quote for the... till next time

"What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart. That is my ambition, based less on resentment than on love in spite of everything, based more on a feeling of serenity than on passion."

Vincent van Gogh, writing to Theo van Gogh, July 1882

quote for the day

"As for the Japanese man, who never stops photographing the world: what does he see? He doesn't even see the two elements he is trying to capture, his traveling companion and the monument that the companion is blocking out. The Eiffel Tower is there to show that this guy spent a day in Paris. But by cracking the same wide, impersonal smile in front of every monument on the face of the Earth, he is destroying the intimate nature of the moment. The Japanese man becomes as timeless as the tower itself. You'd think that the Eiffel Tower was being photographed as a backdrop for a smiling Japanese guy."

Dany Lafferriere

how cool is this?

Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Mona Lisa' reduced & remixed down into 140 exact circles of colour. Makes no sense close up. Makes every sense from the other side of the room.

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once upon a time...

Years ago, I had this idea that the best way to photograph a scene like a wheatfield was to use a moving image. Unfortunately, at the time, there was only movie film, and the fledgling video camera.
Nowadays, my dream has been made available. Click on the above photo to see an example (since blogger didnt cooperate here), then go to the main site for more.

career counselling

- So you think you want to be a war photographer?

a little test

So, abstract art. Is it just a bunch of crap, a silly waste of time, scrawlings which a child could do just as well at, a brilliant scam on the art world? Hell if I know. This test wont answer the question either, but why not take it anyway?

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funny

"statement"

My work explores the relationship between new class identities and life as perfomance.

With influences as diverse as Nietzsche and Andy Warhol, new synergies are generated from both traditional and modern textures.

Ever since I was a child I have been fascinated by the theoretical limits of relationships. What starts out as vision soon becomes debased into a hegemony of power, leaving only a sense of chaos and the chance of a new beginning.

As spatial impressions become frozen through boundaried and critical practice, the viewer is left with a statement of the possibilities of our condition.

Like it? If creating an artistic statement is an excercise in time and heartache for you, then give the Arty Bollocks Generator a try.

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new rules

78 Photography Rules For Idiots

picture for the day

Believe it or not, this is a real photo, and it has not been manipulated in any way*. No, it's not mine, though I wish it were.



* Except, presumably, in the usual making-a-decent-looking-print way.

Rare FSA/OWI color photographs from the Great Depression

There are more here.

today's lesson:

Contemporary Figurative Painters

View more presentations from Jacques de Beaufort

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notice

The 24th of April is Worldwide Pinhole Photography day.

Get ready, Fool!!!