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Monday Missive — September 10, 2018

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

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 27, 2018

Quotes “Creativity works best when we have constraints.” — David duChemin (Have Camera Will Travel video) “Fear is the single greatest obstacle in our creative lives. … The magic happens… in the unexpected.” — David duChemin “It will be about … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — August 20, 2018

Quotes “Experience has shown that the more fascinating the subject, the less observant the photographer.” – Andreas Feininger “The picture is like a prayer, an offering, and hopefully an opening through which to seek what we don’t know, or already … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — July 30, 2018

Quotes “Photography offers so many different ways to tell a story.” — Fiona Struengmann in an interview with Cat Lachowskyj in Lens Culture “Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.” – Paul Klee “Creativity isn’t about wild … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — July 16, 2018

Quotes “Kindness. Expertise. Attitude. Skill. Emotional intelligence. Honesty. Generous persistence. Willingness to take risks. Loyalty. Perceptivity. Attention span. Care. Self awareness…” — Seth Godin, June 28, 2018 “There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.”– Abraham … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — July 9, 2018

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 — March 12, 2018

Quotes “Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others.” – Bill Brandt “And only the photographer himself knows the effect he wants. He should know by instinct, grounded in experience, what subjects are enhanced … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — February 12, 2018

Quotes “The choice of motivation is a fork in the road. … It changes the story we tell ourselves.” — Posted by Seth Godin on February 02, 2018 “Photographs can be reduced to light, lines and moments. Everything else is … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — January 1, 2018

Quotes “Patience is allowing yourself longer than you thought it could possibly take to master your craft.” — David duChemim “I have accepted influences but I think I have always known ow to dominate them.” — Matisse, quoted by Robert … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — Dec. 18, 2017

Quotes “Criticism’s job is to clarify art’s mystery without destroying it.” — Robert Adams, Beauty in Photography “An expanding mindfulness of visual language gives me new ways to express myself, even if I am never understood.” — David duChemin, in … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — December 4, 2017

Quotes “It doesn’t take a genius to see that competence is no longer about our ability to press certain buttons in a certain sequence. Far more often, competence involves the humanity required to connect with other people, in real time. … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — November 13, 2017

Quotes “The job of the photographer . . . is to be coherent about intuition and hope.” — Robert Adams in Beauty in Photography “. . . the best photographs rely more on the fact that the photographer saw something … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — September 25, 2017

Quotes “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God.” — Anne Frank “Every single story that nature tells is gorgeous.” … Continue reading

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Monday Missive — August 14, 2017

Quotes “Making stuff is great. Making connections is even better.” — Posted by Seth Godin on August 06, 2017 “I love being alive, and the art is evidence of that.” — Jim Carrey “Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the … Continue reading

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