Twitter - Limitations - Mitch Joel (Fri 31 Mar 2017)

Be Nice - Victoria Markets / Melbourne (Thu 30 Mar 2017)

Mitch Joel on Twitter:

There is a charm in its [twitter] limitation. There is a beauty in that simplicity. It means so much more

via The Power Of Limitations by Mitch Joel.

how you look at it - Chris Martin / Andrew Stafford (Sat 10 Dec 2016)

Abstract - Double Bay (Tue 29 Nov 2016)

Chris Martin on how you look at it:

Everything in life is how you look at it, isn't it? It's about trying to see the value and beauty of everybody, and the joy of togetherness, but at the same time the accepting of differences of opinion

via Coldplay's Chris Martin: why things have never been better by Andrew Stafford.

Seeing - Pamela Bradley (2016)

black scratched - Glebe (Fri 26 Aug 2016)

Pamela Bradley on Seeing:

is it that as we get older and spend more time alone we see the beauty in things around us that we once overlooked?

via Maybe I'll Be Cleverer Tomorrow A Reflection on a Complex and Often Prickly Father/Daughter Relationship by Pamela Bradley.

Walker Evans - beauty in the mundane - Richard B. Woodward / William Meyers (Mon 19 Jul 2016)

portrait - Newtown (Fri 15 Jul 2016)

Richard B. Woodward on Walker Evans:

Walker Evans’s subjects were never sensational or celebrities—his genius was in his ability to exploit the medium’s natural bias, to find beauty in the mundane.

via ‘Walker Evans: Depth of Field’ Review: Unwinding the DNA of American Photography by William Meyers.

The Beauty in Small Things - Francisco Cubillo (Sun 12 Jun 2016)

stairs - White Rabbit Gallery / Chippendale (Sat 11 Jun 2016)

Francisco Cubillo on Small Things:

[With photography] beauty is found within simplicity, which is portrayed in small things that most people take for granted

via 5 questions for a Costa Rican photographer by Elizabeth Lang.

The little things I appreciated here are the lines of the handrail and the light on the steps in contrast to the staircase darkness.

Monochrome - Eric Kim (Wed 18 May 2016)

grass tree - Wilpena (Tue 12 Apr 2016)

Eric Kim on Monochrome:

I find myself shooting more black and white recently is because I feel that there is some sort of aesthetic beauty and bliss that comes from the simplicity of a monochromatic image

via In Praise of Shadows in Photography by Eric Kim.

On Hope and Faith - Tanya Villanueva Tepper (Fri 23 May 2014)

Jenny - Lake Geneva / Geneva (Sat 20 Aug 2005)

Tanya Villanueva Tepper on Hope and Faith:

while life will go against our expectations and sometimes devastate us, time, change, hope and faith can carry us through to a life that is beautiful again. [..]

True contentment is felt when we recognize all of the many moments of grace and providence which lead us to come full circle and fulfill our intention. We are at peace because we're given meaning to our experience, no matter how painful the journey was in getting there.

via Rebirth at Ground Zero: Lessons in Life, Reverence and Resilience for a New Generation by Tanya Villanueva Tepper.

Tanya is right. It can be like this if you chose it to be. It all comes down to your outlook on Life. Your Intention.

Inspired by Rachel's visit to the 9/11 Memorial. Thanks Rachel.

On Natures Beauty - Joel Meyerowitz (Mon 05 Oct 2015)

Summit - Mount Kosciuszko (Fri 01 Jan 2010)

Joel Meyerowitz on Beauty:

Earth, air, water, and the light was the last fire of the sun, and it kindled every thing together into a bloom of evening beauty. I always try and choose to put myself in the way of beauty

via Kindling (Mon 05 Oct 2015) by Joel Meyerowitz.

On Art - Streetshooter (Mon 21 Sep 2015)

Red, Yellow and Blue - Chippendale (Tue 22 Sep 2015)

Streetshooter on Art:

The beauty of art is, we are all in the same boat in the same place and yet those true to heart see things differently and attempt to make their art more of themselves then of and for anyone else.

via Streets of Philadelphia … A Visual Diary … Page 20 … Street …Finding Your Way by Streetshooter.

On Observervation - Humbled by Beauty - Streetshooter (Mon 11 Aug 2014)

Flower (*) - Madrid (Sun 11 Aug 2013)
Streetshooter (*) writes On being an Observer (*):

find the beauty (*) placed in the garden and nurtured (*) by a higher source (*), the same source (*) that nurtures (*) you, that gives life (*) to all beings. To me, when I see the garden that my wife Tanya works so diligently (*) to make fruitful and beautiful, I am humbled (*).

via August 11th, 2014 … Fuji X100s …Observations (*) by Streetshooter (*).

A beautiful observation.