lafayette square

February 20, 2017 by Jamelle Bouie

Sometimes I hang around here to take photos and otherwise see what's going on with the tourist crowd. Occasionally, I get a decent shot out of it.

Camera: Leica M5 with Canon LTM 35mm f/2 lens. Film: Fuji Provia 100f.

cesar chavez park

February 19, 2017 by Jamelle Bouie

I spent a few days in Berkeley, California last month, and had a chance to walk-around and explore the general area. I went over to the pier, where I took some photos and enjoyed the pleasant weather. Here are two shots from Cesar Chavez park.

Camera: Fuji GSW690III. Film: Kodak T-MAX 400, lab developed.

the neighborhood

February 19, 2017 by Jamelle Bouie

I'm running out of stuff to photograph in my neighborhood, but still, I'm trying to capture interesting things when I see them! Here's the latest batch.

Camera: Leica M5 with Canon LTM 35mm f/2 lens. Fuji Provia 100f.

baltimore's greenmount cemetery

February 18, 2017 by Jamelle Bouie

Not too long ago, a friend and I went over to Baltimore's largest historic cemetery to check out the statuary. I was especially interested in the work of Hans Shuler, an American sculpture whose work dots Baltimore, from monuments placed throughout the city to memorial figures in its cemeteries.

The first two figures are works from Shulter. The first, titled Meditation, resembles the famed Adams Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington D.C. The second, titled Angel of the Resurrection, holds no particular significance, other than its beauty.

As for the rest of the photos? Those are interesting scenes, headstones, statues, and two notable family plots: a crypt belonging to a long-deceased family of Baltimore slave traders (my friend, who studies the Baltimore slave trade, pointed it out), and the Booth plot, where the family's most infamous son—John Wilkes—lies in an unmarked grave.

Camera: Fuji GW670II. Film: Kodak Tri-X 400, lab developed.