We are two young people on a mission: to spread the word about individuals around the United States who are doing good things for our planet. Leaving from Virginia in October, we will spend a year riding our bikes over 10,000 miles, photographing and conducting audio interviews of individuals in small towns around the country [...]
© Vanessa Marsh Vanessa Marsh has very interesting photography [mixed with paintings in some projects]. Interesting play with soft selective focus, forms and colors. It is unfortunate that the images in the web are of low good quality [small and low res] but you can get a sense of the work looking at her website [...]
more examples here and here. Good design speaks about good taste and good taste speaks about good visual aesthetics, and good visual aesthetics is a key quality of excellent photography. Photographers are visual artists, and people that enjoy photography or are in the field of commercializing photography have – by necessity – a strong appreciation [...]
One of the most interesting reads you will find about creativity [with a good sense of humor]. You can get the pdf here. The sense of humor and the writing are quite special. A book on “How to be Creative” by Hugh MacLeod will come next year. ######## Then when you hit puberty they take [...]
If you have some time to spare you may enjoy the videos on “urban missions” at Improv Everywhere. Some are striking, like this of “Frozen Grand Central Station” in New York. So intriguing that the idea was used in the TV series Law and Order. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d343′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });
Last Friday saw the launch of the new online market place for art, Discovered Artists, that I described here few weeks ago. Go and take a look if you are interested in purchasing or selling art. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d335′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });
Please note my new e-mail account: miguel@exposurecompensation.com The gmail account I used for this blog has been deactivated without reason or warning by Google. If you have been trying to contact me in the last 1-2 weeks, my apologies if you did not get a response from me. If you can, please send the e-mail [...]
© Adress Latif, Reuters. From the Reuters blog, the story of Pulitzer Price Winner image by Adress Latif, the photo of Japanese video journalist Kenji Nagai being shot in Myanmar during the protests in September last year. These are the stories that remind us the difficult circumstances that are faced by reporters around the work [...]
©Rowan Mark McGann The prestigious cultural magazine, Smithonian, just announced selected images from its 5th annual photo contest for amateur photographers. There are some interesting images there. Technical quality, clarity and composition are all important in a photograph, but so too is a flair for the unexpected and the ability to capture the right moment. [...]
Today a wonderful quote from the late John Szarkowski “One might compare the art of photography to the act of pointing. It must be true that some of us point to more interesting facts, events, circumstances, and configurations than others [...] The talented practitioner of the new discipline would perform with a special grace, sense [...]
