Peter J. Crowley

Fine Art Photographer

I can’t take this image anymore.

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It isn’t a coincidence that I start this new site with an old image

made with Tri-X from June of 1973 a young Photographic Artist celebrating youth, before

“Fear became our Daily Bread.”

This image is film still my medium of choice. The blog will often be digital to satisfy the need for almost instant gratification. The images will never be goodnuff, they will be statements made with light of the highest quality I can create. No matter the medium I won’t just throw up 100’s of images that are cute.

This new site and blog has an opportunity for comments on the almost daily posts and the images in the galleries. A chance to have a dialog with me and others. The only app. is a donation button or the chance to buy a print, a book or commission a session and become art. A one on one way of supporting the arts, this artist.

enjoy pjc

Photographic Art

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Main Street Norwich last light 6:30 pm on April 17th early Tulips in a planter. Today and yesterday’s temperatures in the eighties will bring out the Tulips crowding the gardens like a debutant ball. Spring is here with summer temperatures. Perhaps you’ll see me wandering round New London or at the Bean and Leaf for poetry open mic. Say hello if you do.


On my way to Southbridge April first we, Tammy my student for the day and I were the April Fools thinking it would be warmer, had to stop for coffee at The Vanilla Bean, rarely do I drive by The Vanilla Bean the car just kind of turns into the lot. Well there was a guy there and his Springer kept coming to look in on his master. I caught him peeking in hoping for a treat. enjoy pjc

Photographic Art

https://www.peterjcrowley.com/2009/04/256/

Spring flowers, Poetry, negative space and belly buttons.

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A warm Sunday at a friends in Manchester the sun speaks of spring yet the calender warns a week more winter, today spring arrives and snow falls in western Ct.


Two weeks ago the early risers were out in Coventry. No calender or day light savings needed we’re blooming!

Panama Hat and Belly Buttons

The bud bursts cautiously through the earth.
Will there be a flower? A summer?
Will the auditorium door open?
Norwich’s dare to be spring fashion show.
Heels and jeans cuffed,
Not quite sheer blouse, no coat big scarf.
The belly and the button that Jeanie couldn’t show on TV is now prominent.
Even in winter and occasionally in business attire.
As teens we boys dreamed of a peek at panties, today with the bellys and the backs we can read the labels. Status AZOD replaced by Victoria’s Secret and Abude. Mystery? We live longer grow up faster and never grow up. Keeping the child discarding the “I” I wish but doubt.

April 16, 2004 Copyright Peter J. Crowley

As I added this poem I wondered 250 or so posts on this blog have I used this poem before? All the pages on the screen begin to look the same, folders and files, hard drives and hard copy to read at an open mic? Well if it has already been here before enjoy or dislike the words again.

Last night I had the pleasure of presenting “My Transparent Life” to The Quinabaug Valley Photography Club
There was much discussion on how I turn light into emotion. One of the prime tools is use of negative space. The photo of Carl’s chairs I think illustrates a very simple use of light and negative space so you feel like you have been there or are comfortable
in this space. enjoy pjc

One more cute belly button