The Balancing Act between Looking and Doing - The Story of Telling (Fri 17 Oct 2014)

Look - Street Portrait (*) - Oxford Street / London (Fri 12 Sep 2014)
Bernadette (*) writes:

sometimes you forget to stop looking and start doing. [..]

Great works or art, design, graffiti (*) and literature from Banksy to Brontë are all inspired (*) by lived experiences (*) or drawn from within.

Your inspiration (*) is all around you in your day to day. Your advantage probably already exists.

You’re just not looking there. Yet.

via How Everything Truly Great Is Inspired (*) by The Story of Telling (*).

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 (*).

On Art - Thomas Barnett (Fri 08 Aug 2014)

Scaffolding (* - Just off Oxford Street / London (Sun 18 Aug 2013)
Thomas Barnett (*) writes On Art (*):

the most fundamental of questions about art – if it has no audience, does it exist?

via The beautiful desecration of Vivian Maier (*) by Thomas Barnett (*). More on Vivian Maier (*).

On Inspiration - Mike Peters (Wed 08 Jul 2014)

Untitled - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)
Mike Peters (*) writes On Inspiration (*):

Take a stand (*), make a statement (*) that you believe (*) in, tell your story (*) and give the viewer a reason (*) to stop (*) and look (*).

via Digital cameras have no more killed photography than word processors have killed writing. .. (*) by Mike Peters (*).

Love your work Mike (*). Thanks for the Inspiration (*), your story, your words and of course your photos.

On Street Photography - Alex Webb (Wed 25 Jun 2014)

Untitled - Oxford Street / London (Sun 18 Aug 2013)
Alex Webb (*) writes On Photography (*):

I'm a street photographer (*) at heart, so I approached Rochester (*) [the subject (*) - see HCB post (*) specifically] the same way I often approach somewhere I'm shooting, [..] Walking, meandering, allowing my camera and experiences (*) to guide me.

via Last days of Kodak town: the decline and fall of the city photography built (*) by Dave Stelfox (*).

On What is Seen - Michael David Murphy (Mon 12 May 2014)

Untitled - Oxford Street (Sat 17 Aug 2013)
Michael David Murphy (*) writes On What is Seen (*):

how we see is less important than what is seen. The former are questions for a machine: which lens? Which film? Which speed? The latter includes the most severe and gut-wrenching choices for a dedicated, free-thinking artist.

via Michael David Murphy on The Americans (*) by Michael David Murphy (*).

On Street Photography - Haris P / Eric Kim (Sun 23 Feb 2014)

Street Portrait - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)
Haris P (*) writes On Street Photography (*):

[..] tips I would give street photographers would be the following:

1. Search for the light (*),


2. Search for the place (*),


3. Search for the character(s) (*),


4. Wait for the moment (*)..

And if you find all these things– don’t be satisfied with mediocrity.

Not-ordinary photos are nice but not enough. Extra-ordinary (*) photos are your target.

via Photographs are Everywhere: The Extra-Ordinary Street Photography of Haris P (Xaris P) (*) by Eric Kim (*).

On Instinct: The Good and The Bad - Tony Fouhse (Fri 01 Nov 2013)

Heart - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)
Tony Fouhse (*) writes On Instinct (*):

In my experience (*) most people's good instincts (*) are remarkably similar, while their bad instincts are often particular. By embracing your good and bad ideas (*) and impulses, by figuring out how to incorporate them into your life (*) and your work, you somehow become more yourself. Plus, you'll probably end up in unfamiliar (*) territory, a place that will engage (*) you in ways you can't imagine (*), make you feel more alive (*).

via Follow your Bad Instincts: Dos and Don'ts of Tony Fouhse (*) by Colin Pantall (*).

On Gestures - Jorg Colberg / Conscientious Photography Magazine (Tue 28 Jan 2014)

Untitled - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)
Jorg Colberg (*) writes On Gestures (*) and Photography (*):

Gestures (*), the way people use their hands (*) and facial expressions (*), are very hard to deal with photographically.

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.

via Corinna Sauer: Home Story (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).

Untitled - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)

Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)

On Portrait Photography - Jorg Colburg (Wed 14 Jan 2014)

Street Portrait #1 - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)
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 (*).

On Understanding Understanding - Streetshooter (Wed 4 Sep 2013)

An Understanding. Maybe? - Oxford St / Paddington (Sat 17 Aug 2013)
Streetshooter (*) writes On Understanding (*):

He had a look in his face that read as .. he understood what he didn’t understand.

via September 4th, 2013 (*) by Streetshooter (*).

Swirls - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)

Swirl - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)

Smoko - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)

Smoko - Oxford Street / London (Sat 17 Aug 2013)