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.

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: A Rainy Day in Venice (Wed 16 Sep 2009)

A Rainy Day in Venice - Wed 16 Sep 2009 (picasa)

A Rainy Day in Venice - Wed 16 Sep 2009 (picasa)

Just a couple of simple photos to remember a Rainy Day in Venice. I like the colour, scaffolding, the graffiti (it's everywhere which surprised me for such a historical city) and in particular the umbrellas in both photographs.

Really enjoy Jonathan Walker's writings on Photography and have learnt a lot from him.

In particular, I have really enjoyed his writings of his experiences of taking photographs in Venice. The resulting series of photographs, titled Let us Burn the Gondolas, is fantastic.