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Swirlies #2 (for Evan Parker) Photo Essay on Flickr



Hi folks,

I posted a new Photo Essay on Flickr -- it can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157627586251813

I was very fortunate to attend a concert by British saxophonist Evan Parker on Saturday afternoon. Evan was playing with two excellent New England -based musicians whom I had never heard, Charles Farrell on piano, and Jim Schapperoew on drums.

The event started propitiously when I waled into the venue (The Lily Pad in Cambridge, a gallery with about 50 seats.), and Evan said "Hi, I'm Evan" and shook my mind. The music was splendid -- two extremely inventive and wide-ranging trio pieces and a circular-breathing soprano solo by Evan. It's pretty amazing to see someone play sax for 15 minutes without pausing to take a breath.

I had my compact Lumix camera with me (as I usually do at such events), and took a lot of pictures using a technique I call 'Swirlies'. I make Swirlies by taking one second time exposures while whirling the camera around with the camera in unlimited burst mode, which gives me approximately one picture a second. I get to look at each picture for a second, which allows me to improvise further camera moves in reaction to what I have just taken and the music I am hearing.

I respectfully dedicate this photo essay to Evan Parker, and hope that his prediction that this is his last American tour (because of the red tape it takes for foreigners to play here) proves to be untrue.

BTW Some of my videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld
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" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

                Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
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