Photography
The Ungraspable Shadow
“If you look at my work, you will notice I hide my models a lot. And because I hide them. I am able to show more.”
~ Photographer Jonathan Mechanicus, Netherlands
Gary Briechle, Rockland, Maine: Wet-plate Collodion Camera Slows Life Down Into Intimate Moments
“When I make a photograph, it has the feeling of a miracle. Almost like a zen thing. The good pictures, I can’t take full credit for them. You don’t make a photograph so much as receive it. I wander around with my eyes open, and I’m just hoping for the best. Sometimes things that you’d never think would be special, you just hit upon, not fully understanding at the time why.”
~Gary Briechle, photographer, Rockland, Maine
Thomas Dodd, Photographer, Mythmaker
“I have realized that everyone has something beautiful or intriguing about them in some way. My job is to find that and enhance it.”
Read MoreIn the Apex of Love and Suffering: Interview with Painter and Photographer Andres Orlowski
I think when one is in the apex of love or suffering it is difficult to understand the ride. Patience. And then perhaps the reward: the value of solitude.
Read MoreBetween a Dancer and a Camera: The Photography of David Cooper
To create in light and line, capture emotion as it whispers across a face, energy as it tightens then loosens a body… David Cooper received no formal training in this, but instead gained his technique and sensitive eye through the matter of clocking in hours with his camera. He shows his subjects, the dancers, his proofs, listens carefully to their feedback, and makes whatever adjustments are needed. It’s a simple give-and-take. Generous from both sides. One might even call it a dance.
Read MoreThe Impossible Intentions of Tom Chambers, Photographer
“The juxtaposition of the probable with the improbable creates a sense of magic. The artist’s role is to create those moments of wonder which open doors to possibilities.” ~ Tom Chambers
Read MoreMatteo Marchisano-Adamo, Narrative Filmmaker, Hollywood
“With the Internet and the advancements in technology and equipment, a new breed of moviemakers is evolving. This helps in making it an art again – it makes it democratic. It has been a long time coming, but now the technology and quality of the image and sound have surpassed storytelling. Now we need to relearn now to tell stories. We are still telling old stories.”
~Matteo Marchisamo-Adamo, Hollywood filmmaker, musician
When Art Disturbs
Art as reflection of the inner and outer life of the artist. We get that. But there is another relationship that occurs in the artistic dance that is equally important for understanding more about humanity and about ourselves: Our own personal response to the art we encounter. What this reveals to us about what we value. And sometimes even about what we fear.
Read MoreSamuele Papiro, Physical Therapist; Venice, Mestre, Italy
“Art is the dream life of humanity, both ugly and beautiful. You cannot represent the dark but with light. My photos are dark, but if you see me, it is because there exists light.” — Samuele Papiro
Read MoreThe Aesthetics of Andrzej Dragan
“I like that art is artificial and that’s all I have to say about that. I also don’t particularly enjoy discussing about myself. The photographs I do are neither provoked, nor inspired; so I guess they somehow reflect the way I am.”
Read MoreWet Plate Collodion Photos Slow the Rush of Childhood
“When I look through the camera, I don’t just see the child in front of me but I feel the child that I was inside of me. I remember that it’s not always easy being a child, and that childhood, like adulthood, encapsulates an array of emotions. I believe that photographing my children has allowed me to remember this, and I do wonder if I hadn’t had such a connection through my photography, would I have been as in tune with them as I am now. Hopefully, I would have been, but I do feel this has definitely made me empathize with them on a much stronger level.”
Read MoreTo Feel, Again, the Magic: the Photography of Wojciech Piotrowicz
Perhaps I want to enter the world not accessible to adults anymore – to feel, see, live, to be so carefree again just for a while?
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