Monthly Archives: August 2019

Looking Without

Posted on August 13, 2019 by John Biscello

The simplest means to revelation, and perhaps revolution, was to stay away from mirrors and the masks which justified their glaring reproof.   (Photo by Cindy Sherman)

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The Fountain

Posted on August 10, 2019 by John Biscello

Washington Square Park. From Anthony Distefano’s “city scene” series.  

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New York Noir

Posted on August 9, 2019 by John Biscello

Two more from Anthony Distefano’s “street scene” series.  

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Light Becomes Her

Posted on August 9, 2019 by John Biscello

There was never going to be any show, she knew that. Yet she fed on the light to counteract an unappeasable hunger, to star where the emptiness reamed darkest.   (Photo by Cindy Sherman)

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Sight-Line

Posted on August 9, 2019 by John Biscello

After watching the bruised legacy of her childhood pass her by out of the corner of her eye, she had developed an astigmatism which, in effect, bred her glaring suspicion of distance, and violent need of its diffuse edges.   … Continue reading →

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The Movie You Didn’t See

Posted on August 8, 2019 by John Biscello

Superimposed onto a world which left her mute, wondering how and why, she sought out a base template through which her blues could be projected from a distance softly near to sublime.   (Photo by Cindy Sherman)    

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The Soloist

Posted on August 8, 2019 by John Biscello

Kettled by mass and slow-building infinity solitude begs nothing of stone and receives a woman through to which to flesh out its lasting hymn and testament.   (Photo by Cindy Sherman)

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Under Pressure

Posted on August 8, 2019 by John Biscello

As the steps narrowed toward a terrible totemic infinity she realized that foreboding hailed from a gothic lineage backlit by a fathomless source.   (Photo by Cindy Sherman)

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New York, I Love You

Posted on August 8, 2019 by John Biscello

Recent series of city-haunted photos by street photographer, Anthony Distefano.  

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