David Travis on and Photography and Reflection:
for many, the end of mid-career is a time that permits past experience to be substituted for spontaneous invention, as inner reflections create new meanings about that which is already known.via Raghubir Singh: River of Colour by Raghubir Singh.
Jeffrey Smart on Keeping with It:
It is no use waiting about for inspiration. An artist has to work, work when he does not wish to work, and sometimes pursue and flog a dead painting, all the time knowing, it will be discarded. But he knows that by the act of painting, even in despair, he is placing himself in a position where something may turn up. It is the agony of creation. It takes some sort of mad persistence to go on being a painter.via Jeffrey Smart (by Barry Pearce) by Jeffrey Smart.
Andre D. Wagner on Photography and Life:
Photography has definitely saved me. Because of it, I enjoy life, so I don’t spend time thinking about the suffering of life.via Andre D. Wagner Interview: New York Portraits That Give Face to Connection by Freddy Martinez.
The Story of Telling on Presence:
When our [presence] changes how people feel and holds a mirror up to [them - showing] their story, not ours, [we know for ourselves and them] we’re on the right track.
Drew Ginn on Creating a Moment:
we all start out simply focusing on what we do. Then we either become inspired or imagine and things begin to progress. The days add up along with the months and years. Our focus improves along with our capacities and skills . We advance and things become interestingly possible. Then one day or over a period of days it becomes real. I mean it all starts to hit you that you are living your dream and aspiration has become action. This is a flexion point and a phase of confidently growing and shifting into a belief. Some times it faintly begins to unfold before the big moment and yet no one wants to let themselves get caught up in getting ahead of themselves. So then it's often not until its either to late or almost beyond the moment. The door is welcoming and somehow we can still hesitate. No moment stays open forever and some times they pass with out being taken.
via RUDDERFISH: Dreaming, Reality, Being Home & Moving Forward by Drew Ginn.
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.
photographs are as much about what they show as what they imply, what they don’t show, what’s outside those frames. There always is a balance going on [..]: The photographic facts in the frames work with – hint at – all those facts, assertions.via W. Eugene Smith – Dr. Ceriani, 1948 Smack out of the golden age... (*) by Jorg Colberg (*).
I believe (*) that a new and authentic living tradition of works will be born, which can be diverse in many aspects, but which will have been brought about by a deep knowledge (*) of the fundamentals (*), and with a great awareness (*), without worrying about the final result (*), which, fortunately, escapes us in every case and isn't an end in itself, but a consequence.via Geniuses Are Not What We Need Right Now (*) by José Antonio Coderch (*).
Before leaving it, I wanted to destroy it, But when I tried to destroy it, that’s when I realized I couldn’t live without it.via Daido Moriyama Captures the ‘True Reality of Life’ With His Lens (*) by Jenny Hsu (*).
in general I think Street Photography (*) work should primarily convey the artistic sensibility and personality of its author.from which Chris expands:
There’s something confessional and diaristic at the heart of Street Photography (*), hidden as it may be through a layer of visual abstraction. Also, I think that the process of navigating the ethical terrain that every street photographer must deal with is one that helps you mature as a person.via Observe Collective Interview #2: Chris Farling (*) by Eric Kim (*).
