the simplest problems often are the hardest to solve.via Success in Photography by Jorg Colberg.
Showing posts with label Jorg Colberg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jorg Colberg. Show all posts
Sunday, May 13, 2018
Simplicity - Jorg Colberg (Mon 23 Apr 2018)
Thursday, July 16, 2015
On Photographs - Thinking and Feeling - Jorg Colberg (Mon 13 Jul 2015)
Jorg Colberg on Photographs, and Thinking and Feelings:
Good photographs are those that raise questions, that open up new ways of thinking or feeling – not those that confirm something.via Photography and Criticism by Jorg Colberg.
Monday, November 24, 2014
On Opinion, Truth and Emotion - Colin Pantell / Jorg Colberg (Mon 24 Nov 2014)
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 (*).
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
On Photography - Jeffrey Ladd / Jorg Colberg (Tue 14 Oct 2014)
Jeffrey Ladd (*) writes (*) on Photography (*):
A photograph should be more interesting than the subject (*) and transcend (*) its obviousness.As Jorg Colberg (*) writes:
Print this out, and hang it in a place where you’ll always see it.via It is what it is (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
Done.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
On Empathy - Jorg Colberg (Mon 25 Aug 2014)
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.via PROJECT PROFILES: Ute Mahler – Zusammenleben (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
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.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
On Photos and Process - Jörg Colberg (Tue 19 Aug 2014)
Jörg Colberg (*) writes on Photos (*) and Process (*):
At the end of the day, it should be about the pictures. [..]via On Process (Further Down the Rabbit Hole) (*) by Jörg Colberg (*).
So I look at the pictures first – are they any good? – and then at the process.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
We Are All Photographers? - Jorg Colberg (Mon 23 Jun 2014)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Photography (*):
We’re all photographers now. Or are we? [..]via Photography Today (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
Let’s assume that we are not all photographers. If that is the case, here’s the crucial question: what is it that photographers do that those who occasionally or regularly photograph don’t do? [..]
What is it then that separates the photographers from all the rest of us? I think it’s aspirations. Ambition (*).
Saturday, May 24, 2014
On Light - Jorg Colberg (Thu 22 May 2014)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Portrait Photography (*):
clearly [it] remind us of what photography is, what photography needs: light. Without light, there is darkness. Without light, there are no photographs.via Into the Light: Khalik Allah (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
The bright star is Jenny's Star. We were pleased that Amanda (*), who presented us with this Gift (*) [can't believe I wrote that page almost five years ago] from the 2009 Australian Dragon Boat, was there to share the experience of our annual viewing the Star, which is 1400 light years away.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
On the Camera - making it happen - eyecurious / Conscientious Redux (Tue 12 Apr 2014)
eyecurious (*) writes on the camera (*):
even today, things can still happen (*) by simply taking a camera (*) and going out into the world.via eyecurious: I just got my hands on two books, Going Home and... (*) by Conscientious Redux (*) / Jorg Colberg (*).
I have a copy of Going Home (*). And I was very interested in the Horizon (*) Panoramic Camera (*) in my early days (*).
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
On Learning - Jorg Colberg (Tue 24 Mar 2014)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Learning (*):
If apples are like apples, and oranges and like oranges, what can we learn (*) from comparing apples and oranges?via The Photobook: A History Volume III by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
Thanks Jorg. I have really been looking for a reason to post this photo of an apple which had fallen from the apple tree in Eileen's (*) backyard.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
On Compositional Framing of a Photo - Jorg Colberg (Thu 20 Mar 2014)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes on framing (in the compositional sense) [*]:
photographs are as much about what they show as what they imply, what they don’t show, what’s outside those frames. There always is a balance going on [..]: The photographic facts in the frames work with – hint at – all those facts, assertions.via W. Eugene Smith – Dr. Ceriani, 1948 Smack out of the golden age... (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
Another wonder and insightful post by Jorg Colberg (*). Reminds me of a Post (*) by Mike Davis (*) from a few years ago, that I think of often when taking photos.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
On Photography and Nostalgia - Jorg Colberg (Tue 04 Mar 2014)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes Nostalgia (*):
Photography is the medium of nostalgia (*): any photograph by construction shows us the past (*).via PROJECT PROFILES: Juan Aballe’s Country Fictions (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
This is a time of nostalgia: regardless of where you look, we have become backwards looking, rehashing what was there in all kinds of ways [..]
