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Ben Lifson's columns and resources for thoughtful and artistic photography.

Dennis Dunleavy: The Decisive Moment: The Course of Human History as the Eye Sees It

Dennis Dunleavy: The Decisive Moment: The Course of Human History as the Eye Sees It The Decisive Moment and Henri Cartier-Bresson are an inspiration that never grows old. Ethics and truth are an important aspect of the best photography.

(Bjorke * BotzBlog) What You Choose to See

(Bjorke * BotzBlog) What You Choose to See
This is a thought provoking and practical post. I especially like this quote "My conclusion so far is that the paradox is illusory, a byproduct of the fact that neither the color photograph or the B&W photograph are the things being photographed. As the old Winogrand saw goes: they're new facts. Once you see a color photograph, already made, it's harder to think of it as anything else. Seeing the photograph is a new experience, one that is like seeing the things photographed while photographing, but... not the same. And that this surely has an influence on the way photographs are redacted from contact sheets and so forth. If they start B&W, they are B&W. Color, color."

iN-PUBLiC | The home of street photography

iN-PUBLiC | The home of street photography Another excellent street photography web site, I love street photography!

The New Orleans Kid Camera Project

The New Orleans Kid Camera Project Excellent photography, the way it is, no pretention, just clear seeing!

Working Pictures

Working Pictures My kind of photographer. Explore Carl's web sites also.

Morales-Mengotti, photography

Morales-Mengotti, photography Simple, clear, evocative photography.

lifevicarious - 448 days around the world

lifevicarious - 448 days around the world This is an excellent photo blog, interesting and varied. You can subscribe to the web log using an RSS reader. I like it!

RICHARD BRAM. PHOTOGRAPHER

RICHARD BRAM. PHOTOGRAPHER I love street photography, there are some good photographs here.

street_photography_for_the_purist.pdf (application/pdf Object)

street_photography_for_the_purist.pdf (application/pdf Object)
An awesome article, a large PDF about street photography with excellent photography.

photostream: Art as communication

photostream: Art as communication

Derelict London.com

Derelict London.com I think I share similar motivation with my Wandering In Fairbanks web sites. I love to explore and document the vanishing everyday things that we experience. Margaret and I spent 10 days in London a few years ago, it was a great place to explore.

Key Thoughts and The Zen of Fishing

sm-07-07: "Key Thoughts and The Zen of Fishing"
I also think photography is like wildlife watching, being prepared for the random event. I carry a camera with me whenever I leave the house, I "kid" that the moment that I do not have the camera a space ship will land with aliens! I will even go back into the house and get a camera if I forgot to bring it with me. I want to be prepared for the random event or the unexpected moment. Like fishing or wildlife viewing the process is fun in itself, wandering outside, waiting, listening, returning to the same place again, looking for evidence, the process is fun and valuable even if I do not see any wildlife. Sometimes I feel like I have to earn the right to see an animal, sometimes it seems like I have been granted a gift, but I must be available for the gift.

Charles Kamm Daily

Charles Kamm Daily I simply love these photographs.

lens culture: links

lens culture: links
This set of links is an excellent place to explore thoughtful photography. Each of the links deserves the time to look, think, and explore.

lens culture: photography and shared territories

lens culture: photography and shared territories
You could spend days exploring this web site. Subscribe to their mailing list for updates. The Atget section is amazing.
See it at http://www.lensculture.com/rauschenberg.html

Strange statues around the world | haha.nu - interesting findings over the net

Strange statues around the world | haha.nu - interesting findings over the net
This is a very cool web site, sometimes it is not the photographer it is the subject that makes a photograph.

Wandering In Seattle: Stephen Cysewski

Wandering In Seattle: Stephen Cysewski I have created a web log to share my Seattle and Tacoma street photography.

Medianeras

Medianeras
I love this site, explore the excellent photo documentation and the beauty too.

