Inspiration Information

Fuck the darkroom right in the ass. I don’t miss those days. I have books filled with instructions and recipes for my own prints. They’re like spell books for a dead magic.

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William Eggleston

Since 2004, Lens Culture has recorded audio interviews and conversations with some of
the most interesting and thought-provoking photographers around the world.

It’s great to hear these articulate artists speaking directly about their own work — and sharing their
ideas about photography in general. Enjoy!

Sebastião Salgado’s best shot: ‘Sometimes they sat down and cried’ … Canadian firefighters in Kuwait battle to seal an oil well. Photograph: Sebastiao Salgado/Amazonas Images/nbpictures

Sebastião Salgado, the Brazilian photojournalist, has been traveling to remote, sparsely populated jungle and desert locations for his ecological work in progress “Genesis.”

Photo: Sebastiao Salgado/Amazonas Images/Contact Press Images, courtesy of the Peter Fetterman Gallery

Quote by Nan Goldin

A Jean Luc-Godard quote taken from an interesting interview of Jim Jarmusch here

An interesting post on the 2waylens blog about Alec Soth and advice for  the emerging photographer.

After college, I did five or so projects over the course of ten years. I showed my work locally in Minnesota but knew I wasn’t ready for prime time. But eventually I found my groove and did a project I was really proud of. I started winning grants and prizes. One thing led to another and the work was eventually exposed to a broader audience.

Full story here.

This ten year plus reference seems to tally with The Story of Success by  Malcolm Gladwell ( see previous post) , in which Gladwell speaks about the amount of time you need to put in to your art before you can achieve greatness.

sebastiao salgado

Arnold Palmer

Quote Crazyness. Ok enough.

Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov

Watching a documentary on the history of the AK-47 and heard this golden nugget.