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Monday Missive – August 22, 2016

Quotes “Mysteries lie all around us, even in the most familiar things, waiting only to be perceived.” – Wynn Bullock “Experience has shown that the more fascinating the subject, the less observant the photographer.” – Andreas Feininger “When finding the … Continue reading

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Monday Missive – August 15, 2016

Quotes “Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy “It happens a lot. The first frame is the winner.” — Gregory Heisler … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — August 8, 2016

Quotes “Cicadas buzzing in stillness…listen! Drilling in the summer sun…” — Basho “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” – Henry Ward Beecher “An expert is someone who has succeeded … Continue reading

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Monday Missive – August 1, 2016

Quotes “It takes more than being right to earn attention and action.” — Seth Godin, July 29, 2016 “What is revealed to me lies beyond any ideas I had for the pictures.” – Sean Kernan “I think you learn about … Continue reading

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Monday Missive – July 25, 2016

Quotes “Any good photograph is a successful synthesis of technique and art.” – Andreas Feininger “Never say you’re going back – SHOOT IT NOW!” – Jay Maisel “Pictures you have taken have an influence on those that you are going … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — July 18, 2016

Quotes “I think good dreaming is what leads to good photographs.” – Wayne Miller “Photograph the world as it is. Nothing’s more interesting than reality.” – Mary Ellen Mark “You just do what you love, and then a style happens … Continue reading

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Monday Missive – July 11, 2016

Quotes “If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list.” — Michelle Obama “To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist.” – Schumann “…photography is … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — July 4, 2016

Quotes “Doubt is corrosive. Someone faced with doubt rarely brings her best self to the table. Doubt undermines confidence, it casts aspersions, it assumes untruths. … There’s plenty of room for doubt later, isn’t there?” — Seth Godin, June 28, … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — June 27, 2016

Quotes “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur Ward “I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through … Continue reading

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Monday Missive: June 13, 2016

Quotes “The best pictures differentiate themselves by nuances…a tiny relationship – either a harmony or a disharmony – that creates a picture.” – Ernst Haas “There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realization. I’ve had what … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — June 6, 2016 (Michael Kenna notes)

Quotes “Art is, or ought to be, a reliable refuge for idiosyncrasy in a society that increasingly views the idiosyncratic with suspicion.” — Colin Dabkowski, Buffalo.com, Jan. 18, 2015 “…the sublime is often hidden in plain sight.– Joel Meyerowitz, Once … Continue reading

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Monday Missive May 23, 2016

Quotes “The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.” — John Maynard Keynes “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” — John Cage … Continue reading

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Monday Missive May 2, 2016

Quotes “My work is inviting, hopefully, it’s also evocative and tells a story. Ultimately, the goal in my work is to elicit emotion, be it wonderment, joy, silliness, happiness, solitude. I think because I shoot for feeling rather than just … Continue reading

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Monday Missive – April 25

Quotes “Good photography is unpretentious.” – Walker Evans “If you can influence the outcome, do the work. If you can’t influence the outcome, ignore the possibility. It’s merely a distraction.” – Seth Godin, 9/30/12 “Instead of working so hard to … Continue reading

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Monday Missive – April 18, 2016

Quotes “Creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people’s lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.” — Steven Covey “Science at its best is an open-minded method of inquiry, not a … Continue reading

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