Do you want photographs to answer your questions, or question your answers? Answering the questions will address who, what, where, when and will invariably be tied to the object photographed. You will know that you are looking at an egret, during its … [Read more...] about Answers or Questions
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Hear This Archive January 2016
(Opening photograph above: Nicholas Murray, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Crawford, 1929) A little while ago I started putting what I considered to be an interesting piece of information about photographers, exhibits, and other similar stuff on … [Read more...] about Hear This Archive January 2016
Reflections and Looking Forward
Happy 2016, may it bring peace, happiness, health and wealth to all! Well, we are in a new year, and so far it has been a good year. Our health is reasonably good, Jan has almost fully recovered from her unfortunate accident and partial hip … [Read more...] about Reflections and Looking Forward
A Gift of Learning
This will likely be the last post of 2015. I wrote a little less than a year ago my wishes for 2015, some of which came true and I am glad for that. As we close 2015, I write to stoke the idea of learning with some resources I will share as my … [Read more...] about A Gift of Learning
John Sexton Talks About Photography
Photography has always been a blend of art and craft and Ansel Adams has long embodied a good mixture of the two. One of his former assistants and an accomplished photographer John Sexton shares his thoughts on photography with anecdotes sprinkled in … [Read more...] about John Sexton Talks About Photography
Sebastião Salgado: The silent drama of photography
The Salt of The Earth I have been familiar with Salgado's photography through magazines, newspapers, and the Web but I did not know him or his work as closely as many other photographers. During our visit to Istanbul in October 2015, we watched with … [Read more...] about Sebastião Salgado: The silent drama of photography