Monday, December 18, 2006

Heading East

Heading East One of the joys and challenges of photography is the empathy and imagination that you develop by being observant. I love wandering around, and as I wander I am surrounded by a thousand questions and a thousand feelings. Check the related links at the bottom of the post for more impressions.

Monday, December 11, 2006

Photography of Jonathan Moller

Photography of Jonathan Moller Sometimes photography serves a higher purpose. "Our Culture is Our Resistance" is a set of Photographs that serve and communicate on multiple levels.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

The Online Photographer: T.O.P.'s Ten Best Living Photographers List

The Online Photographer: T.O.P.'s Ten Best Living Photographers ListI good list to start exploring. I do not know all these photographers, but I will.

Monday, November 27, 2006

JPG Magazine: Issues: 7

JPG Magazine: Issues: 7 I bought this magazine at Barnes and Noble. I liked it so much I subscribed. You can download the magazine as a PDF here, or you can scroll through the pages by scrolling through the Issue Preview.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Sunil Vaidyanathan Photography

Sunil Vaidyanathan Photography Another access point to these wonderful photographs. Start here.

The River Yatra: Ganga Yamuna

The River Yatra: Ganga Yamuna These photographs transcend the beautiful. Explore this site for documentary photography the way it should be. I would love to take the photo school that he teaches. I was inspired.

New York Black and White Photography

New York Black and White Photography
The photography and the articles are excellent. Explore this site.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

The Toy Polloy--Smells Fishy!

The Toy Polloy--Smells Fishy!
I love the look of these photographs. I have been noticing, when scanning my old negatives, that I really like some of my odd and flawed photographs. I want to try some of these tools.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

The Online Photographer: Seen It Before?

The Online Photographer: Seen It Before?
Developing a unique photographic style is crucial and I think should be unconscious. A style should evolve from how you see, not how you compare to others.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

RAWWorkflow.com - Make better pictures from your pixels™

RAWWorkflow.com - Make better pictures from your pixels™
Ben Lifson's columns and resources for thoughtful and artistic photography.

Monday, September 18, 2006

Dennis Dunleavy: The Decisive Moment: The Course of Human History as the Eye Sees It

Dennis Dunleavy: The Decisive Moment: The Course of Human History as the Eye Sees It The Decisive Moment and Henri Cartier-Bresson are an inspiration that never grows old. Ethics and truth are an important aspect of the best photography.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

(Bjorke * BotzBlog) What You Choose to See

(Bjorke * BotzBlog) What You Choose to See
This is a thought provoking and practical post. I especially like this quote "My conclusion so far is that the paradox is illusory, a byproduct of the fact that neither the color photograph or the B&W photograph are the things being photographed. As the old Winogrand saw goes: they're new facts. Once you see a color photograph, already made, it's harder to think of it as anything else. Seeing the photograph is a new experience, one that is like seeing the things photographed while photographing, but... not the same. And that this surely has an influence on the way photographs are redacted from contact sheets and so forth. If they start B&W, they are B&W. Color, color."

Friday, September 15, 2006

iN-PUBLiC | The home of street photography

iN-PUBLiC | The home of street photography Another excellent street photography web site, I love street photography!

Sunday, September 10, 2006

The New Orleans Kid Camera Project

The New Orleans Kid Camera Project Excellent photography, the way it is, no pretention, just clear seeing!

Working Pictures

Working Pictures My kind of photographer. Explore Carl's web sites also.

Morales-Mengotti, photography

Morales-Mengotti, photography Simple, clear, evocative photography.

Friday, September 08, 2006

lifevicarious - 448 days around the world

lifevicarious - 448 days around the world This is an excellent photo blog, interesting and varied. You can subscribe to the web log using an RSS reader. I like it!

RICHARD BRAM. PHOTOGRAPHER

RICHARD BRAM. PHOTOGRAPHER I love street photography, there are some good photographs here.

Sunday, September 03, 2006

street_photography_for_the_purist.pdf (application/pdf Object)

street_photography_for_the_purist.pdf (application/pdf Object)
An awesome article, a large PDF about street photography with excellent photography.

Monday, August 07, 2006

Derelict London.com

Derelict London.com I think I share similar motivation with my Wandering In Fairbanks web sites. I love to explore and document the vanishing everyday things that we experience. Margaret and I spent 10 days in London a few years ago, it was a great place to explore.

