ANTHONY R. VIZZARI | ARCHTOGRAPHIST

A Zoltar Machine... H.H. Bennett's Studio...detail After yet another long pause from the blog, I'm back with a quick update. After my EUS procedure earlier this month, I've been talking with Dr. Warner and the Surgeon, Dr. Shafir at Mount Sinai in NYC about further treatment. As it stands, I will make a quick flight back to NYC in September to consult the surgeon in person. From our phone conversations, the course is as follows: 1. Use RFA (Radio Frequency Ablation) to debulk the large and small tumors. 2. Resect a few of some of the smaller tumors for tissue sampling 3. Possible exploratory surgery to search for primary, remove primary and potential lymph nodes if found. According to the surgeon, the large tumor is NOT in a good location. To resect it surgically, it would require removing 3/4 of my liver. This is not a viable and/or safe option at this time, since my liver is functioning relatively well. This large tumor is at the edge of being responsive to RFA, so, it m...

Illustrations from: Nos. 1 & 1A Autographic Kodak Juniors Manual : Pages 24 & 25. "When making instantaneous exposures with any Kodak, hold it firmly against the body as shown in the illustrations, and when operating the cable release, or pushing down on the exposure lever, hold the breath for an instant." I love that... hold the breath, take it in, and release the shutter, as if everything just stops for a second, or really, a fraction there of. I found this manual at a local yard sale this weekend... yes, I took off from work for a few hours to scout with Andrea. It was well worth the find! I also picked up a few rolls of old educational short movies, photo journals, and a sweet red pine wood derby car made in 1965.

Art Sinsabaugh: Chicago Landscape #23, 1964 (printed 1966) One of my favorite photographers is Art Sinsabaugh... and, one of my all time favorite writers is Sherwood Anderson. In 1964 Jargon Press (Jonathan Williams) put together a killer book pairing 15 pieces from Anderson's Mid-American Chants with Sinsabaugh's photos. I have the book, a limited edition of 1550 copies, which is a PRIZE in my collection. I think I once told Andrea that this book made me fall in love with the Mid-West. It's more than a piece in a collection, but an inspiring artifact. When I need a minute to escape, I take it out and flip through the long panoramic pages. I also have a great first edition of Mid-American Chants with a nice corn colored cover, and of course, a few orginal Sinsabaugh photos. Those too hold a special spot in my life... In the Forward to Mid-American Chants, Anderson writes: "I do not believe that we people of mid-western America, immersed as we are in affairs, hurried a...

Photo Postcard of a Girl in a Shabby Studio, Circa 1910: Acquired 03/15/2009. For the Collection. "What I think is so extraordinary about the photograph is that we have a piece of paper with this image adhered to it, etched on it, which interposes itself into the plane of time that we are actually in at that moment. Even if it comes from as far back as 150 years ago, or as recently as yesterday, or a minute before as a Polaroid color photograph, suddenly you bring it into your experience. You look at it, and all around the real world is humming, buzzing and moving, and yet in this little frame there is stillness that looks like the world. That connection, that collision, that interfacing, is one of the most astonishing things we can experience." - Joel Meyerowitz I found this quote poignant , considering my recent posts on vernacular photography. I'm a Meyerowitz fan, for sure.