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I got in my seat just as everyone was starting to watch a presentation on Jay Maisel.

It is pretty interesting to know that a photographer can make so much money that he can buy a building in New York and have it as both home and workshop; granted that he purchased the property in the 70's, and that it was in disrepair, and that it was full of trash... and that it was in the 70's...

I wish I knew what the right investments were back then - not that I could afford to invest then... or now... But to think that JM bought the property in New York for somewhere around 30K - that's unheard of! Anyway, enough mussing about that and time to get back to reality!

This dude, James Maisel is apparently a wizard of color photography! The few photos I saw of his work is a testimony to that fact. He is currently vested in Stock Photography. Maybe I should look into that - it might be a good business venture... hmmmm...

And then we looked at some sites made by some folks who are considered Conceptual Artists. One of them was Miranda July. She is a Performance Artist from the Bay Area who evolved from just taking pictures into making films. She had some interesting work and got people involved in her project. From what I understand, it's been going on for 7 (seven) years. Interesting body of work!

After all these warm up sets we were allowed to work on our assignment. It just takes a while to download and copy all my pictures from the card to my portable hard drive, so while all that is going on I am here tinkering with my blog!

Ahhhh... wait, I think it's done!