Giles Hoover

Photography and design for print production

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  • Mercer University Gallery Updated

    Mercer University Gallery Updated

    Memorial Day weekend brought what is likely the last of the spring-like weather to Middle Georgia, and while it lasted, I was out with the camera. This time, the beautiful, historic Mercer University campus here in Macon:

    That building is from the 1800’s. The bear — and the building in the background — are not:

    Had my black-and-white “classic camera” filters handy, too (same building in the background, FYI):

    Mercer2021-3

    Thirty new photographs join the Mercer University gallery. Peruse, purchase, or just enjoy.

  • Middle Georgia State University Gallery Updated

    Middle Georgia State University Gallery Updated

    Visited Middle Georgia State University over the Memorial Day weekend, and have an updated look at campus:

    The Wellness Center wasn’t even there last time I was there with a camera:

    Take a look at the whole set here. Thanks!

  • Milledgeville Gallery Updated

    Milledgeville Gallery Updated

    Beautiful spring day in Middle Georgia yesterday, so I took advantage:

    Georgia College, May 2021

    Added a few from a January visit, as well; a total of 44 new photographs posted.

  • Macon Downtown Gallery Updated

    Macon Downtown Gallery Updated

    Gerald loaned me his Voigtlander 21mm/ƒ1.8 yesterday, and I took it for a brief spin downtown:

    More here — the latest shots are at the bottom of the page — and more soon. Thanks and stay tuned.

  • A History of Arab Graphic Design

    A History of Arab Graphic Design

    A History of Arab Graphic Design is easily the best introduction to the history of modern Arab visual culture on the market today. It lacks the jargon of exhibition catalogues, leans heavily on visual sources, and dismisses some previously held assumptions about Arab art[.]

    Something for those of us in the West who sometimes suffer from Western-centricity. More at the Brooklyn Rail.

  • New Gallery: Fort Valley

    New Gallery: Fort Valley

    Took a trip to Fort Valley and Massee Lane Gardens this Easter, with a stop at Wesley Chapel on the way home, resulting in a new gallery posted. Enjoy!

    Thanks to Prof. Gerald Lucas. Photography is always better with company.

  • In Stitches (of CMYK)

    In Stitches (of CMYK)

    In “XXXX Swatchbook,” Evelin Kasikov explores all of the variables of CMYK printing without a single drop of ink. She catalogs primary, secondary, and tertiary colors, two-dozen combinations showing how rotation affects the final pigment, and a full spectrum of rich gradients. In total, the printing-focused book is comprised of four base tones, 16 elements, and 400 swatches of color entirely hand-embroidered in 219,647 stitches.

    Six years. Six years.

    More @ Colossal.

  • Penguin UK on the semicolon

    Penguin UK on the semicolon

    “Do not use semicolons,” wrote Kurt Vonnegut; “All they do is show you’ve been to college.”

    I love a semicolon. (Perhaps a little too much, some might say.) Read more about this underutilized punctuation: Semi-colons; or, learning to love literature’s most misunderstood punctuation