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Clayton Cubitt – Film Versus Digital Debate

richard_daniels — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:41:41 +0000

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.

http://claytoncubitt.tumblr.com/post/32562870

I don’t think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day — William Eggleston

richard_daniels — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:41:14 +0000

William Eggleston

Photographers speak

richard_daniels — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:04:02 +0000

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!

Salgado’s best shot and more

richard_daniels — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:59:51 +0000

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

“I never photograph out of hate, and I never photograph somebody I find ugly. Everyone I photograph comes out of desire. They touch me, or I find their face fascinating. And I don’t think I’ve ever taken a mean picture intentionally in my life.”

richard_daniels — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:30:39 +0000

Quote by Nan Goldin

“It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to.”

richard_daniels — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:01:23 +0000

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

When the Work is good, you will know it – alec soth

richard_daniels — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:41:36 +0000

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.

If you take a picture of a human that does not make him noble, there is no reason to take this picture. That is my way of seeing things.

richard_daniels — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:02:21 +0000

sebastiao salgado

It’s a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get

richard_daniels — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:30:31 +0000

Arnold Palmer

Quote Crazyness. Ok enough.

All that is complex is not useful. All that is useful is simple.

richard_daniels — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:16:21 +0000

Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov

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