Why - Donna Leon / Susanna Rustin (Sat 15 Apr 2017)

Markets - Venice (Mon 15 Sep 2009)

Donna Leon on Why:

"I’m interested in why people do things."

via Donna Leon: Why I became an eco-detective writer by Susanna Rustin.

On Gestures - Joel Meyerowitz (Sat 22 Aug 2015)

cheers - Kayleene - Venice (Mon 08 Sep 2014)

Joel Meyerowitz on Photography and Gestures:

Physical gestures are the matrix of photographs

via Gesture by Joel Meyerowitz.

On Imperfection - Stephen Glibert / Lucy Feagins (Fri 28 Nov 2014)

Untitled - Murano (Wed 10 Sep 2014)
Stephen Glibert (*) writes Imperfection (*):

Imperfection became my new perfection, and I commenced ‘unlearning’ many skills.

via Stephen Glibert (*) by Lucy Feagins (*).

On Venice - Mirsada Hadzic / Adam Marelli (Fri 21 Nov 2014)

Untitled - Venice (Wed 10 Sep 2014)
Adam Marelli (*) writes on the Words and Photos (*) of Mirsada Hadzic (*):

there is nothing more reassuring than reading the words of a perfect stranger who is saying exactly what you feel

via Venice, through the eyes of a Writer, Mirsada Hadzic (*) by Adam Marelli (*).

On Meaning - Emily Esfahani-Smith / Shooting Wide Open (Thu 13 Nov 2014)

Stairway to ..? - Venice (Tue 09 Sep 2014)
Emily Esfahani-Smith (*) writes on Meaning (*) [and Happiness (*)]:

Meaning is not only about transcending the self, but also about transcending the present moment. [..]

Meaning is enduring. It connects the past to the present to the future. [..]

Having negative events happen to you decreases your happiness but increases the amount of meaning you have in life.

via There's More to Life Than Being Happy (*) by Emily Esfahani-Smith (*) via happiness and meaning (*) by Shooting Wide Open (*).

On Photography and Editing - Larry Towell / James Estrin (Mon 10 Nov 2014)

Untitled - Venice (*) (Wed 16 Sep 2009)
Larry Towell (*) writes on Photography (*) and Editing (*):

Photography is not just about seeing and taking pictures, it’s also about making sense of the photograph and making sense of it is what editing does, .. You take a series of photographs, you tell a story (*) with them and many pictures fall between the cracks in the process. [..]

When you’re editing you’re editing towards a certain end, and when that end is met you forget about the pictures that didn’t make it, .. What this Magnum project has done is allowed us to go back and re-edit. There isn’t enough re-editing being done today.

via Magnum’s Archive of Once-Orphaned Photos (*) by James Estrin (*).

Venice.

On Imitation - Looking for Snapshots (Mon 13 Oct 2014)

Che 'Homer' Guevara (*) - Rialto Bridge / Venice (Thu 11 Sep 2014)
Looking for Snapshots (*) writes on Imitation (*):

We know that snapshots are mostly boring, but a found photo—a snapshot or other non-art photo given meaning by someone who didn’t take it—can be boring, too: finding a photo can be as thoughtless an activity as taking one. Both logic and experience suggest that the percentages are no better for found photos than for any other kind. One way a found photo can be boring is to be derivative.

[..] imitation is something you don’t want to get rid of: cultural transmission couldn’t happen without it. There’s no bright line between an artist who imitates and one who is (productively) influenced, or between an artist who isn’t doing anything new and one who is carrying on a tradition. An artist who imitates is probably one who loves, and love is a good thing.

via Imitation (*) by Looking for Snapshots (*).

Another great piece of writing and presentation. Writing seems to be easy if you know what you want to say. Rule 1: know the point you want to get across.

On being an Artist - Ben Davis (Tue 01 Oct 2014)

Untitled - Murano / Venice (Wed 10 Sep 2014)
Ben Davis (*) writes on the realities of being an Artist (*):

most people who call themselves “artists” actually make money somewhere else.

via How Small It Actually Is, Alex Zafiris interviews Ben Davis (*) by Alex Zafiris (*) [via photographsonthebrain (*)].

On Colour - Annamaria Cimbal - Burano / Italy (Wed 10 Sep 2014)

On Colour - Burano / Italy (Wed 10 Sep 2014)
Annamaria Cimbal (*) on Colour (*):

Color is like Music
IT uses a shorter way To
come to our Senses, To
awaken our EmoTions.

