“After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on – have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear – what remains? Nature remains.” –Walt Whitman Like many of you, I follow the unfolding saga of the Global Economy with great concern and no small amount of utter [...]
Is “photography” no longer enough? SLRgraphy? iphonography? droidography? gadgetography? gizmography? They’re all cameras. Just make images. Sorry, but I will not sit by as the value of my art and life’s work is reduced to “there’s an app for that”.
If I can’t show you something you would never see by yourself, then I am no artist.
Photography in the digital age can be described in many ways. It is exciting, innovative, productive, and liberating. Still, one cannot ignore the undertones of dissatisfaction from traditionalists. Some will say they simply like film, others may be afraid to step out of their comfort zone and I suspect for some there’s also a certain [...]
If you’ve been an avid landscape photographer for a sufficient period of time you may think you’ve read just about everything Ansel Adams had to say, though you may be surprised. Adams was a prolific letter writer and much of his wisdom was shared with many individuals over time, never to be made public. Some [...]
I wrote about this concept some years ago, though the original article was unfortunately lost when I switched my blog software to WordPress. A fellow photographer recently asked for it so I decided to recreate the article from memory. ~~~ In a term perhaps borrowed from Aldous Huxley, many have described creative Photography as “The [...]
Ansel Adams is one of my greatest inspirations. And, though it may amount to sacrilege, I must confess: it is not because of his photographs. Having come to creative photography in my own way and with little reference to other photographers’ work along the path, I was exposed to the color work of modern photographers [...]
By Jim Goldstein This blog post was written by photographer and friend Jim Goldstein. Jim is a great photographer and pioneer of social networking. Our blog post exchange today touches on a subject discussed in an essay titled “This Photo Is Lying to You” by Rob Haggart in Outside Magazine. After a brief exchange via [...]
I recently experienced a rare moment of inspiration listening to a radio show. One of the guests was Satish Kumar and one sentence he said almost off hand and without emphasis, stuck in my mind and stayed with me: “there is nothing to achieve.” In his narrative he dismissed the importance of success, instead stating [...]
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