A self-taught photographer from rural Ohio, Clarence H. White first became famous for his delicate, idealised images of rural family life. He was also known for his subtle portraits of women and children and also as an influential teacher of photography. White had from his early years an appetite for artistic and intellectual pursuits. After finishing high school in Newark, Ohio, [...]
Ever wanted to re-edit an image that you took years earlier? Why not? The image, I took in 2014 and it is one of my favourite images. It is one of my favourite image but maybe also on of the early black and white images that I actually like. As we all in photography, things [...]
It is easy to bring the camera to the eye level to capture an image and as many of you may have noticed, the majority of images captured generally at also from that point of view. However, experiencing with different viewpoint can yield some incredible results. I myself have be known to be found in [...]
There is so many quotes and so many encouragements one can get. But the only way to truly to change things round is by braking old habits. Only by breaking habits and by taking on new challenges that we truly know what we are capable of. I'm one filled with doubt but it is only [...]
If I say that I am happy that it is the end of the week is an understatement. It has been a really trying week and I am glad that it is over. I will not put anybody asleep with my rant so I would like to talk about a few things that have helped [...]
“What can be said in New Year rhymes, That’s not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know. We rise up laughing with the light, We lie down weeping with the night. We hug the world until it stings, We curse it [...]
"It is God's blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However, we don't all have the courage to confront our own dream. Why? There are four obstacles. First we are told from childhood onwards that [...]
To some degree, I've always found some comfort in inspirational quotes. Not necessarily by artists, photographers or famous personalities but simple sentences found in books, articles etc.... It is surprising the amount of these quotes I have written in notebooks, pieces of papers or on my phone. Here are a few favourites: "People think dreams [...]
"Photography is a bridge between science and art. It brings to science what it needs most, the artistic sense and to art art proof that nothing can be imagined which cannot be matched in the counterpoints of nature" - Ernst Haas Ernst Haas is one of the most important figures of the 20th Century. He [...]
Today I would like to share with with a trailer of a film by Wim Wenders and Julian Salgado called The Salt of the Earth. A film based on Sebastião Salgado work and his mission through his work. If you've seen his Genesis exhibition, you will see that the clear message throughout is that our [...]
