by rwhawkins | May 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
My guide and translator was off to try and climb the Duga antenna so I was alone with our government escort. His main instruction was “no climbing” which is a shame because some of the cranes in the harbor had some very interesting cockpits. When I arrived...
by rwhawkins | Oct 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Three of my photographs, Hope, Onacho and When I Light a Torch, were nominees in the fine art category of the annual Black & White Spider Awards. I definitely appreciate the nominee and Spider’s work in promoting photography as an art form. You can view all...
by rwhawkins | Apr 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The New Safe Confinement at Chernobyl was moved into position in November, but only now have I seen some videos of it. This one is pretty epic with a lot of good timelapses. The NSC is an engineering marvel, I’m really surprised we don’t hear more about...
by rwhawkins | Mar 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
The print of the month for March is “Das Ventile, Hatttingen, Germany” Hattingen is a lovely little town on the Ruhr river in western Germany. It is certainly worth a visit to see the old timber houses and original city wall, but that is not what brought...
by rwhawkins | Feb 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
This month’s print of the month is “Antenna, Chernobyl-2” Visiting this site in Ukraine was something I had dreamed of for years. The history of the Russian woodpecker is a Cold War legend that I remember hearing about as a kid. The complex itself is...
by rwhawkins | Jan 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
One of the things that drew me to photography was the mix of the technical and artistic. I built my first large format camera, built numerous darkrooms, developed my own film, studied the zone system etc. However, I’ve always been concerned about spending so...
