I sub:
Spent the past 6 school days in the Special Day Class
My favorite class
One on one
5 very individual .autistic .middle school kids ..
Very difficult group this year
Such engaging young people...
I find myself adopting their mannerisms...easily
Bill Dane
Photographer's email:
" ... one of the recurring hang-ups in my class
is the idea of authorship, and any images of
images are immediately tried for armed robbery ... "
I reply:
school-daze Aaron
has to be talk
temp-fun-bull-shit-?
soon-forgotten-!
folks wander wherever or down ta wall st
gods will try us mutha-jumpin' photographers
for takin' pics of her authored people trees n holy-natures
what happens ta us atheist-straight-still-picture-takin'-armed-robber witches
holy-classroom trials for all !
be damned ...do what ya gotta do
then at least .wander over to the W.G. Sebald zone
Bill Dane
I read:
A struggle against the art of forgetting
The art of Peter Weiss
W.G. Sebald . "On The Natural History Of Destruction"
Bill Dane
It's obvious to me:
I am now .and since 1969..I have always been .
A .straight-still photographer.
Photoshop/+. are not a part of my processes.
I walk . find . take . share ..pictures.
I am now .and since consciousness. I have always been
A marxist-socialist.
I had a fine mother with a social conscience.
Boards of Directors .distributors of profits:
At least one-half must be workers in each enterprise.
Capitalsim. 'free' 'State' 'hybrid' .is nasty . never democratic.
Signed: .My Pleasure!. Bill Dane
Bill Dane
I read:
Coaches in Kilts
Soccer Camp for Kids
Bill Dane
I hear:
... that walk was so nice
even you couldn't spoil it, Honey.
Bill Dane
I Hear:
... let her go first !
You'll make it !
Just relax.

Bill Dane
Connecting
..on the sidewalk
..in a store
..on the phone
It makes things significantly better
Bill Dane
I hear:
... You got that ?
Yeah, it's the best Goodwill ...
... You want it Lillian ?
It comes with the bow.
Bill Dane
To Whom it concerns:
With the birth of Bill Dane on the internet.
I have slowly evolved - changed important ingredients
of my photography - picture making processes.
This includes: a digital camera - computer editing -
printing company - and relationships with traditional
institutions for the presentation and sale of pictures.
Since 1969 I have made sold and gifted pictures.
This was done in various forms.
Hindsight shows the lack of a desirable consistency.
Fraenkel Gallery and Jack Fischer Gallery have
presented and sold pictures of mine over time.
I am changing to a new form for recording the sale of my pictures.
The 'overview' of that process is outlined below. (see 3-7-11)
Pictures purchased before this year 2011 will become 'Special Pictures'.
I understand that this is my declaration and definition.
They are most certainly a class of 'Vintage Print'
and in the traditional sense of the classification.
There should be little confusion about the 'status' of these pictures.
They will be easily identified and differentiated from pictures sold after 2010.
They should have a unique value.
I am sorry if this causes any person grief.
Bill Dane
Bill Dane
Editing my pictures .I must ask
How would .Sebald-Boll-Banks-Oz-Michaels-Pancake .respond ?
Then .just get back.out-there and hunt.
Bill Dane
Really:
I have to stop reading my books on BART
I won't hear a thing
Bill Dane
Every day
Begging
Panhandling
Hard work
Straightforward ..
Shameless .
Exhausting
Revealing
.nnastyland
Bill Dane
I hear:
... Every time he make a move .we be ready for him.
... game plan. ..I like that. ...
Bill Dane