How to access to your next Project Password Required Have you ever looked at a photography series and thought, “How did the photographer get access to that scene?” Access is one of the key components to a successful project. But gaining access is not always easy. Lets look at a few different ways to approach [more...]
See into the Future Running in Traffic [ WAR & TRAFFIC ] When a photographer can see a photo before it happens the final image breathes with life. A quick change in your step can mean the difference between a picture that works or the one that got away. Face Front The split second [more...]
Copying is not Enough An appretice’s life in a studio meant copying the work of a master artist. But copying alone does not guarantee an understanding of design. We need to bring “information to bear” as we organize the chaos of life into a successful image. Art versus Xerox In the 1500’s, when a [more...]
Henri Cartier-Bresson There were many games that Cartier-Bresson played with his photographs. The anarchist in him liked to test the limits of a photograph. When he butts up against those limitations he uses the 2D effects of the picture plane to his advantage. Lets look at how and why he does this. Outside of the [more...]
E. H. Gombrich Making A Likeness What is the difference between a mug shot and a portrait? Capturing the likeness of a sitter is a skill which continues to captivate an audience. Even though a photograph is taken from reality, it does not guarantee the portrait will ring the bells of recognition. — What is [more...]
Part V [ HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON ] The landscape of our dreams will never been seen in our waking life. Its reality is confined to a place between imagination and fantasy. How can we explore a dream if we cannot bring our cameras along for the trip? | FREUD’S SOFA | An artist in the [more...]
[ HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON ] The world we see in advertisements is hardly a reflection of reality. The billboards of our cities are as doctored as Raphael’s School of Athens. Set against the backdrop of a “perfect world” is an chance for a photographer to play with the contradictions of imagination versus reality. | WHITE [more...]
[ HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON ] In Part II of this series we will look at how Cartier-Bresson uses contradictions to undermine the stability of everyday life. Strange things are happening all around us, but it takes a keen eye to find them with a camera. | WHERE WERE WE ? | In Part [more...]
A Surrealist Photographer [ HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON ] What do the Surrealist Manifesto and Cartier-Bresson have to do with each other? After his 1947 show at the Museum of Modern Art, Robert Capa advised Cartier- Bresson to stop calling himself a Surrealist Photographer. Years later Cartier-Bresson agreed that Capa’s advice was sound. The Manifesto While [more...]
Wait for It Patience is a game Cartier-Bresson played all over the world. He must have sat for countless hours waiting for just the right subject to appear. Somedays the pictures came together and other days they remained blank slates. Friday Thoughts On this auspicious Friday 11.11.11, I wanted to give you a few pictures [more...]