{"id":6811,"date":"2021-01-04T09:36:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=6811"},"modified":"2021-01-04T09:36:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:36:52","slug":"monday-missive-january-4-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=6811","title":{"rendered":"Monday Missive &#8212; January 4, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>For more than a century, certain extraordinary men and women have worked in photography with the unmistakable authority of genius. Each of them has produced unforgettable images, and not once or twice, but again and again, and often throughout the change and evolution of a lifetime. Each is like an eye which, once opened on the universe, cannot be closed again. One after another, they tell us of the curious, intense and vital experience of working in photography, of its challenges, of the stages of growth it demands, the sudden revelations it presents. From their testimony there emerges a concept of photography as a medium that is very different from the casual and rather stereotyped impressions most of us have held till now.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Nancy Newhall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> &#8220;<em>The greatest challenge to the photographer is to express the inner significance through the outward form.<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Beaumont Newhall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I beleive in self explanatory pictures&#8230;<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; <strong>Moses Oliver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Photoessays\/Bodies of Work<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2020\/12\/kat-bawden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Kat Bawden: Perceptual Isolation<\/a>  The theme is certainly apropos, and several images perfectly reflect the title.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2020\/12\/the-2020-lenscratch-staff-favorites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; The best of 2020 from the Lenscratch staff<\/a>  This is not all photogaphy, there is  music (von Bingen with a gorgeous voice for 12th century music, Louis Armstrong with the Ballad of Davey Crockett, and Johnny Cash, Lizzo, and Laura Pausini singing a gorgeous anthem that ended a movie with Sophia Loren), music videos, an hour long movie, books (even a book on fungi), Lenscratch posts).  Widen your horizons on some really good art of different types.  You can easily spend a morning exploring all of this.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thephoblographer.com\/2020\/12\/30\/looking-for-something-fresh-look-at-the-unique-work-of-madhur-dhingra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Madhur Dhingra:  Very distinctive street photography processing<\/a> Thanks Steve O.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/zach-cooley-moon-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; The moon, creatively<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Field\/Studio<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/davidduchemin.com\/3-ways-you-can-improve-your-compositions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; 3 ways to improve your compositions<\/a>  David DuChemin is always worth listening to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellany<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aperture.org\/editorial\/11-photographers-on-how-to-finish-a-body-of-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; How to finish a body of work<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/photopxl.com\/following-an-inner-path-colin-prior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Two exceptional books<\/a> One pairs birds eggs with their habitat and the story of reduced populations and the other on Karakoram and mountain photography.  The underlying story is following your muse.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hEFin9McFVw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Covid restrictions and photographic mood<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lenscratch.com\/2021\/01\/favorite-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Lenscratch collection of favorite 2020 images<\/a>  Multiple photographers, many genres.  If you scroll all the way down there are links to more chapters.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/photography\/best-photography-2020-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8211; Best photography of 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6851\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6851\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Curious-Alligator-2.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Curious-Alligator-2.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Curious-Alligator-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Curious-Alligator-2.jpg?resize=449%2C300&amp;ssl=1 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curious alligator wondering if photographer tastes like chicken.  Taken during my artist residency at Big Cypress Preserve in 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6853\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BlackVulturesGreatEgret-4.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BlackVulturesGreatEgret-4.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BlackVulturesGreatEgret-4.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/richeskinphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BlackVulturesGreatEgret-4.jpg?resize=500%2C281&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black and white #55:  Black vultures and great egret, Big Cypress Preserve 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes &#8220;For more than a century, certain extraordinary men and women have worked in photography with the unmistakable authority of genius. 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