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I Delight In Photographs I Delight In Words I
> “I delight in photographsI delight in wordsI delight in mixing bothTo see what happens if they bendMy pity for the pure photographerMy pity for the pure poetIs tempered by the responsibilityI have to three mediaWhereas they to only one.” — Minor White
For All The Care You Put Into Artistry Visual
> “For all the care you put into artistry, visual polish frequently doesn’t matter if you’re getting the story right.” — Ed Catmull, Pixar (in Creativity Inc. [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812993012/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0812993012&
Choose Wisely Life Is Short Nobody Gives A Shit
> “Choose wisely. Life is short. Nobody gives a shit about your photos, but yourself.” — Eric Kim [http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2014/08/08/nobody-gives-a-shit-about-your-photos/]
There is No Digital Archival Format
Just a reminder from Martin Scorsese [http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/08/04/martin-scorsese-kodak-film-letter/] and the reason I recommend some kind of analogue output your photographs: > “Everything we do in HD is an effort to recreate the look of film. Film, even now, offers a richer visual palette than
Stop being a tourist
> The internet and smartphones have made us all tourists, gawking at our own lives.
Words Want Images To Illustrate And Illuminate
> “Words want images to illustrate and illuminate them, while images want words to clarify and contextualize them.” — Words Not Spent Today Buy Smaller Images Tomorrow: Essays on the Present and Future of Photography by David Levi Strauss [http://aperture.org/shop/words-not-spent-today-buy-smaller-images-tomorrow-books]
Orphan Buildings
I’ve gotten a little tired of the abandoned building fad, so here’s something new: the orphan building.
I Still Can't Be Ok With Just My iPhone
> “Life is really enjoyable, and we should be using all of our gadgets to capture the story of that enjoyment and whatever gadget you might use to do that — just make sure you are capturing the right things and not the ‘artsy’ things.”
The Dark Room — The Brooks Review Podcast
Ben Brooks had me on his podcast [https://podcast.brooksreview.net/episode/70] today to rant for a while about photography.
The Dark Room — The Brooks Review Podcast
Ben Brooks had me on his podcast today to rant for a while about photography.