Helping Each Other - Paul Ford (Sat 18 Jun 2016)

Opera House / Harbour Bridge - Vivid - Sydney (Sat 11 Jun 2016)

Paul Ford on Helping Each Other:

people do help other people. It’s pretty normal.

via Pattern — Ford’s Sensorium — Medium by Paul Ford.

On Self Belief - Amy Lombard / Freddy Martinez (Wed 14 Jul 2014)

Untitled - George Street / Sydney (Wed 03 Jun 2015)

Amy Lombard on Self Belief:

I don’t believe in giving up. [..] Believe in yourself and what you’re doing, and success will follow.

via Amy Lombard Interview: Flashy Portraits of Unordinary People by Freddy Martinez.

Street Portrait - George Street / Sydney (Wed 15 Jan 2014)

Street Portrait - George Street / Sydney (Wed 15 Jan 2014)

Standing on a Corner - Grand Theft Auto - George Street / Sydney (Fri 11 Oct 2013)

Standing on a Corner - Grand Theft Auto - George Street (*) / Sydney (Fri 11 Oct 3013)

Black - George Street / Sydney (Thu 21 Mar 2013)

Black - George Street / Sydney (Thu 21 Mar 2013)
All these are about light and colour. The Autumn light seems clearer and offers a bit more contrast. It is really noticeable now and I think the last few photos show it.

Queen Victoria - George Street / Sydney (Fri 22 Mar 2013)

Queen Victoria - George Street / Sydney (Fri 22 Mar 2013)

Hand - George Street / Sydney (Tue 12 Mar 2013)

Hand - George Street / Sydney (Tue 12 Mar 2013)

Framed - Castlereagh St / Sydney (Fri 07 Dec 2012)

Framed - Castlereagh St / Sydney (Fri 07 Dec 2012)
Have a few shots of this scene from another day. The graffiti tags are like a kind of colorful calligraphy with the grey painted doors providing the canvas. Did not have my S95 today so the iPhone was called upon for the photo above.


Colourful Calligraphy - Castlereagh St / Sydney (Wed 27 Nov 2012)

DRIZA-BONE - Red and Blue - Pitt Street / Sydney (Fri 23 Nov 2012)

DRIZA-BONE - Red and Blue - Pitt Street / Sydney (Fri 23 Nov 2012)
Was looking for a red and blue photo (*) that day, and this was the second. Sometimes you just get lucky.

The most Successful Art is almost on the Verge of Failure - Garry Winogrand (Aug 1976)

Olympic Welcome Home Parade #1 and #2- George St / Sydney (Mon 20 Aug 2012)
In Coffee and Workprints: A Workshop With Garry Winogrand (*), Mason Resnick writes about some photographic advice given to him by Garry Winogrand (*):

[..] treat editing photographs as "an adventure in seeing" and to enjoy the whole process.

[..] tension between the form and content of a photograph makes it succeed.

[..] the most successful art is almost on the verge of failure.

I think all these points can be applied to all aspects of life. Photography gives photographers a great chance to experience life and to abstract what they observe and learn.

Particularly like the last point. I know from my own paddling experiences that our best efforts have verged on the edge of failure. You are in, then you are out. Things are breaking down and coming back together again - and so it goes all way the way through the set or race. My GPS has told me this time and time again in our training sessions. The sets that feel the worst are often better than the ones with that perfect feeling. Something I have known for a long time. It is hard to talk to others about this counter intuitiative observation of performance. This quote might come in handy.

Olympic Welcome Home Parade #3 - George St / Sydney (Mon 20 Aug 2012)

Intersection - Corner Elizabeth and Bathurst Streets / Sydney (Fri 10 Oct 2003)

Intersection - Corner Elizabeth and Bathurst Streets / Sydney (Fri 10 Oct 2003)

Collage - Hyde Park / Sydney Life 2011

Collage - Hyde Park / Sydney Life 2011
Always look forward to Sydney Life, which is just about to finish it's month long run in Hyde Park.

Love the way the large format canvas photos are framed by the garden surroundings of the park.

This is my collage of this year's photos that I took late this afternoon.

Sign (2 of 2) - Jane St / Kensington / Sydney (Tue 12 Apr 2011)

Sign (2 of 2) - Jane St / Kensington / Sydney (Tue 12 Apr 2011)

Mugging For The Cameras by CabGodot (01 Dec 2010)

Mugging For The Cameras by CabGodot
Third of the new format for the roundup of all Sydney Street Art.

Voiceover recorded in the cab on a wet night, with musical backing “Heavy Heavy Heavy” by Ronaldo Pino and “Crosstown Traffic” by Jimi Hendrix.

This one features a look through the Balgowlah Boneyard, which is the Burnt Bridge Creek...

Rain Stops Play by CabGodot (21 Nov 2010)

Rain Stops Play by CabGodot
for the Wallup website of all the Sydney street art, found by a Sydney Cabbie, here.

2nd Video from CabGodot. Reveals the true identity of his female french passenger in his first video.

For The Love Of The Game by CabGodot (9 Nov 2010)

For The Love Of The Game by CabGadot
A fantastic video from a Sydney Cab Driver (CabGodot) where he takes a French passenger on 13 min cab ride across town. Along the way they have a great conversation about Graffiti in Sydney, Paris and the world. CabGodot leaves his passenger with the following:

Have as much fun as they let you, and then some more, because that way you are getting away with something. It's what Graffiti is all about. It's about getting away with stuff."