On Photography and Reflection - Joel Meyerowitz (Mon 28 Jan 2013)

Newtown Police Boys Club - Erskineville Road / Newtown (Mon 31 Dec 2012)
Joel Meyerowitz (*) talks Photography (*) and Reflection (*):

It’s a beautiful system, this game of photography, to see in an instant and go back and think about later on.

It’s pure philosophy. And poetry.”

via Joel Meyerowitz on What He’s Learned: Part II (*) by David Walker.

On Ambiguity - Joel Meyerowitz (Fri 25 Jan 2013)

No Stopping - Henderson Road / Alexandria (Mon 31 Dec 2012)
Joel Meyerowitz (*) talks On Ambiguity (*):

You often hear people talking about the intricacies and the mechanics of the medium, more than about the emotional content—the ephemeral characteristics of the way time and moments change.

I felt that ambiguity is an important characteristic in my work, as it is in life itself.

via Joel Meyerowitz on What He’s Learned: Part II (*) by David Walker

On Faliure, Success and Not Showing Up - Aline Smithson (Dec 2012)

Yoshi Jones (*) [1] - Bucknell St / Newtown (Mon 31 Dec 2012)
Aline Smithson (*) writes On Failure (*) and On Success (*):

It’s OK to fail.

You learn more from failure, than from success.

It becomes a time to take stock and reassess.

Success is fleeting anyway...it’s all about being true to yourself and making the best work possible.

And often, your best work rises from the ashes of failure, when you change directions.

where she adds:

It’s OK not to show up [..] to every opportunity.

via it’s ok to step back from the roar of the crowd (*) by Aline Smithson (*).

[1] Always something interesting on the side wall of Yoshi Jones (*). Have a few others here that I will link up with the Yoshi Jones Label (*), in my own time of course.