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Michael Lusk...'s photostream
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I have been a film person for 40 years and still have bags of Nikon bodies and lenses, a black and white darkroom and now a renewed passion for photography with my new Nikon D80. A lot to learn about the camera but it is a whole lot of fun. I was in middle management, taught high school, did sales and did wedding photography as a sidelight and now I own my own business. I have a wide range of interests...I like classic still lifes, abstracts, romantic lanscapes, close-up and macro, portraits, detail shots with dynamic composition and colors that scream at the viewer. I look at some very mundane scenes and objects but always find some element, however small and obscure that will make a good image. Good images should be stimulating...making you think, wonder, ponder, reminiscence, laugh or cry...Thanks for visiting...
I'm responsible for what you see...
not for how you interpret what you see...
...I give the viewer no clues about what to expect...they're allowed to explore and engage individually...
Completed last year...a rather narcisstic exercise...
The latest naricisstic endeavor...
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Contacts (213)
Groups (36)
- monomania 39,349 photos, 1,162 members
- fragmented:urban:language 2,125 photos, 436 members
- dead:cities 7,698 photos, 434 members
- Altered Landscape 460 photos, 151 members
- A Benign Eye 5,872 photos, 157 members
- pibloship 844 photos, 63 members
- URBANIQUE 1,043 photos, 63 members
- Artistic Perspectives 16,671 photos, 703 members
- Facades (without perspective: 2D effect) 4,294 photos, 514 members
- Minimalist Matt 6,326 photos, 370 members
- the:democratic:eye 1,398 photos, 73 members
- The Spiritual Landscape 277 photos, 70 members
- Flags Of Imaginary Countries 4,822 photos, 268 members
- window covering 1,092 photos, 65 members
- festival of brown 3,416 photos, 155 members
- Hopperscapes : Emptiness Crowded With Solitude 288 photos, 140 members
- blissful nothingness 4,929 photos, 163 members
- Asphalt Abrasions 2,055 photos, 191 members
- denoting absence 4,172 photos, 189 members
- all but one 12,653 photos, 1,610 members
- Diablo Magazine in the East Bay 6,780 photos, 352 members
- bitches brew 162,925 photos, 2,940 members
- Quality Abstracts 8,851 photos, 7,081 members
- Esoteric Visual Emporium (EVE) 6,209 photos, 150 members
- At first glance 2,760 photos, 90 members
- wiggley tin 885 photos, 62 members
- Siskind Inspired 1,648 photos, 88 members
- URBAN DISTRACTION / FATAL ABSTRACTION 19,988 photos, 617 members
- looking in looking out : windows 15,787 photos, 1,998 members
- the semiotic grid 3,233 photos, 304 members
- Cartel - Doors.. or Walls.. or Windows.. or All 6,678 photos, 390 members
- WALLS Only WALLS ! 29,793 photos, 6,516 members
- haphazart! Abstractions 82,929 photos, 3,190 members
- Abstract Photos 104,583 photos, 17,154 members
- DisSymmetry 34,081 photos, 1,790 members
- Craquelure 1,025 photos, 103 members
Galleries (1)
- Kate Melleresh for haphazart 3 18 photos
Testimonials (6)
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dnurv (9,498) says:
"mike's stream...where the rubber hits the pavement...happy motoring"
8th October, 2008
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busb says:
"Quite simply - Mike Lusk is the master of texture!"
17th June, 2008
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Olga Gerrard says:
"Finsmal’s stream offers us a gallery wherein we can lose ourselves – gazing into myriad images, be they abstractions or representational. I have found at times I have spent nearly an hour looking through works and yet not even left a comment – the art speaks over the FLICKR obligation to fave and comment. There is SO much inspirational work here, and I shan’t keep you from venturing forth by continuing to wax rhapsodic. This is a true and pure artist, and I am honored to see and be seen by him."
21st April, 2008
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linkwize says:
"Even to upload the sheer number of images that Mike has takes some kind of super-dedication in itself!
And so many are highly selective visions - innovative. Yet the author demonstrates appropriate learned awareness (and is declarative - recognising that there really is nothing totally new under the sun) of his diverse roots in the modern history of the picture.
This is a truly amazing prodigious and prolific talent! Salute!"28th March, 2008
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Sue Salem Photography says:
"Mike was one of my earliest "finds" on flickr, the first photos where I exclaimed "wow!", the first photographer that opened my eyes to my own world a little wider.
Mike truly has an artist's eye and passion, offering us nearly daily gifts of color, texture & composition. Whether his subject is graffiti on a boxcar, an urban street surface, abstracted flower, or a shiny car... he consistenly and thoughtfully stays true to his style and vision, regardless of how many people happen to see a particular shot or how many "awards" have been handed out.
Thanks, Mike for your inspiring work, sense of humor, and prolific stream of artistry!"11th June, 2007
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Titanik says:
"I like your pictures so much. There is so many I like that I could say too many often: beautiful, nice shot, wow! I begin to be speechless (no, no, I'm not bored) about what I see.
So... I prefer to offer you a testimonial to say that I appreciate your work. By the way, sorry for my english. I hope you understood what I meant!"6th March, 2007
- Name:
- Michael Lusk
- Joined:
- January 2007
- Hometown:
- Berkeley, CA
- Currently:
- Antioch, CA
- I am:
- Male and Taken