melting away under the hand of time a tear no longer able to distinguish between joy and sorrow (click image for larger view)
Monthly Archives: January 2009
How to survive the economic slowdown
Here’s what people say to do to survive this current economic slowdown: Market Budget Sharpen Position Increase Exposure Self promotion – All the time Develop New Business Deliver on promise of Client-centered organization Manifest polite behavior Exceed client’s expectations Sustain positive attitude Keep Calm See the glass as half full Be flexible Never take the work for […]
Photography is not… or what is photography?
“Photography is not cute cats, nor nudes, motherhood or arrangements of manufactured products. Under no circumstances is it anything ever anywhere near a beach.” – Walker Evans – American Photography, 1984, 23 – 24. [“EW:100 – Centennial Essays in Honor of Edward Weston”, “Carmel: Beneficial to Bohemia” p. 48, Untitled 41, The Friends of Photography, Carmel, California […]
Inspiration: Morning. A new day. The first day of a new era. Waiting for Barack Obama to deliver his inaugural address.
“Art is the perpetual motion of illusion. The highest purpose of art is to inspire. What else can you do? What else can you do for anyone but to inspire them?” — Bob Dylan (click image for larger view)
what do you look at? why?
“I’m looking for things I’ve never seen before.” — Robert Mapplethorpe “Constantly ask yourself, ‘what the heck would what I’m looking at look like framed, still, two-dimensional, in black and white?’ If the search for an answer gets your heart pumping, makes your throat dry and you become kind of gooey inside, it’s love. Don’t fight […]