October 2010
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“I’ve never understood why people describe my work as romantic, because I don’t...”
– William Eggleston Talks… - NOWNESS
I’m intrigued by the fact that you would often use expired color film for its unpredictable effects. With digital imagery, some of the spontaneity and surprise seems to have gone out of photography. Your feelings?
I don’t need to belittle the work of present day photography. I see quite often things that I like and admire. I do digital photography myself. Certain people of my generation decided...
“I don’t have a philosophy. I have a camera. I look into the camera and take...”
– Saul Leiter, interview in PHOTOGRAPHERS SPEAK. (via greatleapsideways)
“Come on, photography is not about gear, it’s about spending time and...”
– Joni Karanka via Flickr: Discussing Limit as engine of creation. in HCSP (Hardcore Street Photography)
“The last couple of years have seemed to show that there might be no real need of...”
– Hippolyte Bayard: Yannick Bouillis - On self-publishing
“I say this in light of a recent trip to MoMA’s Abstract Expressionist New...”
– You’re Over-Sharing | Art Fag City | The L Magazine - New York City’s Local Event and Arts & Culture Guide
“There are two main differences between built-in flash and no-flash pictures. The...”
– Take better photos of friends and family: Turn off your flash. - By Steven I. Weiss - Slate Magazine
Haha. This is awesome.
Video: Stephen Shore - Photography and the Limits... →
“Thinking about the online world of emerging photographers makes me wonder how...”
– OpEd: Are The Kids Still Alright? | la pura vida (via alexjdsmith)
“I prefer to have some sort of narrative to begin a project and the text that...”
– ALL OF THIS IS ROCKET SCIENCE - GLEN ERLER, 48, LONDON
“Be postmodern. Borrow from any time period and any predecessor, then build on...”
– B: Four rules
“Zed Nelson: ‘I began this project in the summer of 1991. The wife of a...”
– Once there was a boy… | Art and design | The Guardian
Q. What advice can you give us nongeniuses to help us be more creative?
Take risks, and expect to make lots of mistakes, because creativity is a numbers game. Work hard, and take frequent breaks, but stay with it over time. Do what you love, because creative breakthroughs take years of hard work. Develop a network of colleagues, and schedule time for freewheeling, unstructured discussions....
64 Examples of Stunning, Breathtaking or Amazing... →
“Rarity is essential and it is something that photography does not naturally...”
– FT.com / FT Magazine - How Annie got shot
“Art is basically what a bunch of collectors and curators say it is, there is no...”
– FT.com / FT Magazine - How Annie got shot
“Yet Petty does not intend to acquire a Leibovitz. Not one of the 10 “master...”
– FT.com / FT Magazine - How Annie got shot
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“Usually it’s something fleeting or ephemeral that causes me to get my camera...”
– Interview with Cary Conover | Street Reverb Magazine
