Tuesday, September 23, 2014

On Art - Chantel Tattoli / Architectural Digest (Tue 06 May 2014)

Joanne and Bar du Follie (*) - Courtauld Gallery / Somerset House / London (Mon 15 Sep 2014)

Chantel Tattoli (*) writes on Art (*):
art is more than a studied eyeful. It can offer helpful instruction about day-to-day living—at times consoling, redeeming, guiding, and inspiring viewers.
via Alain de Botton's Guide to the Works in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum (*) by Chantel Tattoli (*).

Monday, September 22, 2014

Interpreting Art - William Todd Schultz (Sat 20 Sep 2014)

A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (*) - Courtauld Gallery / London (Mon 15 Sep 2014)

William Todd Schultz (*) writes on Art (*):
what keeps art alive is exactly interpretation—talking about it, speculating about it.
via More About the 'Torture' Post (*) by Michael Johnston (*).

Sunday, September 21, 2014

On Photography #2 - Chris Leskovsek / Michael Ernest Sweet (Sat 20 Sep 2014)

Bart Simpson with Blue Car - St Julians / Malta (Sat 20 Sep 2014)

Chris Leskovsek (*) writes Photography (*):
When I shoot (*), I focus (*) on what is in front of me. But when I edit (*), I concentrate on what I want to say or tell, and most of the time it ends up being different from what I thought it would be. I think I can say that shooting for me is an intuitive (*) process, but editing is a very conscious (*) one.
via Talking Photographs with Chris Leskovsek (*) by Michael Ernest Sweet (*).

On Photography #1 - Chris Leskovsek / Michael Ernest Sweet (Sat 20 Sep 2014)

Blue Car - St Julians / Malta (Sat 20 Sep 2014)

Chris Leskovsek (*) writes Photography (*):
I went without any expectations (*); no plans. I really wanted to go and get lost, and literally let everyday encounters guide me through. Why [exotic location xyz]? It's really uncertain (*), but I've always been interested in places I know very little about, or that there is little information about.
via Talking Photographs with Chris Leskovsek (*) by Michael Ernest Swee (*).

Saturday, September 20, 2014

On Photography and Luck - Henri Cartier-Bresson / John Paul Caponigro (Fri 21 Mar 2014)

Untitled - Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation (*) / Paris (Thu 18 Sep 2014)

Henri Cartier Bresson (*) on Photography (*) and Luck (*):
Of course it’s all luck.
via 29 Quotes By Photographer Henri Cartier Bresson (*) by John Paul Caponigro (*).

Street Portraiture - David McLean / Shot by Shooter (Jul 2014)

Untitled - Piccadilly / London (Fri 12 Sep 2014)

David Mclean (*) on Street Portraits (*) [quoting David Mclean (*)]:
They are always different. They are always the same
via David Mclean Street Portraiture - 1883 Magazine (*) by Jay Mitchell (*).

My favourite from the trip so far. Love the hands, the tshirts, the chains and most of all her smile and eyes. Sometimes you just get lucky but you have to in the game - you've got to be trying, but not too hard.

Friday, September 19, 2014

On Editing - Stephen Gill (Wed 20 Aug 2014)

Tree - London Fields / Hackney / London (Sat 13 Sep 2014)

Stephen Gill (*) writes Editing (*) and Overexposure (*):
I’m aware that you can look at things too much and you can kill them, like listening to your favourite record too much or eating your favourite food. We can absolutely kill the things we love by too much exposure to them.
via Studio Visit: Stephen Gill (*) by James Brown (*) via photographs on the brain (*).