Oldey Timey: BirdDog Drawing

“Oldey Timey: BirdDog”, 2015, 11” x 14”, Ink and Coffee on Vellum Always a Visionary Entrepreneur, Ivan Milloskevic works in his darkroom surrounded by his allies and fledgling photographers. A. Ivan Milloskevic, Russian defector and pioneer in aerial photography. B. The latest film retrieved from Reginald’s peeping tom flyovers. C. Eidelweiss, Miloskevic’s prized photographer and trained carrier pigeon. D. Milloskevic’s right-hand man and developer, Antoine Jenkins. Jenkins has years of wedding and amateur birthday party photography under his belt, and looks forward to the day in which he can rid himself of the dull drudgery of lab work and get back to photographing French models discreetly and without their consent. E. Self-styled “bad boy” of the aerial photography world, “Buttons” perches atop the Enlarger in the hopes of getting his latest assignment. F. The “Dronus Phosoluminus”, a self-running wind-up camera that is powered by the internal ticking of the host-bird’s beating heart – the shutter speed and snapshots are controlled by the amount of exertion and stress onto the creature. G. “Reginald”- his last three assignments have been flyovers of Parisian Private beaches in the hopes of getting some risqué images of visiting tourists… H. Octavius Purt, retired aviary attendant and Milloskevic’s bird caretaker. I. Madeline Purt, wife of Octavius and secret Czarian spy – currently undercover to retrieve Milloskevic and return to Mother Russia where she can go by “Olga” again… J. Standard Worthingham Photograph Enlarger, and best friend/mechanical wife of Jenkins. K. The many captured photographers of Milloskevic’s endeavors, each vying for their chance to photograph the new burlesque house down the street…