We can’t let go of the past because we can’t stand the present (*).
Is that what it is?
Friday, February 28, 2014
On Gifts and Photography - Jorg Colberg (Fri 28 Feb 2014)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Photography (*):
There are gifts (*) everywhere, and you “just” need to be able to spot them, accept (*) them, work with them.via Review: Emile Hyperion Dubuisson’s Far (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
End of the first week in our new Office. A new stomping ground for my Street Portraits (*). The area is vibrant and I know it well from my time at UTS doing my Postgraduate Degree in Data Processing (what an old fashion term). Love it here already and I could not help but snap this photo of a building site worker out on his lunch hour with a nice balloon in tow.
An aside and thanks: Jorg Colberg (*) is my favourite writer on photography. He is able to abstract the essence of an experience, a book or whatever; and write so clearly and succinctly about it. He always gives you something to think about and I eagerly await his next post. Thanks Jorg.
Friday, February 14, 2014
On Knowing the Unknown - Jorg Colberg (Fri 14 Feb 2014)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes:
There is comfort in being told what you already know: It essentially tells you that you are right after all (even if you’re not). But there also is a strange kind of comfort in being told what you don’t know (*). You’re challenged (*), it is true, but you’re also being made aware that there are other ways to see the world, that, provided you’re a little open, there is space to grow.via Review: Beautiful by Loredana Nemes (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
Friday, January 31, 2014
On Gestures - Jorg Colberg / Conscientious Photography Magazine (Tue 28 Jan 2014)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Gestures (*) and Photography (*):
Gestures (*), the way people use their hands (*) and facial expressions (*), are very hard to deal with photographically.via Corinna Sauer: Home Story (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
One of the complications appears to be that the moment we are made to look at a gesture (*), frozen in a photograph, we have to pay attention to something we usually do not think about.
And then it gets weird very quickly.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
On Portrait Photography - Jorg Colburg (Wed 14 Jan 2014)
Dorothee Deiss (*) writes On Portrait Photography (*):
In my mind a good portrait strives for honesty (*), truth (*), intensity (*), empathy (*) and respect (*). It dignifies and makes some kind of beauty visible. It is an emotionally striking picture of somebody, where one could catch a glimpse behind the surface.via A conversation with Dorothee Deiss (*) by Jorg Colburg (*).
Monday, December 16, 2013
On Photography, Context and Meaning - Jorg Colberg / (Sun 15 Dec 2013)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Photography (*), Context (*) and Meaning (*):
Photographs need to be seen with context in mind. Many photographs are created with a very specific context in mind [..] But context can also be an anchor that prevents access. [..] [some] speak directly to us; many of them escape their context and talk of the human condition [..] these photographs show what happens when a master photographer sets up her or his camera: The results will stand the test of time and, inevitably, they will want to break out of whatever context they might have found themselves originally in.via A few thoughts on Lewis Hine (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
On Appreciation - Jorg Colberg / Conscientious Photography Magazine (Tue 26 Nov 2013)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes (*):
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.
Friday, October 18, 2013
On Letting Go - Jorg Colberg (Fri 18 Oct 2013)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Letting Go (*) of some things:
Imperfections (*), embracing chance (*), living with limited amounts of control (*) – they have a lot to offer for those willing to work with them.via Photobook Reviews (Week 42/2013) (*) by Conscientious Photography Magazine (*).
Friday, September 13, 2013
On Photography - Jorg Colberg (Mon 01 Jul 2013)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Photography (*):
When telling a story with photographs, the idea is not to tell the actual, completely convincing story. Photography simply can’t do that. What it can do, however, is to tell a story that has enough holes in it for us to believe it, a story that lacks enough specificity to be believable – just like life, which, after all, usually is one somewhat messy, not so obvious affairvia Visualizing the past: Ulrike Schmitz (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
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