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I am darkest obscura,
light and lucida,
bitumen on pewter
waiting for sunlight.

I am silver and chalk,
exposed to the light,
iodine vapor,
mercury fumes.

I am latent image,
fixed in time,
fixed in frame,
both truth and lie.

I am daguerreotype,
Polaroid,
calotype negative,
autochrome, potato starch,
Kodachrome emulsion,
Agfa diffusion,
color confusion,
a positively transparent negative,
a CCD photon atom slapper.

But am I art?

Or am I just
“writing with light”
like God or Emerson?

“Is beauty the making one of opposites?”*

Obscura,
Lucida,
Photographica?

*Eli Siegel On Beauty

Photos of SCrocker (20)

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Contacts (167)

Laura Feather No real name given
KissingMonkie kelseyy taylor
Antimidia Eder Capobianco
- PhotoSmith - Dan Smith
North Carolina... North Carolina...
TMSurrattPhotog... No real name given
IFGD Ian F.G. Dunn
Hildog! Hilary Mercer
clamcat2003 Sarah Parker
janetguertin Janet G
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Pictures of Art Are not Art 98 photos, 38 members
366 Days the earth still stood 142 photos, 9 members
Photographic Expressionism (aka Digital Expressionism) 8,198 photos, 553 members
NCMA Front Porch 60 photos, 33 members
Stuff With No Legs 2,757 photos, 250 members
Dolls, Toys & Games by OHIO ART 47 photos, 12 members
Stuff With Eight Legs 7,750 photos, 574 members
Stuff With Four Legs 21,634 photos, 1,169 members
Stuff On Walls 3,365 photos, 250 members
Stuff On Wheels 2,964 photos, 180 members
Stuff That Sees 1,264 photos, 268 members
BIKER LIFE ~ living and loving the lifestyle~ 81,900 photos, 6,434 members
Figures in a Landscape 2,280 photos, 480 members
Raleigh, Really! 159 photos, 47 members
Reflecti0nsz 1,964 photos, 418 members
Project 365 1,425,568 photos, 25,845 members
photographywired 955 photos, 195 members
I have no life 492 photos, 31 members
Boston Terriers 26,745 photos, 1,864 members
beer knurd 398 photos, 22 members
Interesting Dogs Poses 6,898 photos, 679 members
Photography Bay 33,380 photos, 1,909 members
Seen by the dog 98 photos, 65 members
Southern Roads 4,459 photos, 349 members
...Purple Photos for Lupus Awareness... 5,433 photos, 1,055 members
Art Challenge 13 photos, 31 members
Raleigh CameraPhone Insurgency 287 photos, 29 members
Crocker's Mark Virtual Gallery 31 photos, 45 members
Stuff In My Hand 2,808 photos, 429 members
Stuff On Stems 17,084 photos, 889 members
10 goals in 10 years. 67 photos, 113 members
Whatevermakesyouhappy365 1,715 photos, 67 members
Digital Pinhole Photography 5,526 photos, 1,543 members
wdydwyd? 504 photos, 388 members
First Comment 267 photos, 254 members
Flickr Favorite Black&White 4,156 photos, 752 members
Word of the Day Pix 14 photos, 23 members
Lucky to have friends 929 photos, 121 members
North Carolina Folklife 1,865 photos, 147 members
The Triangle Strobist 4,343 photos, 435 members
Leap Day (February 29th, 2008) 173 photos, 170 members
Henderson NC Group 835 photos, 30 members
RSG plays!! 12 photos, 40 members
Passionately Pink for the Cure 66,906 photos, 13,545 members
I Love Black and White! 691,868 photos, 37,353 members
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Testimonials (4)

whirrdz says:

"Stan IS the Man. A finer friend you'll never find. A funnier photographer or more intriguing writer you'd be hard-pressed to meet. A visit from him, or to his photostream always brightens my day. He's a breath of fresh air; genuine, kindhearted, communicative, intelligent and willing to leap to whatever heights -- taking on the dare his bright imagination holds out to him...

I've enjoyed our dialogue & Stan's unique photos for years & this past year, with his innovative 365-selfy series, have been so pleased to discover his fanbase growing... He deserves that! I continue to look forward to see his latest projects (still can't wait to see his Raleigh gallery in-person)!

Thanks for everything Stan-O -- you're a smile & then some."

26th March, 2008
awynhaus says:

"Stan is a special man. He is fairly quiet but he has this little gleam in his eye that is pure trouble. He is incredibly gifted with his camera and has a sense of imagination that just leaves me speechless sometimes. Stan is my hero :) I miss him very much and I am glad that I can follow his quirky exploits on flickr, even 1000 miles away."

10th March, 2008
0 W8ing says:

"I HAD to mark SCrocker as a contact and friend. Why? Well....
Stan occupies a unique niche in the Raleigh flickr group... in addition to his enthusiastic support and admiration for artists everywhere, he's a Fine visual and literary talent, always backed up with fully twinkling guileless mischief. He has a Great talent for fun that walks the line between outright debunking and simply sharing amusing possibilities. Even when he declines to take the big myths too seriously, he gets away clean, since he has no malice in his marrow."

24th October, 2007
Miracle Man says:

"Stan has taken an incrediable leap of faith, closing down a succesful lawnmower repair busines to achieve his dream, running an art gallery. It took him a year to make the transition but with a quaint space in down town Raleigh, he can now fulfill his desires.

The art hanging at his gallery is fantastic. He has a great eye for what works and what doesn't. This translates into a good eye as a photographer."

8th September, 2006