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Monday Missive — April 20, 2010

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Rich

Quotes “You think of photography as pictures — and it is. But I think of photography as ideas, and do the pictures sustain your ideas, or are they just good pictures? I’m not that interested in making more good pictures, … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — September 2, 2019

Posted on September 2, 2019 by Rich

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 — July 22, 2019

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “Success to me is being a good person, treating people well.” – David LaChapelle “Mysteries lie all around us, even in the most familiar things, waiting only to be perceived.” – Wynn Bullock “You are responsible for every part … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — May 20, 2019

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Rich

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 29, 2019

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Rich

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

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Rich

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 — February 18, 2019

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “The unconscious obsession that we photographers have is that wherever we go we want to find the theme that we carry inside ourselves.“  — Graciela Iturbide “The hardest thing in photography is to create a simple image.“ — Anne Geddes “Photography, as … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — December 31, 2018

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “…follow the quiet nudges of your intuition.” — Ursula von Rydingsvard “…I can doubt pieces before making them, but I have to jump into the unknown to get somewhere. I have to dare to make them.” — Paola Pivi … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — November 12, 2018

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Pilgrim leaves crowd the air with their falling every October. The journey is always the same.” — Linda Pastan “The ritual sadness of the season is more voluptuous than joy.” — Linda Pastan “Art is, or ought to be, … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — October 15, 2018

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “The conversations are exasperated, the verdicts swift, conclusive and seemingly absolute. The goal is to protect and condemn work, not for its quality, per se, but for its values. Is this art or artist, this character, this joke bad … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — September 10, 2018

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “I believe that the essence of photography is black and white. Color is but a deviance.” — Sarah Moon “We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.” — Ralph Hattersley “Great photography is about depth … Continue reading →

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September 3, 2018

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.” — Paul Strand Results are uncertain even among the more experienced photographers. — Matthew Brady There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — August 13, 2018

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Reality-based reality: It’s ever easier to weave our own reality … . We can invent our own rules, create our own theories, fabricate our own ‘facts’. It turns out, though, that when your reality is based on actual reality, … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — July 9, 2018

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.” — John Maeda “On some level art is first an act arising from the self. Only then can it be concerned about speaking to, engaging with, or pleasing others. … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — June 25, 2018

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Rich

Quotes “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” — John Cage “No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged … Continue reading →

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