Tag Archives: Joe Williams

So Long, Son of Sketchbook From Hell

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Another old sketchbook that has withstood every attempt to commit a decent drawing to it’s pages has bitten the dust. It continued to fight my efforts, but occasionally when I cracked it open on the Market-Frankford El without a notion … Continue reading →

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Commemorating Mexico’s Lone Eagle in the Pine Barrens

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Joe_Williams

I was looking through the negatives shot by John B. Capewell of Westville, New Jersey trying to figure out what to post next. The two plates I went with this week look like they went along with the shots in … Continue reading →

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Jocko Madigan

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Joe_Williams

I wrote a post recently about another cursed sketchbook that I bought back in the ’80s. I called this particular book The Son of Sketchbook from Hell. It was a hardbound, squarish book that resisted all efforts of committing something … Continue reading →

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From the Curb on Spruce Street

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Joe_Williams
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Water, Tile and Fluorescent Lighting

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Joe_Williams

A very wet train platform at 69th Street Terminal.

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Blue Sweethearts

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Here’s something for Valentines Day — Ella and John Capewell in a sweet pose that turned an interesting indigo blue.

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Sleigh Ride

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a snowy self portrait of John B. Capewell along with an unidentified companion seated in a sleigh. Capewell is seated on the right. It looks like the photographer set up his camera, hopped back in the sleigh and is … Continue reading →

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Son of Sketchbook From Hell

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Joe_Williams

I was up tending to my long neglected third floor studio trying to cut a path through the clutter so I could get some work done when I uncovered another forgotten, hardbound sketchbook on a shelf in a closet. At … Continue reading →

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Snow Plough

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a photograph John B. Capewell made of a cold and snowy Winter’s day about 100 or years ago or so. Back then a plough served two purposes. It mainly ploughed farm fields which were plentiful in New Jersey at … Continue reading →

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