On Boundaries - The Story of Telling (Wed 24 Sep 2014)

Intersection (*) - Marco Polo Airport / Venice (Thu 11 Sep 2014)
Bernadette (*) writes Boundaries (*):

We know that whoever gets closest to their customer wins and that’s never been more true than it is in a world where you are not limited by the boundaries that domain knowledge, distance or even monopolies once created.

via Close, Closer, Closest (*) by The Story of Telling (*).

On Influences - Joe Newman (Wed 10 Sep 2014)

Red - Venice (Tue 09 Sep 2014)
Joe Newman (*) writes on our Influences (*):

our influences are more than just what artists we've studied or admired. We all bring our own personal experiences, biases and values to our photographs, whether it's a conscious effort or not.

via Finding the Story in Your Street Photography (*) by Joe Newman (*).

On Photography - Michael Ernest Sweet (Tue 02 Sep 2014)

Untitled - Venice (Tue 09 Sep 2014)
Michael Ernest Sweet (*) writes on Photography (*):

When I look at one of my photographs, I do not see what you see. I see the moment on the street where I made the photograph and I feel into that experience. Simply put, I do not see objectively (*) - my viewing is subjective (*).

via Joel Meyerowitz and Twelve Other Street Photographers on Their Best Photographs (*) by Michael Ernest Sweet (*).

On The Story of Telling - Joe Newman (Wed 10 Sep 2014)

Was it a Dream? - Burano / Italy (Wed 10 Sep 2014)
Joe Newman (*) writes on The Story of Telling (*):

Telling the story as a street photographer is different than telling the story as a journalist or documentary photographer. While journalists set out to record "the first rough draft of history," the story you tell as a street photographer is entirely in the viewer's mind.

via Finding the Story in Your Street Photography (*) by Joe Newman (*).

Burano is a beautiful little island about 45 mins from Venice by a small Ferry. It felt so far from anywhere. We arrived late in the day and the shadows were long and the colours were striking. We bumped into Loretta here and she can seen on then left path with a couple of paddlers from Mt Warning. Loretta was the Australian Team Manager in 2007 and 2013.

On Finding a Voice - Vandalog (Thu 26 Jul 2012)

Graffiti - Redfern St / Redfern (Fri 13 Jul 2012)
From Graffiti Underworld: Villains, Vandals and Visionaries — An Intimate Look at a Subculture (*)

Graffiti is the perfect opportunity to find a voice. Otherwise you would never find a voice

Reminded me of one of my earlier posts (*) about Graffiti in Venice:

While the oil-and-canvas masterworks hanging in the city’s galleries may reflect of Venice the Renaissance era, it’s what’s painted on the outside of the museum wall that reflects what Venetians — at least the ones wielding cans of spray-paint — are thinking now.

Red - Graffiti/Venice - Sep 2009 (picasa)

The Pathway to an Olympic Dream - Drew Ginn (Sun 28 May 2012)

Gondola's - Venice (Tue 15 Sep 2009)
Drew Ginn shares some thoughts (*) about where he and his team are at after just being beaten last Sunday by the Great Britian Four in Switzerland ..

The pathway forward is going to take us into the unknown. Being comfortable with the greyness and the isolation will be key.

Grey because often our reserves will be low and our capacities will be stretched.

The isolation comes as it can get lonely when we strive, uncompromisingly towards a moment. A moment that many won't understand and we will find hard to translate or explain.

To engage in making four athletes one, in taking things further, faster, and beyond our wildest imaginings will have us questioning, doubting and fearful at times.

Ponte dell'Accademia Grey (Water) - Grand Canal / Venice (Wed 16 Sep 2009)

Ponte dell'Accademia (w) Grey (Water) - Grand Canal (w) / Venice (Wed 16 Sep 2009)

Photos: Venice Graffiti (Sep 2009)

Red - Graffiti/Venice - Sep 2009 (picasa)

Wake Up Italy - Graffiti/Venice - Sep 2009 (picasa)

Recently noted that I was surprised by the amount of Graffiti in Venice. Did a little searching and found this post - Strange Geographies: Venetian Graffiti (30 May 2010) - by Ransom Riggs where he writes:

One thing that surprised me about Venice was that graffiti was everywhere. There’s almost as much art on the streets as there was in churches and museums [..] once I stopped being offended I started being fascinated. While the oil-and-canvas masterworks hanging in the city’s galleries may reflect of Venice the Renaissance era, it’s what’s painted on the outside of the museum wall that reflects what Venetians — at least the ones wielding cans of spray-paint — are thinking now.