I’ve always been of the belief that cameras should be strapped to your wrist, not dangling from your neck. That belief was reinforced when I was 19, when a guy tried to snatch my old Minolta and run. It was attached to my wrist, and he left with only a Minolta-sized lump on his forehead.…
M and I have been talking about leveraging our series on the Art and History of Street Photography into a sort of online course on street photography and art and photography in general. All of that has been on hold with all of the activity in our lives, namely her moving to the U.S. from…
Truth? Prententious bollocks? Possibly.
Edward Hopper, 1882 – 1967 was an American realist painter, famous for his simple compositions of American life that often featured a single light source, often coming from a window. Perhaps his most famous painting was Nighthawks (1942) below. Maria and I stumbled across this video of photographs inspired by Hopper’s work and thought we’d…
Louis Faurer (USA)– 1916 to 2001 Louis Faurer, born on 28 August 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Polish immigrant parents, produced iconic photos that focused of the bleakness of urban life, similar to the widely renowned Robert Frank. Unlike Frank, however, Faurer never achieved the sort of acclaim that would make him a household name.…
1. “Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” — Robert Frank Truth: Photographers used black and white because 1) it was much cheaper than color; 2) color chemicals would eventually cause permanent physical damage; and 3) It’s easier…
Coming Next: Part 10 – The Rule Making Epoch: Faurer to Arbus We are back, after a 3-month respite, due to the frenetic pace of life and the underwhelming response to Part 9. We intend for this series to appeal to more than those simply looking for interwebs shots from the photographers involved. In fact,…
I cannot explain the taste of sour brilliance rotting in the sun like fruit the chartreuse color of the number six — but I can smell it when it ripens and I cannot teach you how to feel the bristles of magic against the nape of your existence or how pink smells against sweaty feet…
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Here’s a five-minute video from Ira Glass on getting through the phase that he describes as a gap between your inherent Good Taste (that drew you to creative work) and the disappointment you feel in discovering much of your early work is crap. It’s not just perseverance, it’s recognizing that everyone goes through it, and…
