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Monday Missive — May 3, 2021

Quotes “Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you.” — Beyonce Knowles “As it also turns out, knowing where best to point your camera requires a skill set whose precepts appear to be … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — January 11, 2021

Quotes “Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.” — Jonathan Swift “I believe one has to escape oneself to discover oneself.” — Rabih Alameddine “I’m not a nice girl; I’m a photographer.” — Berenice Abbott – On being told … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — August 3, 2020

Quotes “A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few. Ignoring these cries and failing to respond to this movement is simply not an option—for peace cannot exist where justice is not served.” … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — June 8, 2020

Quotes “Great photography is always on the edge of failure.” –- Garry Winogrand “In terms of art, the only real answer that I know of is to do it. If you don’t do it, you don’t know what might happen.” … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — December 2, 2019

Quotes “The question is not, “Should I manipulate a photograph?” Since the invention of photography, all kinds of things have been done to photographs. The question is, “What happens when I do or don’t manipulate a photograph?” — John Paul … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — November 25, 2019

Quotes “I tend to question photography, not regurgitate it.” — Duane Michals “I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — November 18, 2019

Quotes “I became wary of simple interpretations that assumed fixed and final meanings.” – John Pfahl “Great photography is always on the edge of failure.” – Garry Winogrand “My photographs are not pure: they are a seething wealth of imperfection.” … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — September 2, 2019

Quotes “Three rules of work: Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — June 24, 2019

Quotes “Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.” – Steven Pressfield “A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.” – Annie Leibovitz “I want to make photographs whose very ambiguity provokes thought, rather … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — April 29, 2019

Quotes “That’s why I fight against the notion of rules. . . They don’t encourage the kind of questions that will get us to making better photographs. They don’t ask Why. As in, ‘Why am I making this photograph and … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — February 25, 2019

Quotes “If it’s a likeness, alone, it’s not a success. If, through my portraits, you can come to know the subjects more meaningfully, if it synthesizes your feelings toward someone whose work has imprinted itself on your mind–if you see … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — January 21, 2019

Quotes “Art is a response to our humanity and the challenges it brings, not a break from it; it shouldn’t be an obligation.” — David DuChemin “I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — January 7, 2019

Quotes “In a world filled with empty noise, the most important slots are reserved for the poets we seek to listen to, and the poet we seek to become.” — Seth Godin, December 25, 2018  “Our ideas regarding success should … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — December 24, 2018

Quotes “Why don’t you put that old print on the floor and I’ll step on it for you and make it even more vintage.” — Brett Weston to Scott Nichols “A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.” — … Continue reading

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