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Calendar Wallpaper : Hello, Everyone! I thought I'd try something new. I'm posting small images here to use as wallpaper for your computer. Right now this is free, so knock yourself out with using them and spreading the word. Please let me know what you think.

Calendar Wallpaper

Reflections : Photos from my joint photo project with Chrissy Voce. See the "Reflections" link under the "Photographer" tab here if you want to see more.

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Fine Art Portfolio :

Fine Art Portfolio

Karate Video! :

Lemurs!!! : Today Holly, Jennifer, and I went for a tour of the Duke Lemur Center. Our tour guide, Alex, was fantastic! We all had a wonderful time and want to go back. The lemurs reminded me of tree cats. I plan to go back for a tour where I can take photographs without the cages. I had not been to the Lemur Center for over 20 years, and it has really changed. Please support the Lemur Center -- it is amazing! I usually feel sorry for animals in captivity, but these were different; in addition to the research and education this facility enables, without it, species may become extinct. Please let me know if I've got the lemurs labeled correctly. I wasn't sure, particularly about the mongoose lemurs. Thanks!

2009 Travel Blog: Europe : This is my travel blog for my adventures in the UK and Belgium this summer. Please check out the travel galleries as well.

2009 Travel Blog: Europe

Shadowlands :

Museum of Life and Science, 15 May 2009 :

Museum of Life and Science, 15 May 2009

DUMIC : Photos of instruments in the Duke University Musical Instrument Collections (DUMIC) located in the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building on East Campus.

Duke University Musical Instrument Collections : The photos show our display space, some of our past events (including images from our Rare Music series), students studying in the museum, and details of some of our instruments.

Duke University Musical Instrument Collections

PH225 Final Portfolio :

PH225 Final Portfolio

Updated: May 21, 2009 12:12pm EST

Spring Show Submissions 2009 :

Spring Show Submissions 2009

Spring Show Submissions 2009 : These were my submissions for the Spring Show 2009. None made it -- but this was only my first year at AAU.

Spring Show Submissions 2009

Sports Portfolio :

Sports Portfolio

Sports Portfolio :

Sports Portfolio

Duke by Night :

Ashokan Farewell :

Ashokan Farewell

Shaw's Karate :

N'fa Diabate Kora from Mali :

N'fa Diabate Kora from Mali

Updated: Jul 16, 2008 10:30am EST

Lamar Stringfield Flute :

Lamar Stringfield Flute

Updated: Jul 11, 2008 11:08am EST

Milena "Mia" Sedmak Vesic : Mrs. Vesic will be sorely missed. Please let me know if you'd like to add photos of her for the album. Thank you.

There is a nice obituary in the N&O: http://www.legacy.com/newsobserver/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=88437955

Milena "Mia" Sedmak Vesic

Visit to the Duke University Marine Lab 9/15/07 :

Visit to the Duke University Marine Lab 9/15/07

Students of Ioana Sherman at DUMIC : Dear Students and Parents,
Here are your photos from the student recital and museum visit today (4/27/08). To copy your photos at original resolution, follow these instructions: 1) click on the thumbnail you want to make it appear in the larger box on the right, 2) drag your mouse over the top right-hand corner of the larger image and a menu will appear, 3) click on "original," 4) make your window smaller, 5) drag and drop your photo onto your desktop. If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me or contact me through the "Contact" tab above or through my museum contact information at http://www.dumic.org. If you would like a CD with jpgs, please let me know. Also, if you want more photos, please contact me and we'll set up an appointment. Some of the photos were taken very quickly so that you could get to your next event, and I'm not 100% pleased with all of them -- but I'm happy to take more photos in a more relaxed time-frame and pull out some lights to set up in advance if I know which pianos you would like to play.

Thank you for your contributions today. Everything you contributed will help DUMIC. Our total for today was $145, and every penny is greatly appreciated! I am trying to raise between $20,000 and $25,000 to obtain some very special recordings, video footage, documents about, and still photography of music-making around the world from Professor Ferdinand J. de Hen in Belgium. If you would like more information about this, I would be happy to send you details. The figures I quote here include the price of the collection, shipping, and digitization of the materials so that they can be used online as well as at Duke.

I am so glad to have had the chance to see you today at DUMIC. Please come again soon. I am happy to open the museum by appointment in the summer, and we have regular opening hours in the Duke school year.
Best wishes,
Dr. Brenda Neece, DUMIC Curator

Students of Ioana Sherman at DUMIC

Senior Recital :

Life in Epworth 2007-08 :

Life in Epworth 2007-08

Animals :

Cats 2008 :

Flowers :

Trees :

Around Duke :

Asbury United Methodist Church in Bloom :

Asbury United Methodist Church in Bloom

The Brass Go to Marsh Woodwinds : Don Eagle will be demonstrating several brass instruments from the Eddy Collection at DUMIC in his April 11, 2008 Rare Music Concert. All of these needed minor attention and were taken to Marsh Woodwinds http://www.marshwoodwinds.com/ in Raleigh.

The Brass Go to Marsh Woodwinds

Durham, NC :

Views of Durham from a Motorcycle :

Views of Durham from a Motorcycle

We are X9! Mom & Brenda Birthday Celebrations 2008 :

We are X9! Mom & Brenda Birthday Celebrations 2008

Rare Book Room :

March 2008 :

Duke Chapel :

Thomas is FIVE! :

Thomas is FIVE!

