In his book Making Photographs (2019), writer/photographer Ibarionex Perello explores how our emotions influences our photography. His advice is to journal while making images as a way to slow down and explore our feelings prior to making the image. He asserts that journaling helps cut through...
I will take a look! Love the Dadaists. I was just reading about Max Ernst the other day. While not a photographer, still very interesting and culturally relevant. There is a nice you tube film on him and his work by Peter Schamoni.
Sad news this morning from Max Sedlak at Leica Camera Classics, Austria
"somebody broke into our store very early on Friday morning! A lot of beautiful items were stolen.
Unfortunately, we are not allowed to sell items during the inventory period.
Additionally, we are prohibited from listing our...
Sally Mann is no stranger to this type of critique. In her book Hold Still (2015 Little, Brown and Company) she describes the response to photos made from her second ever roll of film as a high school student in 1969. “I shot only 24 images, eight were of my friend Kit lying alone in the grove...
Thank you for raising the issue and inspiring the conversation. These works are in a gallery, which means that they (for the most part) will be viewed by those intentionally entering that exhibit. These images, like many, are difficult to view. Sally Mann put it well in a 2016 interview: "I’m...
I am glad this discussion is happening! I am contemplating a new tripod for my 501CM with 80mm lens.
I currently have a Tiltall (8 lbs!) and attach the camera directly to the tripod or via the 45128 Quick Release. I hike up to 5 miles to photograph landscapes I'm looking for a lighter option...
As an eyeglass wearer enjoy my lllF Baranak as well as M2. I appreciate the diminuative size of the lllF so don't use a separate viewfinder for either 50mm or 35mm. I suspect my framing with the 35mm on lllF could be better but attribute the issue to not accounting for parallax. Correct me...
I am not in Montreal but am always happy to hear when community darkrooms are created. Ours shut down at the local high school so I built one myself. Such a great space to be creative. Best of luck!
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