BATEAUX: Boats,Ships and the Sea

I’m a landlubber.  NOT Melville’s “Ishmael”. I like my feet firmly planted on terra firma. Due to an accident of birth, I have always been of a mind that the blood relations forged on solid ground are thicker than those mixed with H2O. And although in my career as a photographer, I have driven, flown over or walked nearly one-third of the globe’s habitable landmass, I have spent an inordinate amount of time in the water. For the past several decades I have photographed every form of boat, ship, canoe, warship, and raft, even though I am out of place and always...a passenger.

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Join Us at Photo Plus Expo Oct 25-28 in NY

Join Lou and his Studio at Photo Plus Expo this Oct in NYC for a weekend of fun Photography Events.


Lou will be giving a NEW lecture based on his recent successful panAFRICAproject Kickstarter campaign. 

Crowd Funding: Exciting New Resources for Photographers

Thursday, October 26, 2017: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

You can use this LINK to get a FREE Expo floor pass or 15% off your registration for the conference. 

Lou will also be doing print signings with Digital Silver Imaging at their Booth #164. 
Friday 27 October 2017 at 1:00pm

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Streets, Roads, Highways and Byways

My father taught me to drive manual transmission when I was a boy. Instantly it gave me the ability to break free of my neighborhood once and for all. I have been on the go since, both physically and metaphorically. I drove away and have trod the “streets, roads, highways and byways” of the world, continuously.

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Canon versus Nikon: off the record interview

 

Photo by Michael DeStefano

Canon: I don’t know what the big deal is. There is no rivalry. We’re pretty much good friends.

Nikon: Well it’s not like we hang out or anything. Except at big events like Olympics, inaugurations, car races...stuff like that.

Canon: He’s a jerk sometimes. We’ve had our differences. But he won’t admit he loves me.

Nikon: Shut up.

Canon: We’re always trying to one up each other but we have a lot in common though. We’re getting along much better now.

Nikon: The worst part? He’s into color, I still love black & white. Classic.

Canon: Canon Leica Nikon. haha

Nikon: Jeez. Haven’t heard that one in at least half an hour.

Canon: We have both been part of photography history. An integral part.

Nikon: But I was first.

Canon: You always manage to work that into every conversation. Get over it.

Nikon: The highlights? Hard one. Maybe all the prizes I’ve won. Pulitzers. World Press Photo. You know?

Canon: Nah! All the great photos of pretty girls. Cars. Pinups. Marilyn. Beyonce. Lamborghinis.

Nikon: Come on. You can never be serious.

Canon: & you can never take a joke. Like the time with that space shuttle fiasco. You screwed the pooch on that one.

Nikon: That wasn’t funny.

Canon: Regrets? Photography has always been kind of expensive. Might like that to change.

Nikon: But that digital thing, who saw that coming?

Canon: Helped my career.

Photo by Michael DeStefano

 

Nikon: Most of the others have come & gone but we are still hanging in there. Photography is probably more important today than ever. The responsibility is palpable.

Canon: Yeah. Who remembers Argus, Yashika, Ricoh, Polaroid, Kodak?

Nikon: Be nice.

Canon: Oh yeah & those crotch shots of Britney Spears & stuff. Awesome.

Nikon: Cut it out!

Canon: Hah. Knew that would get him. Do not believe all that stuff. When he’s off the record he’s a horn dog. Really into the porn...Just kidding.

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