Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Charles Soulier
Charles Soulier (1840 – 1876) was a French photographer mostly known for his panoramas of Paris between 1854 and185, later worked with stereoscopic views. It is unclear when Charles Soulier was born or died. The first mention of him is in a magazine La Lumiere where he is described as a “painter on glass” who […]
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Curiosity vs Creativity
As far as I can remember, I’ve always been curious. Curious about how things work which often led me to take things apart simply to see if I could put them back together. Curious about why things are a certain way which led me to become an avid reader. As soon as the internet became […]
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Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Philip Henry Delamotte
Philip Henry Delamotte was a British photographer and illustrator, best known for his photographic images of The Crystal Palace in London. Delamotte was born at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on April 21st 1821. Delamotte was commissioned to record the dis-assembly of the Crystal Palace in 1852, and its reconstruction and expansion at Sydenham in London, […]
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Chez Rodin
Standing having to blow candles and being intimidated by all the faces of family and friends staring down at my little frame kneeling at a table trying to blow out the candles on my birthday cake is the last thing I remember from the last birthday I celebrated. I was seven years. To this day, […]
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Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Antonio Beato
Antonio Beato was a British and Italian photographer. Antonio Beato’s origins are uncertain; he was probably born in Venetian territory sometime after 1832. His elder brother Felice Beato, at least, was born in Venice, but the family may have moved to Corfu, which had been a Venetian possession until 1814 when it was acquired by Britain. Antonio often used […]
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Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Esteban Gonnet
Esteban Gonnet was a French photographer who emigrated to Argentina, where he focused his work as a photographer. He was born in Grenoble, France and moved to Argentina from Newcastle, England, in 1857. His brother, Louis Gonnet worked in a printing house and lived in Argentina and was the father of Manuel B. Gonnet. Gonnet was officer of the French […]
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The camera at my disposal
If you’ve read my last post, you are up to date on what’s been happening – creatively speaking. Instead of stressing about my current situation and beat myself up, I’ve been taking it easy instead. This attitude is completely new to me as I am one those individuals that like being productive. This probably stems […]
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Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Benjamin Brecknell Turner
Benjamin Brecknell Turner was one of Britain’s first photographers born in May 1815. He was also a founding-member of the Photographic Society of London which was formed in 1853. His images were based on the traditionally ‘picturesque’ styles and subjects of the generation of watercolour painters before him. At 16, he became an apprentice to […]
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Notes from a chaotic mind
They are some days where I just sit in front of my computer staring at an image on the screen. Everything I try just seems boring. On the worst days, the screen is simply just blank and I have no idea where to start. Whether you photograph, draw or paint, those kind of days are […]
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Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Bruno Braquehais
Bruno Braquehais was a French photographer born in 1823. He was active primarily in Paris in the mid-19th century. Braquehais trained in the lithographic workshop at the state school for the deaf that he attended between the ages of nine and twelve. He showed talent and upon graduation worked as a lithographer before setting himself up as […]
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Photography & Vision 