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What Are You Paying For?
Technical constraints lead to creative results. So, should you pay for constraints? Should you pay a lot for constraints? Leica owners insist that you can and you should. I don't agree. Buying things can eliminate certain problems, but it doesn't necessarily provide solutions. This is the
My Most Important Project
My grandfather took a lot of pictures in his life and for 50 or more years they remained glued to rotting paper in a flimsy, but huge, photo album. A few years ago, I took on the project of scanning, restoring and publishing these old photos as a record of
The Advantage of Invisibility
Few people are really “following” your work. Even fewer care. What are you doing with that freedom?
Turning Mistakes into Ideas
I picked up the book Failed It! [http://amzn.to/28JffL0] on a recommendation from a reader. It's all about embracing our mistakes and understanding our amateur failures may be better than a professional's successes. > "Dare to be disliked. You might even like it.
My Best Work
“My best work will never make any money so go fuck yourself." - Hugh MacLeod [https://www.instagram.com/p/63tDc4IaqT/]
The Secret
"The secret to a long, happy life is to never read the comments." - Rich Stevens [https://twitter.com/rstevens/status/637233683569733633]
Efficiency
Everyone wants to be more efficient. But no one would want to describe their art as “efficient.” The groundbreaking stuff tends to be incredibly inefficient in its making.
What's Next for You?
When people like your work, they want more of it. Believe it or not, this can be a hard concept for writers and photographers. We love to refine. It's comforting. It avoids the pain of solving creative problems and producing more work. Creativity is a numbers game. The
What Photography Really Produces
The print isn’t the end product of your photography. Neither is the screen. The end product is the joy of being present when photographing. Photography is a rare deep dive into our own brains. It’s an exploration of what we perceive in nature, people, civilization or the lack