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Key Thoughts and The Zen of Fishing

sm-07-07: "Key Thoughts and The Zen of Fishing"
I also think photography is like wildlife watching, being prepared for the random event. I carry a camera with me whenever I leave the house, I "kid" that the moment that I do not have the camera a space ship will land with aliens! I will even go back into the house and get a camera if I forgot to bring it with me. I want to be prepared for the random event or the unexpected moment. Like fishing or wildlife viewing the process is fun in itself, wandering outside, waiting, listening, returning to the same place again, looking for evidence, the process is fun and valuable even if I do not see any wildlife. Sometimes I feel like I have to earn the right to see an animal, sometimes it seems like I have been granted a gift, but I must be available for the gift.

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Charles Kamm Daily

Charles Kamm Daily I simply love these photographs.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

lens culture: links

lens culture: links
This set of links is an excellent place to explore thoughtful photography. Each of the links deserves the time to look, think, and explore.

lens culture: photography and shared territories

lens culture: photography and shared territories
You could spend days exploring this web site. Subscribe to their mailing list for updates. The Atget section is amazing.
See it at http://www.lensculture.com/rauschenberg.html

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Strange statues around the world | haha.nu - interesting findings over the net

Strange statues around the world | haha.nu - interesting findings over the net
This is a very cool web site, sometimes it is not the photographer it is the subject that makes a photograph.

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Wandering In Seattle: Stephen Cysewski

Wandering In Seattle: Stephen Cysewski I have created a web log to share my Seattle and Tacoma street photography.

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Medianeras

Medianeras
I love this site, explore the excellent photo documentation and the beauty too.

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Flickr: Photos from cysewski

Flickr: Photos from cysewski
I am sharing many of my photographs using Flickr. My Flickr pictures do not have the sequence of my web sites. My Flickr photographs are more individual. My Picasa photographs are more personal, maybe they are not as good as the photographs on Flickr or on my web sites. My web logs are individual photographs that I like. In some cases I have a single photograph on all four sites. I am sorting through the differences and similarities between my web sites, my web logs, Flickr, and Picasa web albums. The common thread between each of these tools is sharing my photographs with others. I enjoy sharing and I am getting more courage to share without worrying about whether they are "good enough". Every photograph on my sites I like, for many diverse reasons.

Picasa Web Albums

Picasa Web Albums
I am sharing more individual and personel photographs using Picassa web albums. There are photographs of my family and photographs, that for some reason that I want to share. The photographs that I share on Flickr are more public. The photographs on my web sites are those that are "complete" or a part of a series.

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

The Online Photographer: T.O.P. Ten: Number 2

The Online Photographer: T.O.P. Ten: Number 2 The description of the power of these photographs is important. Why do we take photographs, what are we communicating, there are many reasons for a photograph, but some reasons are worth more then others.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Juan Buhler / PHOTOS

Juan Buhler / PHOTOS
Another web site with excellent photography. I really love these photographs.

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

OpenShutter/ONE :: Uganda 2005

OpenShutter/ONE :: Uganda 2005 Another powerful example of the power of photography to express a place in its complexity and depth.

Monday, May 01, 2006

1986-2006

1986-2006
Documenting and expressing the tragedy that happened at Chernobyl. Photography and photographers have a responsibility and an opportunity to document and express what is happening around us. Excellent!

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Julieanne Kost Interview

Julieanne Kost Interview
Discussion of her book Window Seat and thoughts on creativity. Worth reading!

Monday, April 17, 2006

Carl de Keyzer Photography

Carl de Keyzer Photography
Very high quality, and interesting, photography site. There is a lot to see, all of it excellent.

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Unphotographable: a text account of pictures missed

Unphotographable: a text account of pictures missed
This is am important concept. When I was writting a web log about Thailand many of my posts were of visual events that I could not, or did not photograph. By writing I was still sharing the moment. Click on the all tab to see the unphotographable events.

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Ohio Barns

Ohio BarnsI love web sites like this and the photography also. Documenting the everyday becomes valuable as time passes. This web site is much more then Ohio barns.

Friday, March 03, 2006

images by Tina Manley

images by Tina Manley I like Tina Manley's photography. They are simple, honest, and clear.

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Lifting the Shroud

Lifting the Shroud There are ethical and aesthetic issues in editing photographs. There is a range of possibilities. When does an interpretation lose its relationship to the original image?

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Dennis Dunleavy: So, You think you've got the picture?

Dennis Dunleavy: So, You think you've got the picture?
"After years of leading hundreds photo critiques, I stumbled across a way of explaining why looking at pictures can be such a meaningful experience."

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

2point8

2point8
Another good site for thinking about photography. Ultimately, if you are serious about expressive photography you need to think about about your photography. This site is a good place to start thinking!

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

: : Elliott Erwitt : :

: : Elliott Erwitt : :
One of my favorite photographers, he is funny and thoughtful. Spend some time exploring.

Monday, January 09, 2006

Lost Films

Lost Films Pictures from abandoned old cameras. Interesting and though provoking.