourself to anything: that it won’t work out, that you were wrong or deluded or just not up to the task. That kind of disappointment can be soul-crushing; it can change a person into someone they themselves don’t like, if they’re still even capable of seeing themselves clearly. The biggest challenge is to resist turning the hurt inward and creating permanent damage to your character, or turning it outward, creating harm to others. The biggest danger is that you won’t resist and thereby become a smaller person than you might have been." - Frank Gohlke

Test Print.

Constant Observer.

My good friend Megan Thomas-Melly asked me to do an interview a few weeks ago. She asked some really awesome questions and it was a fun time (and by fun i mean nerve-wracking) putting together some halfway intelligble answers for her. If you have a minute or two to spare you should check it out here at the Revolver Blog: http://www.revolversf.com/blogs/news/

And I suggest following her and that blog because she is a GREAT writer!

Oh and this is a photo I took of her way back when...

Happy Birthday Ansel.

"I was at a loss with the subject luminance values, and I confess I was thinking about bracketing several exposures, when I suddenly realized that I knew the luminance of the moon – 250 c/ft2. Using the Exposure Formula, I placed this luminance on Zone VII; 60 c/ft2 therefore fell on Zone V, and the exposure with the filter factor o 3x was about 1 second at f/32 with ASA 64 film. I had no idea what the value of the foreground was, but I hoped it barely fell within the exposure scale. Not wanting to take chances, I indicated a water-bath development for the negative.

Realizing as I released the shutter that I had an unusual photograph which deserved a duplicate negative, I swiftly reversed the film holder, but as I pulled the darkslide the sunlight passed from the white crosses; I was a few seconds too late!" - Ansel Adams

Irises.

via: fans in a flashbulb

Irises, Japan, 1984 by Ernst Haas

Friday.

R.I.P.

Don Cornelius September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012
One of my all time favorite Soul Train performances.

March 1936.

Amazing full size Walker Evans photograph via: Shorpy (click link for all the glorious details)

Auto Parts Shop, Atlanta Georgia, 1936 - Walker Evans

Inliquid Benefit Auction.

I am proud to announce that I will have a photograph of mine (below) included in this year's Inliquid Benefit Auction.

This year's auction will take place on February 10, 2012
at The Ice Box Project Space Crane Arts Building
1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia

You can help out a great cause and bid on some really wonderful art by purchasing
tickets to the event: here.

Manzanas de La Finca, 2011 (silver gelatin print)

R.I.P.

Etta James, January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012

But if not.

Zoe Strauss: Ten years.

"It’s fair to say that Ms. Strauss has accomplished more in the past decade than many artists do in a lifetime. With more gumption than wherewithal, she spun a single idea into a magnum opus." - NYTimes
Zoe Strauss: Ten Years

Zoe, I95, 2010

In the night forlorn the morning's born.

Zoe Strauss, Billboard Project.

As part of her 10 year retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Zoe Strauss, has put up billboards of her work all around Philadelphia.

"the project is loosely structured around the themes of the Odyssey, presenting an epic story about journey and homecoming. For ten years Strauss installed her annual I-95 exhibition in South Philadelphia which she describes as an “epic narrative about the beauty and struggle of everyday life.” The Billboard Project represents another telling of that narrative"

Billboard number 1, is located not only on the corner of where I live, it is also located on the corner where I first encountered a Zoe Strauss print back in 2002/2003. It was a photograph glued to a piece of wood and nailed to a pole on the corner of Passyunk and Reed. This photograph led me to more of her work, which led me to admiring her work, which led me to contacting her in regards to an internship, which she accepted, which led to a long friendship which continues to this day.

Zoe has been not only a mentor and inspiration to me, she has been a great and generous friend. She is Philadelphia to me, her and her family have always welcomed me with open arms, and they've helped me to view Philadelphia as my second home.

On a personal level, this photograph at this location. brings tears to my eyes. From a small photograph on a piece of wood nailed to a pole, to a giant billboard, a 10 year retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art....I could not be more proud of you Zoe!

http://zoestraussbillboardproject.com
http://zoestrauss.blogspot.com
http://www.philamuseum.org