This is Jasper Smith, currently “residing” in Atlanta’s Oakland Cemetery in downtown Atlanta, across I-20 from the Braves old stadium. I don’t have any history for him though there is a Jasper, Georgia, though I have no idea if there’s a connection.. But Jasper sits on top of his very own mausoleum, mulling things over in mild consternation. And who wouldn’t aspire to such a state?
This is one of the shots I took at a museum display of 18th & 19th century French art.
Trisdan De Luna y Arellano, Conquistador and the founder of a Spanish colony at what in now Pensacola in 1559. Funny thing, I did a quick google of him to make sure I had the dates right and the lead article on google was using one of my pictures from this shoot as the lead without permission or attribution. Theoretically, that’s illegal but, I’ve found, common.
This is a near life sized resin casting of a female that I found in the Porch Creek Indian casino in Atmore Al. The Porch Indians are an offshoot of their brother tribe, the BMW Indians. I absolutely do not have the “gambling bug” but my wife does. On the occasion I take her there, I wander around with my camera shooting interesting stuff of which there is a bunch while she’s hypnotized by the slots. The casino staff gets pretty quirky about cameras in the casino until I assure them that I’m shooting the facility, not the people.
“the lead article on google was using one of my pictures from this shoot as the lead without permission or attribution”
That’s annoying. You could try to get them to attribute your picture. It might work.
It’s like trying to sweep back the sea. Just by happenstance I’ve run on other instances on a fair number of occasions. Most of the time, they do ask for permission or to buy the shot. I’ve sold stuff to as diverse organizations as “The Pickers” reality show and to a Mexican school book publisher.
I guess it’s a mixed bag.
I like the conquistador photo best of this bunch. It’s extremely well done.