Masterworks In My Collection – Jerry Uelsmann, Nude, 1983

Jerry Uelsmann’s 1983 nude is a very influential photograph for me. It makes direct what is typically only implied in some ‘straight’ photographs – that mankind is not separate from nature. The transparent merger of figure and ground is poetically rich in so many ways...

20 Questions With Photographer Huntington Witherill

Huntington Witherill offers quick candid answers to 20 questions. Here are some highlights. How do you know when an image doesn’t work? It will fail to communicate anything beyond the fact that it is a photographic record. How do you know when an image doesn’t work? It will...

Huntington Witherill's Favorite Quotes

Huntington Witherill shares his favorite quotes. This is my favorite from his selection. “Always remember that you are absolutely unique… just like everyone else.” – Margaret Meade Which is your favorite of his selected quotes? Read more of Huntington’s favorite quotes here. Read his short Q&A...

Influences – Four Nudes

Sometimes you find your own voice through observing your responses to other people’s work. One of my visual journals is a collection of images that I appreciate. When you bring enough images together new patterns emerge. This was certainly the case for me when I...

Creative Sharpening With NIK’s Viveza and ColorEfex Pro

Both NIK’s Viveza and Color Efex Pro offer useful additions to a digital artist’s set of detail enhancement tools. Viveza provides Structure while Color Efex Pro provides Tonal Contrast. Consider them both useful variations of the types of effects you can produce with Photoshop’s High...

Arthur Meyerson's Favorite Quotes

Arthur Meyerson shares his favorite quotes. This one’s my favorite from his selection. ” … you’re either defined by the medium or you redefine the medium in terms of your needs.”  – Duane Michals   Which is your favorite? Read his collection of quotes here. Read his...

Poetry Animated – Billy Collins

“Combining dry wit with artistic depth, Billy Collins shares a project in which several of his poems were turned into delightful animated films in a collaboration with Sundance Channel. Five of them are included in this wonderfully entertaining and moving talk — and don’t miss...

Chris Orwig's 8 Favorite Quotes

Chris Orwig shares 8 of his favorite quotes. This one’s my favorite from his selection. “When the artist is alive in any person, whatever kind of work it may be, he becomes inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive, and creative. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs,...

8 Favorite Quotes Selected By Sean Kernan

Find an insightful collection of 8 quotes selected by Sean Kernan – and the stories behind them. Here’s my favorite quote from his selection. “I’m not trying to make paintings, I’m trying to find something out.” – Piet Mondrian Which is your favorite quote? Find...

iPhone Experiments – Bones

Recently, during an African safari, I spent several days photographing animals. We saw all of the big five (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, cape buffalo) and many other animals in one day. It was the first time I made a concerted effort to make wildlife photographs,...