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My Dark Night in Williamsburg

By hugh | Published: January 16, 2012

I lost my second set of keys on this very night before christmas. If you have them, please drop them in the mail because I had a bunch of barcoded coupon things that all have my address and phone number. Don’t worry, I’ll have another set made up if you threw them in the dumpster.

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Iconic Photos With People Removed

By hugh | Published: January 5, 2012

Why didn’t I think of this? Update: Here’s a blog where the proprietors photoshop out the the dead people from album covers. via Dangerous Minds.

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Angry Dude

By hugh | Published: December 25, 2011

Sorry, can’t get past it. Happy holidays.

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Mediaeval Babes

By hugh | Published: December 22, 2011

My hard drive fell apart last night. I am sad. Anyway, this is about as close as I’ll get to Christmas music on the blog.

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Getting Straight on Hitchens

By hugh | Published: December 19, 2011

Christopher Hitchens left this mortal coil late last week before he could say goodbye to Vaclav Havel and Kim Jong Il. I was disturbed by all the eulogies that praised him effusively for having nought but wit, a profuse pen, and a big personality that worked well on cable news. So here are two essays [...]

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Photo Dump for the Holidays

By hugh | Published: December 14, 2011

Here are various pics from the last few months. Captions are included.

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Two From Weeks Ago

By hugh | Published: December 5, 2011

These are just okay but so what. Con Ed, still on it pretty much 14 Street sunset

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Union Square Life

By hugh | Published: December 3, 2011

Here are some crappy shots I took from the same spot one night in Union Square. September.

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This Thing Is On?

By hugh | Published: December 2, 2011

I suppose. I let it slag like a mattress in the back of the backyard. Here’s an old photo… More soon of course… a photo gallery at the least.

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Hot August Night Gallery

By hugh | Published: August 20, 2011

Here are some miscellaneous night photos I took over the summer, all similar in subject matter to what I’ve shot before. The difference here is that I started doing some color correction for the pervasive outdoor tungsten lighting that is now in most urban cities. Enjoy!

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Hugh Haggerty Photo Show, August 2011

By hugh | Published: July 11, 2011

I’ll have a total of seven photos on display at SIP for the month of August with a reception August 4th, 6-9 pm. SIP is a small bar/restaurant and this is very informal. I usually DJ there on Thursday nights and will be DJing early and late the night of the reception.

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Let the Robots Fight It Out?

By hugh | Published: July 11, 2011

Barbara Ehrenreich’s essay ends on a strangely positive note. She doesn’t adequately consider the human generational aspects in her conclusion. The motivations of war machines to invent new killing machines, new enemies, and new bureaucracies to administer them is directly proportional to their survival instincts and economic necessity. No matter how inhuman and robot-ful war [...]

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