Technology, Identity, and Today’s Photographer
Technology has given itself so incredibly well to enthusiasts, hobbyists, professionals, and just as well to casual snapshooters, the selfie generation, and …
Go Away Closer
Every once in a while, it is a good thing to go away someplace and sit by yourself and your thoughts. Similarly, …
The Pictures that are Not Made, But Taken
In a recent piece that he did for The New York Times Magazine, Teju Cole addressed how the common man photographs today, with …
A Little Ways Down the Road
There is something about making a picture that makes me feel terribly empty. Until you’ve pressed the shutter and sealed the deal, …
How is Beauty Perceived?
In Edward Steichen’s The Pond–Moonlight, we see what appears to be a forested scene, with moonlight streaming through the trees and reflected …
The Elephant in the Room
In today’s times of environmental sensitivity, race and gender consciousness, and some level of intellectual enlightenment, elephants should never be in rooms …
Let Me Tell You a Story
When was the last time that you told someone a story? Just sat down, face to face, and spoke to them about …
Lessons from Evans
“I am after mastery of what I want to do; that is, I want to be able to do what I want to do, and do it well.”–Walker Evans
Walk Me to the Moon
When I fall in love, the fi rst and possibly most romantic gesture I can think of, is to go for a …
Filling the Void with Stillness
This is a snippet from William Butler Yeats’ Easter, 1916 that describes the poet’s torn emotions over the Irish’s bloody struggle for independence, from the British.
