Why make mediocre images? Why do what’s been done? Trust yourself and your vision. Every life is unique. Every day is unique. Cultures, people. This is what gives me reason to smile. I look at my son. I see my wife, myself, but in him, so much more. Use your creativity to confirm what youContinue reading “Trust yourself. Trust your vision.”
Category Archives: Words
Lost Years (Chinatown _R011783)
In looking back I can’t even remember who I was, what I was doing I denied everything tossed out everything as if yesterdays did not matter that I came before, lived before I only ask why ?
Being where you are.
Do I long to travel?? You betcha. Before getting married and having a family, I did as much traveling as I could. The only times I travel now, is for a family vacation at summer’s end, before the beginning of a new school year, or to visit extended family. What interest, what differences I canContinue reading “Being where you are.”
You Don’t Pick The Subject, The Subject Picks You
Nowadays, there are contests, walks, workshops, websites, ebooks, gurus…… ad nauseam, who claim that they can teach you “street photography”. They claim to teach you to overcome your fear of people, show you the best camera, the best places, the best time of day…….etc.. Sure, they must be fun. I know some of these peopleContinue reading “You Don’t Pick The Subject, The Subject Picks You”
Carl Toth, An Appreciation
(Photo Credit; Copyright Cranbrook Archives, 1990 by Nina Hauser Swanson) I received my M.F.A. in photography from Cranbrook Academy of Art. A small art school located in a suburb outside of Detroit, Michigan. My decision for going there was that it was not New York. I needed to get away. I flew out there forContinue reading “Carl Toth, An Appreciation”