Tag Archives: black and white

47 Fewer Shades of Gray

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Joe_Williams

A monstrously monochromatic rendering of the Teenage Beast on tonal paper. Continue reading →

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Burn, Baby, BURN! Punk Rock Inferno

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Joe_Williams

I’ve been pouring my heart into Teenage Beast, a punk rock horror story set in the 1980s that’s slowly clawing its way out of my brain and onto the page. Right now, it’s a chaotic mix of notes, half-formed scenes, … Continue reading →

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Caturday

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Joe

Photos of felines in and around Philadelphia Continue reading →

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82 Years Ago Today…

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Joe

…my parents were wed.

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Femme Fatale

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Joe

Here’s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I’ve written before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process … Continue reading →

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Nature’s Abstractions

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Joe

This is a twisted old tree in Lansdowne that I have been passing by and admiring for years. It’s not the first time I have shot it, and it won’t be the last.

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Feline Friday

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Joe

Plywood looks as if he is posing regally to have his picture taken. He is actually sitting on an old Mac Mini because it is warm.

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The Old Homestead

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Joe

Here is a shot of my parents’ house in Westville, NJ that I took sometime during the Fall of 1982. The Sears branded SLR camera I shot this with was borrowed from my Father and was loaded with either a … Continue reading →

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The Counter at Bill’s No. 7

Posted on August 7, 2022 by Tina Garceau

Here is another scanned 35mm negative in the Photo Elective category. We’re back inside Bill’s No. 7 which was on Main Street in downtown Willimantic, Connecticut. I must have been in there between the breakfast and lunch rush. At its … Continue reading →

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