On Growth - Brooks Jensen / Kirk Tuck (Wed 09 Jul 14)

A Kiss (*) - Rotterdam (Mon 19 Aug 2013)
Brooks Jensen (*) through Kirk Tuck (*) writes On Growth (*):

And he [Brooks Jensen (*)] writes about their constant artistic growth (*). The very act of looking (*) at something through different frames may unleash a wonderful new way of seeing (*) and sharing (*). And the very act of casting your vision (*) onto a totally new subject (*) matter can change (*) everything.

via Does your insistence on using the same camera for years at a time hamper your artistic growth? How do you know? (*) by Kirk Tuck (*).

On Quality - Brooks Jensen / Lenswork Daily (Thu 16 Jan 2014)

Skippy Girls (*) - Wilson Street / Redfern (Thu 16 Jan 2014)
Brooks Jensen (*) writes On Quality (*) and On Understanding Others (*):

I've learned (*) the dangers of my narrowly restricted definitions of image quality. Knowing them can/should become the foundation of my personal work, but they can also be a terrible and unjust barrier to my appreciation of the work of other photographers — especially those whose criteria are different than mine. It is a good idea, I believe, to develop the complimentary skills of knowing our own definitions while simultaneously suspending our personal prejudices when we look at the work of others. Without that, we might miss a lot.

via Defining quality (*) by Brooks Jensen (*).

On Photography - Memories, Experience and Remembering - Brooks Jensen (Tue 12 Mar 2013)

Jenny - Alexandria (Jun 2011)
Brooks Jensen (*) writes:

[..] a photograph that reveals itself - that is to say, reveals ourselves - only once we slow down long enough to allow the flood of memories (*) to ease back into consciousness. [..]

The payoff comes not when we recognize the structure of its photographic composition or the delicacy of its photographic exposure, but rather when we allow it to bring forth what we can best experience (*) by closing our eyes and remembering (*).

via Transitions by Frances Billes - LensWork Daily (*) by Brooks Jensen (*).

History is .. - Brooks Jensen / LensWork Daily (Fri 01 Jun 2012)

A dragonfly flitted in front of me .. (*) - Hiroshima Memorial Museum / Japan (Sun 16 Sep 2012)
Brooks Jensen (*) writes On The Past (*):

History is important

• history is inspiration;


• history is a foundation on which we stand;


• history is an opportunity to learn from the wisdom of others so that we don't have to make their same mistakes;


• history is a background that informs our work.

via Our Place in History (*) in Random Thoughts (*) by Brooks Jensen (*).

Brook has a way with words and these caught my attention when looking through his Random Thoughts Archive (*) today. I have a few photos that remind me of history and the photo above is one of the most powerful of the incomprehendible. At least for me anyway. On Hiroshima, I can't put it any better than Beth Nicholls (*) who writes (*):

It doesn’t bear thinking about, and yet it is something we all need to think about it. The Hiroshima Memorial Museum is a painful eye opener that I wish every single one of us could visit. It is hard to think that we were ever at war with Japan, but even so, it is one history lesson we must not forget.”

Found via a quick Google Blog Search (*).

On Photography - Minor White - LensWork Daily / Brooks Jensen (Tue 11 Dec 2012)

Red (*) #1 and #2 - Between 5th and 6th Step / Mt Fuji (Wed 19 Sep 2012)
Minor White (*) On Photography (*):

photograph not only what it is, but what else it is.

via Capitol Reef, 1962 by Minor White (*). Maybe I know what they mean, something to think about.