December 2010
55 posts
“Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.”
– Jean-Luc Godard
What Are Photographs?
aneditorsview:
For me this is a question that can be easily answered. In one word.
Memories.
It is why photography is so important. Without it. We have no proof.
Of what has been. Of what has happened.
What are Photographs? Records of our lives.
I agree with the editor, and this is precisely the reason why I prefer analogue to digital. For me, memories are not something you can delete so...
“Anybody who wants to be a photographer to meet their favourite stars is in the...”
– Pennie Smith
We Are All Photographers Now
aneditorsview:
It has never been easier to create photographic images.
It has never been cheaper to create photographic images.
It has never been easier to share photographic images.
Every moment of every day and every action and subject we see. Can now be recorded.
We are all photographers now. Lets take that seriously.
“When you are the camera and the camera is you.”
– Minolta Advertisement
I'm A Contax
I discovered the Contax. It became the extension of my eye, and I have never been separated from it since I found it.
What Rock'n'Roll Has Taught Me #02
Here we are at last The moment soon will pass We’ll go our separate ways We’ll vanish in the haze We’ll never be the same We’ll forget each other’s names We’ll grow old and lose our hair It’s all downhill from there
But tonight we’ll reach for the stars We’ll rent expensive cars And dream our dreams Of a perfect night
And...
Winterscapes →
A new set of winter landscape photographs. More to be taken.
“You can only get beyond surface by working with the surface. I have great faith...”
– Richard Avedon
“I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.”
– Francois Truffaut
What Rock'n'Roll Has Taught Me #01
I don’t wanna be like other people are Don’t wanna own a key, don’t wanna wash my car Don’t wanna have to work like other people do I want it to be free, I want it to be true New Order - Turn My Way
Photographic Mathmatics
aneditorsview:
Many wishing to create photographic images desire to know the correct technique. The correct equation to ensure photographic success.
Photographer + camera + technique = perfect image
No.
There is no one formula to creating the perfect image. Because there is no answer. There are no rules. And the technical rules are there to be broken.
When you understand that. Then you...
Drowned In Colours →
These old colour photos capturing the rural America during the Depression era are amazing.
“It’s not the photographer who makes the picture, but the person being...”
– Sebastiao Salgado, (via aneditorsview)
“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then...”
– John Lennon (via aneditorsview)
My Photos Are Quiet
At the height of one’s performance, there appears a sense of tranquility. That’s the very moment I’m after. My photos are quiet. That’s how I want to see things as well.
Nostalgia
My essential subject is nostalgia. I take photographs because I want to be with it.
A Portrait Of An Artist →
I was stunned to see this portrait of Karen O by Andrew Zuckerman. She looks so different and fragile. Maybe this is what she really is. If you read the caption accompanying the photo, you’ll know better. I admire creativity born out of absolute necessity.
“Bob: Your life, as you know it… is gone. Never to return. But they [kids]...”
– My favourite bit from Sofia Coppola’s “Lost In Translation”.
“If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he...”
– Eve Arnold (via aneditorsview)
“The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.”
– Gordon Parks (via aneditorsview)