I like it when one is not certain what one sees, [..] When we do not know why the photographer has taken a picture and when we do not know why we are looking at it, all of a sudden we discover something that we start seeing. I like this confusion.via Saul Leiter obituary (*) by Sean O'Hagan (*).
There are the things that are out in the open and then there are the things that are hidden, and life has more to do, the real world has more to do with what is hidden, maybe. You think?via POSTSCRIPT: SAUL LEITER (1923-2013) (*) by Teju Cole (*).
I have literally no idea who any of the people (*) in these pictures are, yet I am interested in each and every one of them. [..]via Eva Vermandel’s Splinter (*) by Conscientious Photography Magazine (*).
So then, let’s appreciate (*). To appreciate (*) can mean all kinds of things. In photography, it means to become aware of a moment that might signify something to be appreciated (*), to then capture it as a photograph so that it can be looked at later.
No one likes to be criticized (*), Few people get better with criticism (*). Most respond to encouragement (*) instead. For a player or any human being, there is nothing better than hearing Well done (*)via 8 Coaching Keys From Sir Alex Ferguson (*) by Sports Are 80 Percent Mental (*) from Ferguson’s Formula (*) by Anita Elberse (*).
You must master (*) your craft and then put it aside and concentrate (*) on the more difficult aspect of the work.via Instant Connections: Essays and Interviews on Photography (*) by LENSCRATCH (*) from selected a quote (*) by Photographs on the Brain (*).Those are the issues that you have to search (*) for.
- What is it that you want to do (*) with that craft?
- What do you want to express (*)?
- What do you want to explore (*)?
- What do you want to find out (*)?
- What do you want to present (*) to people?
I'm happy that I'm still excited about hitting the water on a cold day and pounding out the yards. You'd think that after over fifty years of swimming up and down various pools and watching the black line on the bottom one would get bored but every time in the pool is exciting and fun for me. It's active meditation (*), it's competition (*) and it's concentration (*). Lots of good stuff for your body and brain to do before that first cup of coffee...via Packing up and getting on the road (*) by Kirk Tuck (*).
the photograph is little more than a manipulated two-dimensional representation of what previously existed in four dimensions (three spatial, one – often forgotten – time).via The Challenge of Photography (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
Before leaving it, I wanted to destroy it, But when I tried to destroy it, that’s when I realized I couldn’t live without it.via Daido Moriyama Captures the ‘True Reality of Life’ With His Lens (*) by Jenny Hsu (*).
The [..] lie is that we're not afraid.via The first lie (*) by Seth Godin (*).
We're afraid.
Afraid to lead, to make a ruckus, to convene. Afraid to be vulnerable, to be called out, to be seen as a fraud.
The connection economy isn't based on steel or rails or buildings [or any relationship, really]. It's built on trust (*) and hope (*) and passion (*).
The future (*) belongs to those that care and those that believe (*).
To make a change (*) happen. [..]via Every presentation worth doing has just one purpose (*) by Seth Godin (*).
Change (*), of course, opens doors (*), it creates possibilities (*) and it's fraught with danger (*) and apparent risk (*). Much easier to deny this than it is to embrace (*) it. [..]
But you won't. Because the change (*) matters.
Persistence (*) is doing something again and again until it works. [..]via Tenacity is not the same as persistence (*) by Seth Godin (*).
Tenacity (*) is using new data to make new decisions to find new pathways to find new ways to achieve a goal when the old ways didn't work.
just because you have looked at something doesn’t mean that you have seen it. Just because something is available instantly to vision (*) does not mean that it is available instantly to consciousness. Or, in slightly more general terms: access is not synonymous with learning. What turns access into learning is time and strategic patience (*).via A lesson in strategic patience (*) by Nicholas Carr' (*).
But the photos I get with this process feel like mine. When I do catch that [..] right moment, or some other confluence (*) of events just on the cusp of existence, it feels like magic (*). Like, how did that happen? How did I come to own that?He saves the best to last:
The irony is that I feel like a conduit for some greater serendipity (*). Maybe that's what some of the more process-oriented photographers are looking for too. [..] it feels like something important happened. OK, it's just one little cosmic accident but it feels like something important. Humanity in a nutshell.via Upside Down Hunter (*) by Blake Andrews (*).
Something I believe in wholeheartedly is embracing whatever it is that you fear (*) the most. It’s the only way to come to peace (*) with yourself and allow yourself to live fully without regret (*).via Vivienne Gucwa with Sony at PhotoPlus Expo 2013 (*) by Vivienne Gucwa (*).
