Tag Archives: Links and Quotes

Monday Missive — August 26, 2019

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Rich

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 “Let’s make things exist and then judge later. Don’t cancel the process of … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — August 19, 2019

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “Your first task is not to figure out what “art” means, or to have an exhibit, write a book, or get business cards that say “artist” on them. It’s to be (and to become) you. . . . “You” … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — August 12, 2019

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Rich

Quotes Toni Morrison: In Memoriam “Freeing yourself was one thing. Claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” “If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — August 5, 2019

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “If the white herons had no voice, they would be lost in the snow.” — Chivo “I am attracted to seemingly “unfinished” works, that are not so full of information that there’s little or no room for the viewer, … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — July 29, 2019

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “We are all faking it. But that’s not a bad thing. Not when faking it means making it up as we go. Learning what it means to be us. To be alive in this world and to create whatever … 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 — July 15, 2019

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “The biggest misconception in photography is still this: that better cameras and more knowledge make better photographs.” — David DuChemin “If limitation spawns creativity, is the limitless resource of the Internet a good thing?” — Alec Soth “I prefer … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — July 8, 2019

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “The best pictures differentiate themselves by nuances…a tiny relationship – either a harmony or a disharmony – that creates a picture.” – Ernst Haas “Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — July 1, 2019

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Rich

Quotes [Poetry is] “an immense conversation of the soul.” — Joy Harjo, next US poet laureate of the US. Applies to photography as well. “The great geniuses are those who have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — June 24, 2019

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Rich

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 — June 17, 2019

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.” – Arnold Newman “To be more creative is to get closer to childhood.” — Sarah … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — June 10, 2019

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Rich

Quotes Interviewer James Robert Southard: What makes for your perfect day of shooting? “It is walking into a place, often a new place. It is being in that perfect moment when you see it and you know it and you … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — June 3, 2019

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “You are your own first and most important audience. That’s how you please your audience. By making your art for you.” — David DuChemin ‘“[He] encouraged me to let myself go, not hold anything back, try everything,” she recalled‘ … Continue reading →

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Monday Missive — May 27, 2019

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Rich

Quotes “…the goal of art was the vital expression of self.” – Alfred Stieglitz “Trust that little voice in your head that says ‘Wouldn’t it be interesting if…’; And then do it.” – Duane Michals “Style has no formula, but … 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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