Pocono Tapestry #1

Every other week I will be offering one of my original photographs at a great savings to you. The selections will include unmatted signed photographs of the various sizes and subjects included in both my websites.

The third  title offered through my Print Purchase Program is an unmatted medium size photograph titled Pocono Tapestry #1.

Pocono Tapestry #1, was taken in Pennsylvania  during a day trip to Easton and beyond.

After having an early lunch at the Blue Moon in Lambertville, we continued north on River Road. The ride was beautiful but it gave no hint of the Autumn splendor I was to witness.

I have experienced  Autumn out West, in New England and in the South, but this day of looking and photographing is one of the Autumn high-points in my career and a leaf peeper’s dream.

The next Print Purchase offer will be Pocono Tapestry #2. They make a great pair. You can order both and save on shipping!!

Pocono Tapestry #2

The size: 6″x 9″ printed on a 8″ x 10″ photographic paper. This size is perfect for matting to fit a 11″x14 ‘ standard size frame.

Price: $9.00 + $6.00 shipping = $16.00 total. (Tax included)

Take note: there are only 15 prints available

For more information and to order please contact me directly.

Armond Scavo

armond@earthlightimages.com

armond@photographsofphiladelphia.com

215.592.8832

*Special requests will be considered.

*The offer will be good for one month from the date of the offering. I hope you take advantage of this special opportunity to collect my work at great savings.

Best Regards,

Armond Scavo

Every other week I will be offering one of my original photographs at a great savings to you. The selections will include unmated signed photographs of the various sizes and subjects included in both my websites.

The second  title offered through my Print Purchase Program is an unmated medium size photograph titled Blue Moon.

Blue Moon, taken in Biddeford Pool Maine, is an image of one of those rare events; a blue moon, which is the second full moon in the same month. This moon has two other rare features. It is also  a harvest moon. And if you look close you will see a red ring around it. I first thought that this was an optical illusion but realized that the red ring is reflected in the water. When the moon is low in the horizon as the ice crystals pick up the sunlight they create a red ring. It’s actually a fairly uncommon happening. So having these three astronomical characteristics in one image was a one of a kind experience. And yes the color is natural. No filters, no photoshop!!

The size: 13″x10.25″ printed on a 11×14′ photographic paper. This size is perfect for matting to fit a 16×20 standard size frame.

Price: $13.00 + $7.00 shipping = $20.00 total. (Tax included)

Take note: there are only 15 prints available

For more information and to order please contact me directly

Armond Scavo

armond@earthlightimages.com

armond@photographsofphiladelphia.com

215.592.8832

*Special requests will be considered.

*The offer will be good for one month from the date of the offering.                        I hope you take advantage of this special opportunity to collect my work at great savings.

Best Regards,

Armond Scavo

I have eaten at Franco’s and Luigi’s High note  cafe at 13th and Tasker. for the last 5 or 6 years and tonight was the last time. I just got back from a a bad experience there.

The problem centered around being some would say misinformed, I would say deceived and disrespected.. To be as brief as possible we ordered one order of roasted red peppers that were delicious, two sides of linguini, just as good, and one side of meatballs. When the food came out, the sides of linguini were so big that I asked the waiter if this was the size of a side of linguini. A few minutes later I asked him again, and how big was an entree. He assured me they were side portions and said that the entree was twice as large. When we got the check we were charged for two entrees. When I brought this up to the owner Franco he said that we couldn’t order sides of anything. when I asked him why the waiter didn’t tell us we were not allowed to order side dishes, Franco looked at me as if I were some dimwit and said with the arrogance of Napoleon, in a room full of people, and  I paraphrase  ” nobody ever orders side dishes of anything, these are entrees”. So no matter how little or how much you want to eat you can only order enormous portions at fairly high prices. As much as I like the food, I cannot recommend a place that tells you the portion you ordered after you get the bill; and assumes that the customer is wrong. Franco did not take any responsibility for the waiter’s lack of knowledge of the menu and that we were misinformed. So for one appetizer of roasted peppers, two “sides ” of linguini in oil, and one appetizer of meatballs (3) It cost $60.00. The same meal at Pesto’s on South Broad would be $25.00 tops.  the food is at least as good, and the owners appreciate and respect their customer.

I am very excited about a new bimonthly Print Purchase Program I am initiating with this posting.

Every other week I will be offering one of my original photographs at a great savings to you. The selections will include unmatted signed photographs of the various sizes and subjects included in my websites below.

The first title offered through my Print Purchase Program is an unmatted medium size photograph titled “Geno’s Steaks”.

“Geno’s Steaks” is an iconic image of one of Philadelphia’s famous landmarks. People come from all over and line up around the block to order Geno’s famous steak “wit wiz” ( translation: Cheese steak). I took this photograph several years ago just before the new signs and neon were installed. I still prefer this classic style. That is what makes this image one to have.

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The size: 13″x10.25″ printed on a 11×14′ photographic paper. This size is perfect for matting to fit a 16×20 standard size frame.

Price: $13.00 + $7.00 shipping = $20.00 total. (Tax included)

Take note: there are only 25 prints available

For more information and to order please contact me directly

Armond Scavo

armond@earthlightimages.com

armond@photographsofphiladelphia.com

215.592.8832

*Special requests will be considered.

*The offer will be good for one month from the date of the offering.                    I hope you take advantage of this special opportunity to collect my work at great savings.

Best Regards,

Armond Scavo

If you ask any tour guide where to get good food in the historic area of Philadelphia most of them will tell you Philly’s Gourmet Cafe, better known as Mimi’s. Mimi is the ever joyous hostess that brings her Asian charm to everyone she greets.

