Choosing a favorite landscape picture

Selecting the best landscape photo from a collection of ten for an exhibition suddenly becomes a challenging task.

I selected the sunset photo from Carters Beach. While it might seem clichéd, I barely adjusted any settings – the image captured exactly what was there: the evening light, the cloudy sky, and the red car. Perhaps I’m becoming a photographic purist?

Albini

This week Steve Albini passed away. For someone of my generation an icon so a shock.

In addition to musician (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac) and producer (Pixies, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, you name it), he was a music industry critic. He explained how the big record labels abuse musicians but also explained to musicians that they should make the music they want and not let the record companies push them around. Musicians should make music they think is cool and perform.

He explained that in plain language, as square and hermetic as his music.

A striking person I will miss.

In 2017, I took these photos at Shellac’s performance in Vera, Groningen.

Steve Albini, Shellac
Steve Albini van Shellac, Vera, Groningen, 2017