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I'm a 67 year old , left-handed, retired Art (Drawing/Painting/History of Art) professor from Santa Barbara, California now living about 150 miles west of Chicago in the "Quad Cities". I live within a mile or so of both the Mississippi and the Rock Rivers in northwestern Illinois. My goal is to leave Illinois one of these days; back to California, maybe to New Mexico...not sure.
I have two adult children living in California and five wonderful grandchildren.
I enjoy gardening, both flowers and vegetables. I continue to work full time as a much abused very minor clerk for one of those huge home improvement stores...a place aspiring to be more like Wal-Mart..like that's a "good thing".
I read compulsively, mostly prose, but also poetry and history and science, my favorite authors are Gabriel Garcia-Marquez and Yukio Mishima and a few others.
I tend to like photographs that suggest a narrative--a story--and I appreciate minimalism, simplicity, moodiness, and uncomplicated techniques and compositions. Unique "vision" excites me, more so if the photographer presents a shy vision which feels "private" or personal.
Many of the photographs I see here at Flickr enrich my life greatly
My own photos tend not to be art but "keepsakes" like harvests, or memories of seasons and storms... a feeble documentation of the passage of time.
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Testimonials (3)
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Angie Naron says:
"nor certitude's love of nature ~ amazing photographs of the ever changing sky, flowers and vegetables growing in his garden (with and without insects) and his love of food ~ tantalizing photographs of his culinary creations ~ are captured with a great eye. I always enjoy checking in with David's photostream to see another great work of art."
29th July, 2010
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babylaughter says:
"I do not meet people often with the appreciation for art, nature, and beauty which nor certitude aka David possesses! I am honored to be his flickr contact and envious of his cooking and gardening skills of which he allows flickr a glimpse!"
13th July, 2009
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Christie F. says:
"Looking thru the beauty of his Photos and his love for his flowers and vegetables shows his inner beauty. I enjoy looking at his pictures!!! He has also brought a new kind of light for me in seeing his beauty on camera/computer. Thank you!"
17th June, 2007
- Name:
- David
- Joined:
- February 2006
- Hometown:
- Santa Barbara, California
- Currently:
- Quad Cities, Illinois, USA
- I am:
- Male