February 2012
20 posts
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“A 600-pixel jpeg is a far cry from my exhibition prints. They almost aren’t even...”
– Interview with photographer Jessica Eaton by Otino Corsano on The Believer Logger.
Feb 27th
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Feb 25th
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“In Germany in 2011 the mirror-less system cameras grew with more than 60% while...”
– Tao of Leica, Analysis and Insight by Erwin Puts.
Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Juergen Teller: Exposed via nowness.com 
Feb 21st
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Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 16th
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“I saw Bruce Davidson lecturing about “Subway.” Someone asked him, “What do you...”
– Tomasz Lazar on NYT-Lens
Feb 9th
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“It typifies the sort of seemingly arbitrary cropping that occurs when the frame...”
– Stephen Shore in The Nature of Photographs about the work of David Freund. 
Feb 8th
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Feb 8th
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‘I choose people for their energy and aura’ French photographer Lise Sarfati talks to Sean O’Hagan about her latest exhibition, She, featuring images taken between 2005 and 2009 of four American women – two sisters, their mother and her sister. The photographs work with each other, she says, to form a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Feb 7th
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“No amount of poor padding with theory is going to make work look any more...”
– Shannon Stratton, ThreeWalls
Feb 6th
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Feb 4th
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“My goal is to try and rescue the art form that I’ve been practicing for the past...”
– Neil Young
Feb 3rd
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“Inspiration can also come when a good connection is made with the subject. The...”
– Martin Parr on Inspiration - New Pictures at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (via photographsonthebrain)
Feb 3rd
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January 2012
27 posts
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“From a totally different planet” (Henri Cartier-Bresson on Martin Parr) Hot Spots: Martin Parr in the American South by Neal Broffman Follow iconic Magnum photographer Martin Parr across Georgia as he creates his first commission for a major US art 
Jan 31st
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“Joe treats us to a barely born song [Without Your Oar To Row] amidst the fragrant lilies, roses and lilacs that, throughout the shoot, many purchase with smiles for Joe’s confident finger-picking and simple words.” www.joegrass.com (Filmed on a 5D mkII with a 35 1.4) Thank you John and Vaunda for the introduction!
Jan 30th
“We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is...”
– John Lennon (via claytoncubitt)
Jan 29th
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“The illusion of knowledge is more detrimental to growth than ignorance, because once you think you know something, the questioning stops. And it’s that ongoing ability to question your own imagery. You should even question your own thinking. I find it exciting to constantly challenge myself visually. The challenge for young people is there’s an overwhelming amount of stuff digitally, and...
Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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Something for your iPhone!
Jan 27th
“Robert Frank made, what, 28,000 photographs for ‘The Americans’”? says Jim...”
– Robert Frank and photography: Art in the age of image overload | OregonLive.com (via photographsonthebrain) [Now, who did he learn that from I wonder?…]
Jan 26th
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“The US Kodak operation is restructuring, it’s Chapter 11, not 7, the one...”
– British Journal of Photography
Jan 25th
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“Optical/chemical monochrome film photography — highly evolved, completely...”
– Mike Johnston on The Online Photographer.
Jan 22nd
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Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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“How do you balance finding the time to make new personal work? “I use a fast...”
– Elliot Erwitt
Jan 17th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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“I always encourage amateur photographers who want to get better to set time or...”
– http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-10-06.shtml
Jan 13th
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Jan 11th
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“The left side of the brain ranks images on a scale of how face-like they are.The...”
– “How the Brain Spots Faces” on wired.com >
Jan 10th
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“I think too that photography is editing, editing after the taking.”
– Interview Excerpt from, Leslie Katz with Walker Evans, 1971.
Jan 9th
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“In 2012, according to one prediction, 201,287,607,638 digital pictures will be...”
– Tao of Leica, Erwin Puts
Jan 9th
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dirkvroemen: “Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk”. - Edward Weston
Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 5th
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“I am more interested in the question how the relatively low amount of cameras of...”
– “Leica knowledge, 22/12/11” Tao of Leica, Erwin Puts 
Jan 4th
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Jan 3rd
12 notes
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Jan 3rd
9 notes
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Jan 3rd
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December 2011
16 posts
Dec 24th
Dec 24th
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“People thought the profession of photography was threatened when autofocus was...”
– Where Have All the Photojournalists Gone?
Dec 23rd