By the Chapel :

Lee :

BodyLase Skin Spa :

BodyLase Skin Spa

Orlando's Nail Spa :

Orlando's Nail Spa

Random Motorcycles :

Random Motorcycles

Washington, DC 2007 :

Washington, DC 2007

Thanksgiving 2007 :

Thanksgiving 2007

St. Mark's Chapel, Raleigh, NC :

St. Mark's Chapel, Raleigh, NC

November 2007 :

November 2007 Dorm Advising Event :

November 2007 Dorm Advising Event

Cats 2007 :

Music 201 :

Christmas 2007 :

Koras :

Rare Music : A Series of Interactive Performances on (Mostly) Historic Instruments

December 2007 :

Portraits with Stodart Upright Grand Piano :

Portraits with Stodart Upright Grand Piano

Rick's BMW :

T.S. :

Rick's Family Dec 26 2007 :

Rick's Family Dec 26 2007

2008 New Year's at Epworth :

2008 New Year's at Epworth

Random Cars :

Wildcats, Swampfoxes, Mice, & Confederates: A Trip to Greenville, SC :

Wildcats, Swampfoxes, Mice, & Confederates: A Trip to Greenville, SC

Tech Session: Boat Trailer & Car Jack :

Tech Session: Boat Trailer & Car Jack

Callie & Kirby :

January 2008 :

Snowy Flamingos :

Snowy Flamingos

Adrienne :

February 2008 :

Duke Fencing Meet 2008 :

Duke Fencing Meet 2008

Rick's TR6 : 1969 TR6

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Dan's Birthday Photos : This is a collection of photos collected and sent to me by Kym to use to create a birthday book for Dan. The gallery is only temporary -- so please enjoy it while it's here. Many thanks to all of the various photographers!

Dan's Birthday Photos

Jean's Photos :

A.C. Banjo Cat :

2007 Holiday Cellobration :

2007 Holiday Cellobration

Flutes & Cornets :

Flutes & Cornets

The Mark of Smuggy :

The Mark of Smuggy

Chester Rules! :

Kym & Dan with Early Piano :

Kym & Dan with Early Piano

Brandi & Parker Visit Epworth : Brandi visits Epworth at Homecoming and brings Parker!

Brandi & Parker Visit Epworth

Cars at Berry Hill Plantation :

Cars at Berry Hill Plantation

J.E.B. Stuart H.S. Reunion :

J.E.B. Stuart H.S. Reunion

Jordan H.S. 20th Reunion :

Jordan H.S. 20th Reunion

Duke Fencing's Beartagnan :

Duke Fencing's Beartagnan

Trip to Charlotte : I visited a trade show at the Convention Center to see the Flow WaterjetPro, but I also had some time to wander around part of Charlotte. I chose as my themes for the day: buildings & men at work.

Trip to Charlotte

Flow at South-Tec Drive

Veerle's Drums! :

Veerle's Drums!

Reed's 2007 Adult Tennis Classes :

Reed's 2007 Adult Tennis Classes

Bob Talton :

The Michal-Fairbanks Collection :

The Michal-Fairbanks Collection

USNWC with Jennifer & Matt :

USNWC with Jennifer & Matt

Brenda's DR200 :

Tian Yun Si Yu : Photos from the Rare Music Concert, Duke University Rare Book Room 2-16-07

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23 May 2009, Durham, NC USA
The journey is about to begin. This is one of my night photography shots in Oxford from my last trip there in 2006.

This year I am traveling to Europe to do collections work for DUMIC in the UK (Oxford) and in Belgium (Oudenaarde and Brussels).

In Belgium I will work on our de Hen-Bijl Collection of World Musical Instruments with the collector, Prof. Ferdinand J. de Hen. We will also be working on editing his book Dancing and Prancing on the history of tournaments, their music, and their traditions, to appear through DUMIC Press later this year. I am fortunate to have a student coming with me to do archival collections work and work on a short biographical sketch of Prof. de Hen. She will fly back home after this portion of my trip. Her photographs can be seen here.

In Oxford I will work with my doctoral supervisor Mr. Jeremy Montagu, on a series of short informational books on musical instruments. He is the author of all but the cello book -- and I am the photographer. We will be working on (at least) two books this summer. He is kindly letting me stay with him during this time. This is like living in a museum with one of the most brilliant minds in the field; he knows more about my field than anyone else I've ever met and has over 2500 instruments as well as the best organology library I've ever seen.

In addition, during my travels I will be gathering the final materials for a bagpipe exhibit at DUMIC. Jeremy is kindly lending DUMIC an instrument (or two?) to use in our exhibit.

For myself, I hope to take a couple of short courses in the Scottish Highlands and Islands -- one on nature and the other on landscape photography. I hope to squeeze this in during the first week of July, but it will depend on how much work I can get done on the photographs for the books with Jeremy.

On weekends I hope to travel around the country and visit my old friends on Saturdays. If all goes well, I'll be back for the 11AM high sung Latin Mass in Oxford every Sunday.

Please stay tuned. We depart on a 6PM flight on Wednesday, 27 May.

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