“We must come to the realization that our ideal world has been drastically altered. Man, his machines and his simpleminded ambitions are constantly altering the makeup of the ecosystem. All while, corporate advertising renders a world free from disruption. They show us living the good life while gliding comfortably in a luxurious car inside the fantasy of our Disney Kingdoms. We have buried our heads in their pipe dreams.”
Oil is not worth any of this. Cars are not worth it. Money is not worth it. Nothing is worth losing to our greed for oil.
Photographic and creative inspiration can come from many sources. Books, music and philosophy are great places to begin.
We are all guilty of shooting cliché imagery. Sometimes we just can’t help ourselves. The cliché seems to have been ingrained into our DNA.
The act of seeing can happen anywhere. Many people dream of going to a far away place to find the exotic as subject for their work. However,…
Cliché and banality are both very close in definition, yet they are also used quite often to distinguish between certain types of photographs.
Zen in the Art of Photography is one of the best little photo books ever! For years, it has been my guide to image making and perhaps more importantly, to seeing.
The skill of photography is not in adhering to the rules but rather finding favorable ways to break them that allow for new thought, new direction, and a new and meaningful utterance.
I have probably learned as much about photography through looking at paintings as I have learned from photography.