Photography with Joe

  Kagebushi Photography First-person origin-point framing Signature hand-over-flash technique Shadow-doubling method Philosophical depth Comparisons to other existing techniques Kagebushi’s conceptual uniqueness Kagebushi Photography: Shadows, Presence, and the Hand That Shapes Light I was the first to put words and images to what I now call Kagebushi Photography . In the early 2000s, in Canada, I began experimenting with light and shadow—not just to take pictures, but to wrestle with presence and absence, identity and the self. The world has plenty of lighting tricks and shadow play, but I wanted something more intimate, more immediate: a conversation between photographer, subject, and the shadows they cast. My signature move is deceptively simple. I place my hand over the flash, shaping the light, letting shadows fall where they want, or where I want them to speak. The hand becomes a conduit, a mediator between reality and abstraction. Each shadow is deliberate, each angle consid...

October 2025 Here’s my storyfication of the annoyances of modern life — Friday edition: Since my wallet vanished (lost? stolen? or maybe it just ran off with my sanity), I’ve become a ghost in the bureaucratic machine. Bank? Locked out. Medical services? Locked out. My life? Slowly rebuilding, one humiliating form at a time. The bank lets me do a “special in-person appointment,” meaning I get to bring ancient bank statements and confess all my secrets while being interrogated like a spy. Appointment booked… in the mysterious future. Could be next week, could be next century—who knows? Health card? Olympic-level madness. Online? Closed. In-person months away? Blocks all critical appointments in November and December. The desperate option? Old passport + snail mail. Without snail mail? I’m toast, invisible, flailing, screaming “I EXIST!” at walls that do not care. 💥 PS: To my e-bill friends — ohhhh, you’re toast if the same happens. I’ve almost been seduced by e-bills, those digital...

  March 15, 2025 – Saturday Save A Jew St. Patrick’s Day is around the corner—a day when people celebrate Irish heritage by drinking so much they forget where Ireland is. I went out to mark the occasion, though my mind was on other things. Namely, whether anyone was keeping track of Trump’s latest shopping list. He’s publicly said he wants Panama, Greenland, Canada, and Mexico. Most people treat it like the ramblings of a man who thinks the Louisiana Purchase was a checkout option on Amazon. I figured Panama was already in the bag, bought out like a Vegas casino. Turns out, not quite. The country’s still pretending to be independent while BlackRock quietly buys up both entrances to the Panama Canal. They don’t own the canal, but once they control the gates, they can charge whatever they want to let ships through. It’s the geopolitical equivalent of Airbnb: technically, they don’t own the house, but they decide who gets to sleep there. If an AI summarized it, it’d say: Trump’s c...

  The Psychohistory of a Global Economy: Predictions and Realities In 1989, I undertook the ambitious task of applying psychohistorical equations to the global economic system, inspired by the foundational theories of Isaac Asimov. Unlike the past, where economic models focused on national or bilateral comparisons—such as Country A against Country B, or occasionally regional economic blocs—by the late 20th century, the world economy had transformed into a singular, interconnected entity. The increasing integration of financial markets, supply chains, and multinational corporations rendered traditional economic theories insufficient for understanding the true dynamics of global events. My premise was that economic and geopolitical events could no longer be analyzed in isolation but had to be understood as part of a complex, interwoven system. Using psychohistorical modeling, I was able to predict several major economic crises with striking accuracy. One of the most significant fores...

2016 March 21st, Floccinaucinihilipilification -Library screwed me and removed me from being first for printer lessons to not on the lesson list at all. -Watched "Gothem" the TV show where Gordon goes to jail for murder -My foot still hurts, and swells. It alternates between one and two. -Spend the day on the blog sphere -Not major tasks done including walking.

Wednesday, March 16 2016 My foot had healed, with minor swelling. What has it been two or three weeks? Only one really bad week of utter, terrible crippling pain. For those weeks only death was wished for, as ever pain killer I could find keep me some what fuctioning. Then, slowly the distractions of watching Television and Digital video Disks and s few attempts at reading (failed bccaue of the pain.)       Now the pain is always their, but a single round of pills will end it. My thumb is still not functioning, but it no longer hurts to exist. For the first time in weeks  I feel more or less well!                        World Events  I was reminded that the world has only a few short months to exist before Trump rules us all and the missiles fly. What, we have until November, maybe March of next year to exist? The odds are I will not be here for the main event, but I may stay around for that - ...