Street Portrait #5 - Lisbon (Tue 13 Aug 2013)

Street Portrait #5 - Lisbon (Tue 13 Aug 2013)

On Taking Pictures that Matter - Marc Riboud / Ayesugul Sert (Apr 2005)

untitled - not sure it matters but I think it says something, to me at least - Barcelona (Mon 05 Aug 2013)

Marc Riboud on taking Pictures that Matter:

We take good pictures, we become good photographers by living life, by talking to people, avoiding preconceived ideas, and being open. That’s how we get to take pictures that matter.

via Marc Riboud on Photography, Hard Work and How We are All the Same by Ayesugul Sert [original here]

On Individuality - Venkat / ribbonfarm (Wed 02 Dec 2015)

Skate Cones - Hyde Park / London (Sun 18 Aug 2013)

ribbonfarm on Individuality:

you are unique, just like everybody else

via Can You Hear Me Now? by ribbonfarm.

On Tears - Iain S. Thomas

Tears and Comfort - Park Guell / Barcelona (Thu 08 Aug 2013)

Iain S. Thomas on Hope and Love:

I hope every tear you ever cry makes you feel a little bit better

via 300 Things [here by Iain S. Thomas].

While I have shed a tear just about everyday for what has been lost - a life, a love, a relationship and a future - I have only shed them to myself. There have only been two times since Jenny died that this has not been the case.

The first time was at the end of the day of Jenny's Funeral. The others headed upstairs when we arrived home that cold winter's evening. I stayed downstairs and went into one of the rooms, closed the door and in the darkness curled up on the floor under the desk and let out a howl that I had not heard before or since. The others came down and comforted me. I had broken down after a week of being brave and doing what I had to do. The other time is for another day but would happen a few months later in a small town in the south of France.

You go through stages and when you stop shedding tears for a time, you wonder if you are forgetting or your heart has just turned to stone. Invariably, something happens - a person, an event, an anniversary but mostly a song - and the tears flow again and you feel better. There is no need to be comforted. I am strong enough to shed them on my own. They are mine only and I find comfort in them because that's what they are for, to make you feel better.

On Travel - Alain de Botton / FT (Fri 14 Aug 2015)

A Globe and an Atlas of the World - Amsterdam (Mon 19 Aug 2013)

Alain de Botton on Travel:

All of us have equivalents. Things we care about that aren’t mentioned anywhere. Part of growing up, and learning to travel well, means daring to take our own interests a bit more seriously.

via Alain de Botton on why we travel by Alain de Botton.

On Influence and Choice - The Story of Telling (Fri 03 Jul 2015)

LiVE (*) / LoVE (*) - Lisbon / Portugal (Wed 14 Aug 2013)

The Story of Telling on Influence and choice:

we each have more power to connect with and impact people [..], how we use it is a choice.

via The Purpose Of A Billboard by The Story of Telling.

Use your influence and energy wisely. I am constantly reminded of this and this note will remind yet again that you can't be everything to everyone. Start with yourself first and see what is left ...

On Street Photography - Daniel Arnold / Mary Choi (Tue 22 Jul 2014)

Street Portrait - Hvar / Hvar / Croatia (Wed 31 Jul 2013)

Daniel Arnold on Street Photography:

I'm very happy to be around anybody who's engaged in their moment. Shooting gives me new affection for all people. [..]

People are so on guard and used to being photographed. Everybody sets out to look a certain way and it never goes quite how they expect. It's catching those moments in between that makes for an interesting picture.

On the Prowl With Instagram’s Ultimate Street Photographer by Mary H. K. Choi.

On Patience - Tim Winton / David Larsen (Sat 09 May 2015)

Untitled - London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)

Tim Winton on Patience:

If you don't have the chance to wait, you still have to wait. You wait until it's right.

via Books: Wait until it's right by David Larsen.

A Picture You Fall Into - Tim Winton / Intelligent Life Magazine (May/June 2015)

A little bit of Copenhagen on the Wall - Alexandria (Mon 18 May 2015)

Tim Winton on Looking and Stories:

It was a picture you fell into. You could look at it for the rest of your life and still wonder what the story was.

SPURNED NO LONGER by Tim Winton.

On Trust, Respect and Photography - Kate Geraghty / Joel Meares (Fri 15May 2015)

Joanne and Mike - Llysfaen Primary School / Wales (Fri 16 Aug 2013)

Kate Geraghty on Trust, Respect and Photography:

It's a privilege to meet people and for them to trust us enough to tell us their story, [..] each one of them has to be given the respect to tell their story.

