A number of years ago, during a stint of unemployment, I was assisting a friend, a still-life photographer out in his Brooklyn studio. One day, after a day’s shoot, we went into Manhattan to drop off the film and while we waited for it to be processed by the lab, we had dinner and drinks.Continue reading ““God Does Crap””
Category Archives: photography
On Garry Winogrand
As I age I believe my work speaks truer to what I need to express. I’ve been lucky to have met many of the photographers that influence my work in some way. As a young man while in school, I worked part time in a large camera store where I sold darkroom equipment and supplies.Continue reading “On Garry Winogrand”
“…to hold one’s breath…”
“To photograph is to hold one’s breath when all our faculties converge to capture the fleeting reality; it is then that the seizure of an image is a great physical and intellectual joy.” Henri Cartier-Bresson
Like a Stain
A photograph is “like a stain”. “You can turn away but when you come back they’ll still be there looking at you.” – Diane Arbus
DAIDO MORIYAMA’S STREET PHOTOGRAPHY ADVICE
As a co-founder of Provoke magazine in the late 60s, legendary street photographer Daido Moriyama helped launch a movement that challenged the esthetic and social conventions of Japanese photography. Moriyama has published dozens of collections of his work over his five-decade career. The following is an excerpt from his latest book, Daido Moriyama: How I Take Photographs. Co-authored by MoriyamaContinue reading “DAIDO MORIYAMA’S STREET PHOTOGRAPHY ADVICE”
Sunrise
“…there is no more dreaming…”
“Now, there is no more dreaming, really.” – Robert Frank
Event Horizon Magazine
Event Horizon Magazine Page 98 Click to access issue-9-with-covers-1.pdf
“… you destroy the house …”
“I knew that the techniques will change the vision – if you change the technique. You want to keep this feeling of freedom, and you want to go farther, so you break the rule, you destroy the house, and you start again.” – Josef Koudelka
Exhibit, “Family Values”, the Curated Fridge, Spring 2019, “Nose Wipe”.
8 images down on the left. ————————————— Dear artist, Thank you so much for submitting your work to The Curated Fridge! Ashly Stohl and David Carol went through all the submitted artwork and reached their final decision. We are happy to inform you that your artwork was selected for the Spring 2019 Show! You canContinue reading “Exhibit, “Family Values”, the Curated Fridge, Spring 2019, “Nose Wipe”.”