“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.”

Computer generated and augmented realities seemed ideal environments for recording virtual experience.

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.

For the following text, you might try substituting the words Artist, Painter, Writer, Actor with Photographer…

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 eye and the camera see more than the mind knows.” – Nathan Lyons

Here are a few quotes by some of the greatest image-maker’s and an essayist, as well as a few images, which I think help to illustrate what is stated.

      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.