Via Photographer Kate Geraghty on the privilege of witnessing history by Joel Meares.

On Imagination - Trent Parke / The Black Rose (Mon 23 Mar 2015)

Imagination - Barcelona (Tue 06 Aug 2013)
Trent Parke (*) writes on Imagination (*):

Symbolically the Balck Rose represents death, or the overcoming of a long journey. It is the search for absolute perfection as the Black Rose does not truly exist. It is also referred to as Black Magic.

Imagination is the key to the whole Black Rose. It is the most important thing. Imagination is always so important to me. And Dreams allow you to get to those places you can't get to in your normal day to day working. They up open things up you could never possibly think of.

via TRENT PARKE: THE BLACK ROSE (*).

On The Future - be aggressively open-minded - Paul Graham (Sun 21 Dec 2014)

The Juggler - Barcelona (Tue 06 Aug 2013)
Paul Graham (*) writes on the Future (*):

It seems to me that beliefs about the future are so rarely correct that they usually aren't worth the extra rigidity they impose, and that the best strategy is simply to be aggressively open-minded.

via How to be an Expert in a Changing World (*) by Paul Graham (*).

On Opinion, Truth and Emotion - Colin Pantell / Jorg Colberg (Mon 24 Nov 2014)

Untitled - "Don't Let a Kiss Fool You" - Copenhagen (Fri 22 Aug 2013)
Colin Pantell (*) writes on Opinion (*), Truth (*) and Emotion (*):

Have an opinion, tell some truth, show some emotion.

via The Helicopterism of Art-Editorial Photography (*) by Jorg Colberg (*) originally from The Dreck of Photographic Muzak (*).

On Thinking and Landscape - Alain de Botton / swissmiss (Sat 22 Nov 2014)

Europe 2013 (*). - Central Australia / Timor Sea / Indonesia / nearing Singapore - Sydney to Singapore (Fri 12 Jul 2013)
Alain de Botton (*) writes on thinking (*):

Introspective reflections which are liable to stall are helped along by the flow of the landscape.

The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do.

via Journeys are the midwives of thought (*) by swissmiss (*).

On Boundaries - Seth Godin (Tue 23 Aug 2014)

Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument to the Discoveries) [*] - Lisbon (Tue 13 Aug 2013)
Seth Godin (*) writes Inspiration (*):

the world keeps getting smaller and ideas and connection are the currencies that matter, not atoms or molecules.

via Smaller and smaller (*) by Seth Godin (*).

On Empathy - Jorg Colberg (Mon 25 Aug 2014)

Untitled - Picadilly Circus / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes on Photography (*) and Empathy (*):

You can approach the photograph formally and study its composition, you can study its visual content, but you can also feel something here.

To be able to make photographs that convey feelings is an immense gift, but of course in part it is rooted in being able to be susceptible to what other people might feel.

Photographers’ empathy (or lack thereof) is a topic that is rarely discussed.

via PROJECT PROFILES: Ute Mahler – Zusammenleben (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).

On the Photographic Process and Discovery - Trent Parke (Wed 27 Aug 2014)

Untitled - Oxford Street / London (Sun 18 Aug 2013)
Trent Parke (*) writes On The Photographic Process (*) and Disocvery (*):

Question everything. Make work that is meaningful to you. Take time.

I have always found that mistakes and accidents usually lead to the best discoveries.

from Interview with: Trent Parke (*) via jotoole: (via An interview with Trent Parke - Try Hard... (*) by Douglas Lowell (*).

Some Days Are Like This - Cameron Wurf (Sat 23 Aug 2014)

Bike Rider - Copenhagen (Fri 23 Aug 2013)
Cameron Wurf (*) writes On Bicycle Racing (*):

the sport is so often very humbling and today I simply had to accept my fate.

via the truth hurts in the race of truth! (*) by Cameron Wurf (*).

On being You - The Story of Telling (Fri 22 Aug 2014)

Meditation - Green Park (*) / London (Sun 18 Aug 2013)
The Story of Telling (*) writes on being Yourself (*):

People don’t want another cheap imitation. They want to connect with and experience you and the meaning you bring to your work.

There’s no more effective way to be different than to be exactly who you are.

via How To Be Different (*) by The Story of Telling (*).

How and Why - Max S. Gerber (Thu 21 Aug 2014)

How? (*) and (even better) Why? (*) = I don't know - Madrid (Sat 12 Aug 2013)
Max S. Gerber (*) on Process (*):

focusing on the how distracts from the why.

via The Daily Edit – Max S. Gerber iPhone Promo (*) by A Photo Editor (*).