Category Archives: Links and Quotes

Monday Missive — March 2, 2020

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Rich

Quotes “What I see through the lens, what catches my attention, in the woods of my walks, in my interiors and in my beloveds faces and bodies are reflections of my internal world.” — Pam Heemskerk in Lenscratch, Feb. 28, … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — February 24, 2020

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Rich

Quotes “…aesthetic harmony means very little unless the photography reveals a personal, emotional truth. I want a viewer to feel like they’re inside the experience rather than looking at it.” — Curran Hatleberg “Originality lies in the embrace of one’s … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — February 17, 2020

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Rich

Quotes “. . . it isn’t a visual diary, as with so much contemporary photography; it’s an autobiography of feelings and impressions, not of facts and events.” — Russell Hart on Cig Harvey’s work “I have date nights with my … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — February 10, 2020

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Rich

Quotes “What I respect, and at times envy, about painting is that it never claims to be anything other than a purely subjective vision. And we place no false expections on it in terms of its truth value. Photographs, on … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — February 3, 2020

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Rich

Quotes “. . . the best public photography was about building relationships. It was about creating connections between elements that in the world had no real relationship to each other, but which did within the confines of the photographic frame. … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — January 27, 2020

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Rich

Quotes “The work precedes the idea, and the idea initiates the work. I don’t think one necessarily comes before the other — it’s a conversation.” — Doug DuBois “The act of taking pictures is often an intuitive or unconscious one, … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — January 20, 2020

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Rich

Quotes “There’s something corny about it,” Soth says of road trip photography. “I’m embarrassed of using that structure. But I keep returning to it.” — Alec Soth “After I snap the shutter I never know if a photograph is truly … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — January 13, 2020

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Rich

Quotes “Art is when we can go deeper, and think, and feel, and understand, and analyze. And laugh and cry. And then go even a little deeper.” — Elinor Carucci in Photowork: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice, Sasha Wolf … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — January 6, 2020

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Rich

Quotes “You just do what you love, and then a style happens later on.” –- David LaChapelle “I’ve never been comfortable photographing people I know, myself included. I guess I prefer the mystery of strangers.” — Alec Soth “The way … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — December 30, 2019

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “I want parameters narrow enough to make the work compelling and cohesive, but broad enough to allow myself, and my viewer, the pleasure of being able to find their own way through the work.” — Gregory Halpern in PhotoWork: … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — December 23, 2019

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk.” – Edward Weston “Only photograph what you love.” — Tim Walker “The best critiques I’ve seen are not … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — December 16, 2019

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “We’re more likely to learn from diversity than we are from homogeneity.” — Seth Godin, 12/12/19 “Just stop thinking, worrying, looking over your shoulder, wondering, doubting, fearing, hurting…besmirching, grinding, grinding, grinding away at yourself. Stop it and just DO.” … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — December 9, 2019

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “I see my photography as the expression of a perpetually inventive mind, and all that goes with it, including the doubts and fears, but above all the strong sentiment of never being in the right place.” — Alistair Magnaldo … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — December 2, 2019

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Rich

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

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Rich

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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