Located at the very front of the 5th street entrance of the Bourse building between Chestnut and Market, Mimi’s offers a wide variety of well-prepared, fresh, cold and hot pay by the lb. buffets and salad bar.

It includes selections of American, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and Mediterranean dishes, as well as fresh and prepared fruits and vegetables that are delicious. I had samples of the Chinese broccoli, BB pork and chicken, roasted chicken, prepared broccoli, and a variety of other prepared fruit and vegetable dishes and every single sample was fresh, crisp and succulent. Other dishes available include pasta Italian style, beef stew, general chow’s chicken as well as succotash, fried plantain, spanakopita (spinach pie) and a selection of gluten free sandwiches using only Boar Head products. And of course, what selection would be complete without the Philly cheese steak. The steak is lean and well prepared. Mimi proudly guarantees that everything is MSG and meat tenderizer free.

Her daily specials include a student group discounts: a cheese steak fries and soda @ $7.99

So when you are visiting the historic area of Philadelphia and are ready for a casual meal, go to Mimi’s.  With such a wide selection of deliciously prepared food, at a reasonable price, you can’t do better.

Mimi’s (Philly’s Gourmet Cafe),
South independence Mall East (5th Street), Philadelphia Pa
215.9234397

From when I was a child I was taught that If I had nothing nice to say don’t say anything at all. That is why I will be as brief as possible.

I heard Zoe Strauss interviewed on the radio. I was impressed by her articulate descriptions of her work, her relationships with the people and her overall approach to living. I had also seen her work early on. So I went to see her exhibit at PMA and drove around the city to see the billboards.

With all due respect I didn’t get it!! I didn’t get PMA’s interests or the excitement about the work. I saw ordinary snap shots at best, and a contrived manipulation at worst. I tend to go with the first. There was nothing about the work that contained the elements that elevates street photography or any other style to art. I saw no sense of personal nobility, grace or respect in the human condition of the people in the portraits. With several exceptions, I saw no attention to the two dimensional: content without form or composition. Maybe that was the point. But as I said I don’t get it.

After many years of walking around Philadelphia with my camera, meeting people and talking about the city and how I approach it as a photographic subject, I am now offering Photography tours of Philadelphia.

join me in one of my many Photography Tours of Philadelphia. Whether you favor cityscapes, people or architecture you will find it during one of my tours.

Some of the sites we will photograph are Elfreth’s Alley, Independence Hall, Rittenhouse Square, and City Hall, just to name a few.

There are many tour sites to choose from. Whether you choose the Historic area of Philadelphia or the Italian Market tour you will have eye catching images to photograph.

I look forward to walking with you, helping you take better photographs, and talking about the many aspects of Philadelphia.

I welcome individual workshops and group tours.

For more information just click on the link below:

Photography Tours Of Philadelphia

The title of this photograph of Rittenhouse Square is Midnight Walk. I post it as a prelude to my comments on the film Midnight in Paris by Woody Allen.

I have been a Woody Allen fan from his days as a stand up comedian; and I like almost all of his films. Some I consider masterworks. But Midnight in Paris is my favorite.

Aside from the wonderful story filled with literary characters and references, what could be better than a film that visually relates to his audience an artist’s love affair with a city . It is apparent that Woody Allen loves Paris. From the opening frame the beauty and elegance of that great city is witnessed time and again through the artist’s eye.

Oddly enough, even though I have been photographing Philadelphia for a long time, It wasn’t until I saw Midnight in Paris that I had a clearer understanding of my approach to photographing Philadelphia: I too visually express my love affair with a great city through an artist’s eye.
Philadelphia:Through an artist’s Eye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R44Ionf7jBM

This Morning I heard the most remarkable interview titled the “Inner Workings of Democracy. Krista Tippet interviewed Jacob Needleman, a philosophy professor who wrote “The Soul of America”.

“As young democracies emerge around the world, we take a long view of the ingredients that formed this democracy well beyond July 4, 1776. The philosopher Jacob Needleman reminds us of the inward work of conscience behind institutions and political values that Americans now take for granted.”

This is the link to the audio. I can’t express strongly enough how refreshing and important it is to me to understand the conscience and intention of the founding fathers and the unique consequence their actions had on mankind.
I hope listening to this interview will effect you as it did me.

Audio:
The inner working of Democracy

Website

I am so happy to have been exhibiting at the “Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts” closing day Street Fair with my Philadelphia collection.

The PIFA Street Fair was one of the most exceptional days of performance art I could have imagined. The music, mimes, contortionists, sword swallowers, high wire acts, and the Ferris wheel were reminiscent of the french films I have seen over the years especially “Children of Paradise”. Philadelphia was old world Europe for the day.

Because Of the photographs of Philadelphia I was exhibiting I had countless conversations with visitors about the history, architecture

and beauty of our City of Brotherly Love. First time visitors from Germany, France, Italy, The Netherlands, the far East and from all over the U.S. asked questions and talked about the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, The historic area, and Swann Fountain. They were truly impressed by the sculptures around the city, and especially by what they referred to as our “Town Hall”. Of course they meant City Hall.

But most notably, to the person, was their appreciation for the feel and friendliness of Philadelphia, and its obvious European Influences. Many thought that my “Lamp Light and Boat House Row” was take somewhere in Europe. Of course I suggested a visit to Philadelphia’s historic gem; The Fairmount Water Works”.

The “Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts” was the most ambitious outreach and contribution by Philadelphia to the international cultural community. It was a resounding success. Philadelphia is now an Indispensable historic and cultural destination for the world traveler.