Stu Chandler Photography

04/01/2026

Business end of a C-5A. They are really, really big. I've been on every one of them when I worked on them in the USAF during the late 1970's. This was from a trip back to Dover in 2023 - they're still flying!

03/03/2026

Hoping to see you there. We will have … coffee!

Studio 30NK – Opening Reception

Saturday, March 14 | 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Aluminum City Arts
200 Freeport Road, New Kensington, PA

Join us for an inspiring afternoon celebrating the photographic work of:

Fred Doerfler • Joel Varga • Stu Chandler

Studio 30NK brings together three talented photographers whose work captures powerful landscapes, striking cityscapes, and compelling visual stories. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet the artists, explore their creative vision, and experience their photography up close.

✨ Free Admission
✨ Light Refreshments
✨ Open to the Public

If you appreciate fine art photography and want to support working artists in our region, this is an exhibit you won’t want to miss.

We look forward to seeing you at Aluminum City Arts for an afternoon of art and conversation.

02/23/2026

John Magrane and I were thrown out of a cafe in Buenos Aires for ordering Diet Coke and, just like this unfortunate, decaf coffee 😂😂😂

11/27/2025

Thanks MJ!

11/12/2025

She really nailed it!

10/22/2025

On a recent trip to Barcelona, I followed in some of his substantial footprints. https://stuchandlerphotography.com/george-orwell-in-the-spanish-civil-war/

George Orwell went to Spain to fight fascism, but what he found there was far more complicated than good versus evil. Homage to Catalonia is his raw, first-hand account of a war that betrayed itself, a revolution that ate its own ideals.

When Orwell arrived in 1936, he wasn’t a famous writer. He was a man chasing conviction. Spain was burning with revolution — the people had risen against dictatorship, and Orwell joined them, believing in justice, in freedom, in truth. But as he fought on the front lines, sleeping in freezing trenches and sharing meager rations with soldiers who believed as deeply as he did, he saw something terrifying: the enemy wasn’t just across the battlefield. It was among them.

Orwell watched as propaganda tore the truth apart, as factions within the same cause turned on each other. One moment he was hailed as a comrade; the next, he was hunted as a traitor. He nearly died — a sniper’s bullet tore through his throat — but what hurt more was seeing hope crushed by lies.

The book isn’t just about war. It’s about disillusionment , the moment when ideals collide with reality and break. Yet, in that heartbreak, Orwell found something unshakable: clarity. He saw that truth, fragile as it was, was worth dying for.

Every page of Homage to Catalonia breathes honesty, not the kind that flatters, but the kind that burns. It’s the story of a man who went to fight for justice and came back with a wound that would define his life and his writing.

Reading it today feels eerily familiar. In a world where misinformation spreads faster than truth, where people choose sides instead of seeking understanding, Orwell’s voice still echoes , steady, human, and painfully aware.

He wrote not to glorify war, but to remember it truthfully. And in doing so, he showed that the most dangerous battles aren’t fought with guns, but with words, and with the courage to keep telling the truth when everyone else has stopped listening.

BOOK : https://amzn.to/4naXXGR

08/20/2025

From my personal page -

⚑ George Orwell in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War Stu_C August 19, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments On a recent return visit to Barcelona I was able to follow in the footprints of George Orwell and see many of the places he brought to life in his memoir of the Spanish Civil War “Homage to C...

08/20/2025

⚑ George Orwell in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War Stu_C August 19, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments On a recent return visit to Barcelona I was able to follow in the footprints of George Orwell and see many of the places he brought to life in his memoir of the Spanish Civil War “Homage to C...

08/19/2025

Happy World Photography Day!!!

08/02/2025

Excited to have work in this!

07/31/2025

My phone is not found

07/29/2025

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