April 2011
31 posts
Heading North
It’s been a long, strange, sad week in many ways, yet I can’t help but feel positive right now. My Nan’s death is still at the forefront of my mind, yet whenever I think of her my thoughts are always happy ones, which is comforting. We’re taking a trip up the coast to Santa Barbara tomorrow afternoon, and spending the weekend in an old house by the sea. If there was ever a...
March 2011
31 posts
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“What we put into our pictures is our whole life and our whole intellectual...”
– Fred Herzog – Flaneur, Not Voyeur | Street Reverb Magazine
“I wildly disagree with this. If a photograph is accompanied by words, I’ll read...”
– Following on from the last post:
offcuts | People need to be told why they should look at a…
I’m also a non-descriptive titler, and for similar reasons. I prefer to let the aesthetics of an image speak first, and allow the viewer to bring something of themselves to the process of...
“A good blog has a clearly stated goal and delivers accordingly. That’s how I...”
– Blogging about Photography is a Political Act « Prison Photography (via photographsonthebrain)
Interesting to read this so soon after my recently-stated change of approach here. Not sure I agree entirely, particularly with the sentiment that “people need to be told why they should look...
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Shift
It’s time to make some changes around this place.
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about my relationship to the online photography world, both as a place to consume and distribute photography.The proliferation of online channels continues to increase, yet there seems to be a disconnect between the sheer volume of output (which is starting to become overwhelming) and the quality of...
iN-PUBLiC | Unseen 1981 Joel Meyerowitz Film →
“In-public have great pleasure in being able to bring you a documentary about our friend and mentor, New York Street Photographer, Joel Meyerowitz. Filmed in 1981 and never before made public the film follows Joel Meyerowitz on the streets of New York accompanied by the curator and writer Colin Westerbeck. “
“Quality doesn’t mean deep blacks and whatever tonal range. That’s not quality,...”
– Elliott Erwitt (via jesuisperdu)
rich-fish asked: Hi Alex,
My names Richard Fish and Im a photographer from the U.K.
Just wanted to say how amazed I was with your work. You've got a really nice fresh portfolio of shots.
Regards,
Rich
My names Richard Fish and Im a photographer from the U.K.
Just wanted to say how amazed I was with your work. You've got a really nice fresh portfolio of shots.
Regards,
Rich
“So many people will look at my work that shows my heart and soul and promptly...”
– Emiliano Granado, interviewed for ALL OF THIS IS ROCKET SCIENCE
WatchFellow strange.r James Turnley has a show opening tonight at Lunasa in NYC.
Back to Reality
After at week in San Francisco I’m back in LA, back at my desk and back to the usual routine (which consists mainly of trying to find time to take some photos). Amongst all the GDC madness, I had a lot of fun shooting on the streets in SF, and will be posting some of the resulting photographs this week. Stay tuned.
