Copper
Parting shot
Air and Ground Transport
Taken in Lowell, Arizona, site of a daytime UFO sighting in the mid-1990s. Lowell was once a...copper mining town. It's now known for its vintage automobiles parked throughout the town.
Scratching the Surface
This car was on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles last summer as part of an exhibit entitled “Best in Low – Icons of the Street and Show.”...
Lyrical Architecture
This is the now-closed Lyric Theatre in Bisbee, Arizona. It was built in 1917 and remained in operation for almost 72 years. It was used for movies, vaudeville, and stage...
Colors in the Sun
This photograph was taken in Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia’s studio at his Gallery in the Sun in Tucson, Arizona. It’s a detail of his palette and some of his paints. DeGrazia...
They've Got Tungs-Tone!
Back in 1921, it was easy to change a stylus on a Victor talking machine, and you could buy 'em by the box. After all, the styli were only semi-permanent!
Cactus Cornucopia
Speakers aren't the only things that can have spikes. Here are barrel cacti in a garden in the Catalina Foothills near Tucson, Arizona.
Calavera
Halloween is just around the corner, so here's an appropriate shot from James Schrimpf, from an old storefront window in Bisbee, Arizona.
Mobile Art
On a recent trip to Southern California, I visited the Petersen Automotive Museum. It had the most impressive collection of cars that I have ever seen: three floors of everything...
I Was There
"I look into the pastI want to make it lastI was thereI was there" Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day rocking the CES 2024 Harman event, Las Vegas, Nevada, January...
Delightful
Each winter, the Oakland (California) Zoo presents “Glowfari,” a large-scale installation of hundreds of lantern animals and plants that covers most of the grounds. Most of the lanterns are larger...
Remember the Dreaming
Maybe instead of always forging ahead, some of us should step back into our childhood mindset once in a while. That was the time when relaxation and play came naturally,...
Winds of Change
This photo was taken on the way back to San Diego from the January 2024 NAMM show. These clouds were the first signs of the tempest soon to follow.
Born to be Wild
A smiling member of the Leporidae family greets visitors to Gold Ridge Organic Farms in Sebastopol, California.
The Road Not Taken
Few tourists take a photo from this point in Zion National Park because the road is narrow and there is no pullout at this location. But on a motorcycle, one can...
Winter Wonderland
This photo was made in the foothills of the Patagonia Mountains of Southern Arizona. The Patagonias are the northernmost terminus of the Sierra Madre Occidental range, which runs all the...
Free Electron
Encountered in France: a strange attractor and a sign of a free electron.
Don't Fence Me In
Eye-catching imperfection, taken in Grant County, New Mexico.
Subwoofer Artistry
Thilo Stompler made some of the best subwoofer drivers I’ve ever bought, at his factory in San Diego, California.The San Diego Music and Audio Guild toured his plant in April...
Which Way Is Up?
“The sky is both over and under the water?” Gary thought as he stared into the puddle. “What sense does that make?" Street scene in Long Island, New York, August 2023.
Camera Ready
Portrait of Copper's photographer extraordinaire James Schrimpf, made by Alex Lim, Architectural Conservator at Tumacacori National Historic Park. Alex did a series of portraits of Southern Arizona artists for a...
Bert Lahr in Carbonite?
He's ready for travel through interstellar space. Taken in Trafalgar Square, London.
Another Copper Audio Experience: Loudspeakers W...
Copper-veneered speakers from Copper reader Mike Van Hoe…it’s a natural combination! In Issue 188 we featured Mike’s copper-clad, custom-built loudspeakers. Well, he didn’t stop with one pair. Here’s the second set of...
Stairway to Knowledge
A Staircase in the Copper Queen Library in Bisbee, Arizona, named "The Best Small Library in America." The library has been in operation since 1882.
Trixie the Ticket Taker
As a bookend to James Schrimpf's Parting Shot in Issue 171, “Silent Movie Fan,” this is “Trixie,” the mannequin ticket taker for the historic Sebastiani Theatre in the town of...
Give Me That Old Time(r) Rock and Roll
There was a significant amount of drug use in the hotel room that three members of the band Grand Folk Railroad shared at the 2023 Montauk Music Festival.
A Copper Audio Experience
Copper-veneered speakers from Copper reader Mike Van Hoe…it’s a natural combination! These are made using CommonSense Audio Monitor MK II enclosures, with Classic 8+ Series alnico-magnet drivers. CommonSense Audio offers...
A View From the Sky
It was a beautiful 2022 fall day in New York, the kind that makes you feel you are in the center of the world, especially near the new buildings towering...
Parallel Lineup
Sometimes, things just line up. Taken at the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in Mimbres, New Mexico.
A Window Into the Past
A window shopper at an antiques store in Bisbee, Arizona.
Slow Ride
Taken at Arenas Valley, New Mexico. The old car is in a state of disrepair and is parked in front of an abandoned gas station, but the beautiful industrial design...
Living on the Edge
For over 700 years, the ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde, Colorado. Today, the park protects the rich cultural heritage...
On the Road Again
A scene in Bisbee, Arizona. The Art Deco-style building houses restaurants and shops, including a bookstore which stocks some vinyl. Street musicians often play in Bisbee.
The Road Not Easily Taken
Shafer Canyon Road, aka BLM-142, one of the Bureau of Land Management roads open for recreation in Utah. We had entered the unpaved Shafer Canyon Rd. into the canyon from...
Lord Knows I Try
Photographed in Manhattan on 15th Street between Second and Third Avenue.
Lucky Men
Here's another in a series of street scenes from Silver City, a small town in New Mexico with a population of 9,578 as of 2021.
Ascension
Staircase, New York City, overlooking Madison Square Garden. John Flory is an industrial designer who works for an architectural fabrication firm specializing in high-end staircases. He is an artist, designer,...
Water Works
Street scene from Silver City, New Mexico. It borders the Gila Wilderness, the largest pristine wilderness area in the Continental United States.
City Scene
Dazzling on the outside as well as within: New York’s Radio City Music Hall, 2019.
Fast and Bulbous
Attention car buffs: these have to be the coolest lamps ever. Taken at SoCal Nationals Car Show Weekend 2022.
Unlikely Beauty
Solar flare? Cosmic egg? A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope? No. This is simply an oil stain on pavement. Sometimes beauty is found in unlikely places.
Theatrical Display
The quiet woman in the ticket booth at the historic Silco Theater in Silver City, New Mexico. We also featured her in Issue 171’s Parting Shot.
Silent Movie Fan
Ticket booth at the historic Silco Theater in Silver City, New Mexico. Silco is an anagram of silver and copper, the economic foundations of the community.
Where the Streets Have No Name
You want me to go where? Taken at Fort Bragg, California.
Kloss Encounter
A 1988 portrait of legendary audio designer Henry Kloss, who co-founded Acoustic Research with Edgar Villchur in 1954. He was also involved in KLH, founded Advent Corporation and Kloss Video...
Big Sky
The Manhattan skyline, July 4, 2022, taken from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It’s always an impressive sight, and the sky complementing it was particularly spectacular on this evening.
Play It Like You Mean It
Charlie Parker said, “If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.” Well, Bird nailed it in describing the tight thunder that emanates from the long horns these...
Far Above Cayuga's Waters
Photographed at Cornell Botanic Gardens, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. As the website states, “As a living museum, our cultivated gardens, arboretum, and natural areas serve as outdoor classrooms…and host research that seeks...
Your Move
Actually, the photo is of Alón Sagee and his metal friends, taken by a bystander on August 8, 2002 in Xian, China.