I mentioned in my last post how I’ve spent many years (since 2008 at least) collecting images and originals of Richard Amsel’s work, painstakingly color-correcting and retouching almost all of them in Photoshop. The process was laborious, and I openly admit that I often took it to nearly manic, obsessive-compulsive levels. When I finally finished this past summer, I got in my car, drove to my favorite Thai restaurant thirty minutes away, and made a private, quiet toast to R

During my early research for preparing this website, I got to know producer Michael Danahy, who was friends with Richard Amsel during the...