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Monday Missive — May 11, 2020

Quotes “I started not with the feel of the city but with my own emotions. I felt dark, lonely, a little scared, and I built a city—based on New York—out of that feeling. Instead of choosing shapes, I chose lights … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — July 1, 2019

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 3, 2019

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 — February 11, 2019

Quotes “… how did we come so quickly and so far from the time when a guy like Ansel Adams was happy with 12 good photographs a year? Where has the slower, more considered, less frantic approach to craft gone? … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — February 4, 2019

Quotes “Fear of failure is the saddest reason on earth not to do what you were meant to do” — J.K. Rowling “I focus on the photographic object, the print, or the artist book, as a keepsake of my experience … 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 — November 19, 2018

Quotes “Even if you’re not sure of where it will lead, today’s the day to begin.” — Seth Godin, November 3, 2018 “Look at the acknowledged masters of this craft and you will see large bodies of work that focus … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — May 14, 2018

Quotes “Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.” -– Diane Arbus “The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.” — Imogen Cunningham “Once a woman … Continue reading

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Monday Missive – March 20, 2017

Quotes “There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.” — Robert Frank “There will be times when you will be in the field without a camera. And, you will see the most glorious sunset or … Continue reading

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