Alumn Olaf Willoughby On Collaboration & Creativity 2

The Creative Space, Part Two In part one of this post I imagined an inspirational photographic location – a creative space – and then looked at how different artistic disciplines might interpret that space. I ended with the question, ‘how can we enlarge the creative...

Alumn Olaf Willoughby On Collaboration & Creativity 1

Olaf Willoughby The Creative Space, Part One Imagine yourself in a favourite photo location. Maybe for you that is Street shooting in Bangkok or Brooklyn. Or for this post I’ve chosen a beautifully backlit waterfall in Iceland. You excitedly pull out your camera and start...

12 Great Quotes By Photographer Sean Kernan

Enjoy this collection of quotes by photographer Sean Kernan. “I’ve always envied painters who could layer up impressions and observations and give a larger sense of a person. It’s as though a painter accumulates a series of transparent faces that add up to a person. The...

60 Great Quotes On Color

Enjoy this collection of quotes on color. Which is your favorite? Have one to add? Share it in the comments.   “Of all God's gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn.” - John Ruskin “In nature, light creates...

10 Quotes By Photographer Richard Benson

  Enjoy this collection of quotes by photographer Richard Benson. “I’ve always believed and I continue to believe that the elite of the world are the people who make things. And the lower class are the people who think, dwell on their thoughts and exchange...

20 Quotes By Photographer Arnold Newman

  Enjoy this collection of quotes by photographer Arnold Newman. “There are many things that are very false about photography when it is accepted without question. You must recognize and interpret it as you would any other art form, and then maybe it is a...

My Top 12 Images Of 2015

Alignment VI Alignment X Alignment XXIII Alignment XXII Alignment XXVIII Constellation XV Constellation XIV Untitled Untitled Illumination XXIV Illumination XXXV This is a selection of my top 12 images of 2015. This selection doesn’t reflect sales, publication, or activities on the web. It simply reflects my...

The Benefits Of Selecting Your Top Images

View my Annual Top 12 Selections here.   When asked, “How many good images do you make in a year?”, Ansel Adams replied, “Twelve good images in a year is a good crop.” Imogene Cunningham responded, “One in a lifetime.” Both perspectives are useful. We...

Heather Hansen – Dancing To Draw

Having studied Theatre Design in Washington and Butoh dance in Japan, Heather Hansen’s passion knows no bounds. Inspired by Gutai action painters during her time in Japan—artists that famously threw mediums like paint or clay at canvases in post-war Japan—Heather creates life-size, symmetrical drawings capturing...

28 Great Quotes On Open-Mindedness

Enjoy this collection of quotes on Open-Mindedness. “We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more democratic, more playful and more humorous. The closed mode is the tighter, more...