A Brazilian photographer whose work spans many genre, image-making, painting and sculpture. His work shows a dark enigmatic and harsh city, where lonely souls roam, and where the dirt and filth of the streets lie alongside big limousines, the riches, the luxury. Born into a family of artists, Mario started his training early under the [...]
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What is a personal calling?
"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 [...]
10 quotes inspirational to start the week
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 [...]
Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Minor White
Minor White was an American photographer and is one of the masters of photographic modernism. his first creative efforts were in poetry and he took took 5 years to complete a sequence of a hundred sonnets while working as a waiter and bartender. It is after moving to Portland in 1938 that his photography career began. First, [...]
Monday Photography Inspiration – Alfred Stieglitz
"Photography is not an art. Neither is painting, literature or music. They are only different media for the individual to express his aesthetic feelings. You do not have to be a painter or a sculptor to be an artist. You maybe a shoemaker. You may be creative as such. And, if so, you are a [...]
Monday Photography Inspiration – Sebastião Salgado
Hi everyone, Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!! The photographer that I would like to talk about today is Sebastião Salgado. Not only does he work inspires me a lot but also the aim for his work. His images depicts the complexities of the human conditions and wildlife. His work is depicted in black [...]
The perils of perfectionism
I use to think that wanting everything to be perfectly done and proper means that its one having high standards but it is not always the case. I am not talking about being completely happy with your work before publishing it. I am talking about wanting to have things perfect all the times. It is [...]
