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Happy 2012!

DSR — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:46:03 +0000

This year’s new year card was old school…. a simple photo postcard like in the old days:

HNY 2012

I’ve written about my new years card tradition before. Some of the cards have been posted here. The 2011 constructed card is HERE, the 2010 3-D card is HERE (3-D glasses no longer provided), my 2009 card is HERE, and some older cards from the days of film (!!) are HERE.

Happy 2011!

DSR — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:12:26 +0000

A crazy-busy December has kept me from posting, and also got in the way of me wishing everyone a happy new year! I’ve written about my new years cards before HERE, but this year’s card in three-dimensional and does not translate well to the screen. Here is the best I can do. Happy 2011 to all!

HNY! 2010! In 3-D!

DSR — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:38:50 +0000

I blogged last year about my tradition of sending handmade New Year’s cards. Well, I sent out this year’s cards earlier this week, most people on my list should have gotten them already, so now I’m sharing with you!

If you’ve somehow misplaced your 3-D glasses, I do have some leftover and will send a pair to anyone who leaves a comment asking for them (You can e-mail your address using the link above so that you don’t have to post your address in the comments). Like they say: “While supplies last”. And no…. the 3-D glasses you brought home from the Avatar movie won’t work!

Wishing everyone happiness and peace in the new year…. Happy 2010!

New Years Past (Back in the Days of Film)

DSR — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:20:20 +0000

Several of you have asked to see some of the cards I sent in New Years Past. I would like to be able to tell you that I have a pristine collection of every card that I ever sent, cataloged, cross-referenced, and archivally stored. Not so. Not even close. In fact, I’m embarrassed to say that I have only a random smattering of cards from years past, and can’t even pinpoint in which years most of the cards were sent!

Here are a few.

I can tell you that all were sent in the last decade (or so)…. All were actual photographic prints, printed by hand in my own B&W darkroom (current status: cobwebs)…. And while I can’t date them precisely, I can accurately put them in chronological order (I think).

This one has always been a favorite photo. Taken many years ago at an Ann Arbor Street Festival. It’s a sloppy picture in so many ways, but I love the energy in it.

These kids hammed it up for the camera incredibly! Taken on South Beach in Miami back in the days when street photography was still something I felt comfortable doing.

May Day parade in Melbourne Australia. I think this one was shot in 2001 (or 2002) and made it onto my 2002 (or 2003) card.

HNY!

DSR — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:28:24 +0000

For the past 30 or so years (don’t remember exactly how long, and yes, I am old!) I have created and sent handmade new year’s cards in lieu of “holiday” cards. At first, the cards were photographic postcards, printed in my darkroom, with a new year’s message scribbled on the back. In the 80′s I got fancy and began imprinting the New Year’s message into the photograph itself. After that, I began looking for images where the image WAS the message. Lots of other creative experiments along the way. Some successful; others less so. A few recent digital cards (even though I felt those were cheating).

Will try to dig out some examples to share, though many of the cards are long gone.

This year’s card is photographic again. It was sent to 167 people on my always-changing New Year’s list. Now that I have a blog, YOU get to see it too.

PS: The easiest way to get on my NY list is to send me postcards. Go to My Website > Details > Postcards to see what I am talking about