Two years ago I was supposed to go to northern Spain for Easter. This year I finally got to do it. For towns in the Basque region and all over Spain this is like their Spring festivals and they parade and put on reenactments with great fervor. The hoods and robes that they wear when…
Category: Art
Family Return to My & the American Past
So, this Christmas I traveled to Boston, Framingham & western Massachusetts for the holiday. I lived for some of my formative years in Framingham and I derived great enjoyment by taking them to my past and some of the oldest places created by European culture in the US. International travel in 2022 promises to continue…
A Return to Travel
Latest news from me is that I have been on an airplane to Maine (see pictures). I have other trips planned which I’ll cover below, but I have also several shows and a book coming up soon. The book, entitled Georgia Courthouses – An Aerial View of History, is my first attempt at a truly…
All Is Wright In the World
Since Macon is a Hot Spot – both for Corona & weather – I went in search of comfort in the form of people who wear masks early & often, & some significant things (Frank Lloyd) Wright in this world. Taliesin was Wright’s home and laboratory, while Fallingwater is perhaps his greatest work. In between,…
Qick Stop in Qatar
Started off my last trip with a layover in Qatar, which only makes sense because I was flying Qatar Airlines. Enough good cannot be said about Qatar Airlines Business Class. It is excellent. Enough bad cannot be said about Qatar’s weather. It is a peninsula that sticks out into the bath tub that is the…
Brother Site & Shameless Self-Promotion
If I may wallow in a bit of shameless, self-promotion – I have just ramped up another website in order to sell my images. Some would say that the prices are cheap, but for stock photography, they are expensive. Let’s see if we can bring nice photos to the masses. The page is HertwigPhoto.com. Please…
Cruisin’ Setouchi
So, Setouchi is the Japanese word for the Seto Inland Sea of Japan. It is filled with islands and makes for a great place to cruise around on a boat that reeks of Japanese minimalist design. Also some pretty fresh seafood. Along the way, we stopped off at Miyajima on Itsukushima Island off Hiroshima. Up…
Art & A-Bombs!!!
Next week I take the silver jet west to get to the East. This will be my second trip to Japan & I enjoyed the first one very much. Too bad this blog was not running back then because I recommend anyone who is into International Kitsch to go see a festival in Japan –…
Curtsey’s Studio
Many of you know that I prefer to record events and people and animals in their natural habitat. I prefer long lenses so that the subject does not interact with me and I minimize my effect on their behavior. However, I have always felt that studio work was missing from my portfolio. I knew that…
Bright City Lights & Cherry Blossom Festival
Spring is around the corner and that is always a great time in Macon, so I am glad to be home for a bit. This Spring, coinciding with the International Cherry Blossom we (and by “we”, I mean Newtown Macon, Dashboard Coop & Community Foundation of Central Georgia) will be putting on a photography show…