Simon Griffee
Department of graphic design, art direction, and photography.

October 2009

Night Walk in Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy, February 2009

Published 2009 October 27

Near Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy, Janyary 2009

Published 2009 October 26

Platform, Stazione Trastevere, Rome, Italy, September 2009

Published 2009 October 21

Vicina, Rome, Italy, April 2009

Published 2009 October 18

Near Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy, February 2009

Published 2009 October 15

Sheep by Fr3 Line, Near Anguilara, Italy, February 2009

Published 2009 October 15

Near Piazza Comunale, Bracciano, Italy, April 2009

Published 2009 October 14

Near Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, April 2009

Published 2009 October 13

Man in Via Nazionale, Rome, Italy, October 2009

Published 2009 October 12

Nonfiction

Published 2009 October 12

“In 2003, I carried a plastic Holga camera with me for about 8 months during my travels. What began as a simple diversion became a sort of therapy and exercise in seeing. Because of the limitations of the camera, I was unable to precisely control composition and exposure. The camera leaked light causing color shifts and quite unexpected results. Photography with this camera became more about the act of making a picture rather then the picture itself, and I experimented with making only one picture of any given situation. Instinct and reflex were the only guiding principles in making the pictures. The result was pictures that were not ”about" anything at all but were still, in their way, “true”. Thus the title, Nonfiction."

Christopher Anderson

Boxing Match in Piazza della Madonna dei Monti, Rome, Italy, October 2009

Published 2009 October 11

Ran into a crowd surrounding a boxing ring in front of a church last Friday.

Party, Giustiniana, Italy, June 2009

Published 2009 October 8

Bus Stop Shoe, Rome, Italy, May 2009

Published 2009 October 6

The United States Border

Published 2009 October 6

David Eaves: “A closed border is like a closed mind - over time you become less receptive to new ideas or information and begin to atrophy.”

Main Street, Morning, Rome, Italy, May 2009

Published 2009 October 5

At Via del Corso, Rome, Italy, March 2009

Published 2009 October 4

Canon 5D Digital SLR Body for Sale (Sold)

Published 2009 October 3

Canon 5D body

  • 2 2GB high-speed compact flash cards (Lexar Pro 133x and Sandisk Ext.III)
  • 4 batteries, 2 BP-511A (newer, higher capacity) and 2 BP-511
  • Canon compact battery charger (US)
  • Digital video out cable
  • Mini USB cable
  • Canon strap

Sold

The 5D has a ‘full-frame’ digital sensor the same size as a 35mm film frame. The sensor has excellent low-light performance with very little noise even at high ISO settings.

A protective plastic film has been on the rear LCD screen from the first day I used the camera—the LCD screen is scratch-free!

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Canon EF 17–40mm f/4 L USM for Sale (Sold)

Published 2009 October 3

Canon EF 17–40mm f/4 L USM

  • Leather pouch
  • EW-83E lens hood
  • B+W 77 KR-1.5 Skylight filter made in Germany (not in picture below)

Great lens for wide-angle landscape and architecture photography. Excellent build-quality.

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Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM for Sale (Sold)

Published 2009 October 3

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

  • Rubber rain lens hood
  • Hoya 58mm PL-CIR polarizing filter (not in picture below)
  • Kenko 58mm 1A Skylight filter (not in picture below)

Sold

One of my favorite lenses…excellent performance wide-open, beautiful bokeh, beautiful price! You can photograph at night without a flash with this one!

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Self-portrait in Train Toilette, Rome, Italy, October 2009

Published 2009 October 2

FR3 Bloccata, Bracciano, Italy, October 2009

Published 2009 October 1

A tractor bent a couple of metal poles across the FR3 train line in Bracciano this morning. People who wish to go to Rome are unhappy.

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