Flickr: Photos from cysewski

Flickr: Photos from cysewski
I am sharing many of my photographs using Flickr. My Flickr pictures do not have the sequence of my web sites. My Flickr photographs are more individual. My Picasa photographs are more personal, maybe they are not as good as the photographs on Flickr or on my web sites. My web logs are individual photographs that I like. In some cases I have a single photograph on all four sites. I am sorting through the differences and similarities between my web sites, my web logs, Flickr, and Picasa web albums. The common thread between each of these tools is sharing my photographs with others. I enjoy sharing and I am getting more courage to share without worrying about whether they are "good enough". Every photograph on my sites I like, for many diverse reasons.

Picasa Web Albums

Picasa Web Albums
I am sharing more individual and personel photographs using Picassa web albums. There are photographs of my family and photographs, that for some reason that I want to share. The photographs that I share on Flickr are more public. The photographs on my web sites are those that are "complete" or a part of a series.

The Online Photographer: Photography Rules

The Online Photographer: Photography Rules

The Online Photographer: Great Photographers on the Internet

The Online Photographer: Great Photographers on the Internet

The Online Photographer: T.O.P. Ten: Number 2

The Online Photographer: T.O.P. Ten: Number 2 The description of the power of these photographs is important. Why do we take photographs, what are we communicating, there are many reasons for a photograph, but some reasons are worth more then others.

flaneur ::: diario visual de Buenos Aires. (photoblog, visual diary of Buenos Aires)

flaneur ::: diario visual de Buenos Aires. (photoblog, visual diary of Buenos Aires) Highly recommended web site documenting Argentina.

The Online Photographer: City Photographers

The Online Photographer: City Photographers

Juan Buhler / PHOTOS

Juan Buhler / PHOTOS
Another web site with excellent photography. I really love these photographs.

OpenShutter/ONE :: Uganda 2005

OpenShutter/ONE :: Uganda 2005 Another powerful example of the power of photography to express a place in its complexity and depth.

1986-2006

1986-2006
Documenting and expressing the tragedy that happened at Chernobyl. Photography and photographers have a responsibility and an opportunity to document and express what is happening around us. Excellent!

Julieanne Kost Interview

Julieanne Kost Interview
Discussion of her book Window Seat and thoughts on creativity. Worth reading!

Carl de Keyzer Photography

Carl de Keyzer Photography
Very high quality, and interesting, photography site. There is a lot to see, all of it excellent.

Unphotographable: a text account of pictures missed

Unphotographable: a text account of pictures missed
This is am important concept. When I was writting a web log about Thailand many of my posts were of visual events that I could not, or did not photograph. By writing I was still sharing the moment. Click on the all tab to see the unphotographable events.

Ohio Barns

Ohio BarnsI love web sites like this and the photography also. Documenting the everyday becomes valuable as time passes. This web site is much more then Ohio barns.

images by Tina Manley

images by Tina Manley I like Tina Manley's photography. They are simple, honest, and clear.

Lifting the Shroud

Lifting the Shroud There are ethical and aesthetic issues in editing photographs. There is a range of possibilities. When does an interpretation lose its relationship to the original image?

Dennis Dunleavy: So, You think you've got the picture?

Dennis Dunleavy: So, You think you've got the picture?
"After years of leading hundreds photo critiques, I stumbled across a way of explaining why looking at pictures can be such a meaningful experience."

2point8

2point8
Another good site for thinking about photography. Ultimately, if you are serious about expressive photography you need to think about about your photography. This site is a good place to start thinking!

: : Elliott Erwitt : :

: : Elliott Erwitt : :
One of my favorite photographers, he is funny and thoughtful. Spend some time exploring.

Lost Films

Lost Films Pictures from abandoned old cameras. Interesting and though provoking.

Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect

Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect
Take an hour or two to look at this site. Excellent use of photography to document culture and ideas. Fun and worth looking at.

AK47.tv - January/February 2006, Ninth Issue

AK47.tv - January/February 2006, Ninth Issue

Excellent and thought provoking set of photographs. Subscribe to be notified by email when new issues come out.

Reflections on Photography and Art

Reflections on Photography and Art

This series looks like it is worth following. This is the index and introduction page. There will be links to each specific essay.

Amazon.com: Listmania! - View List "Readings for Practicing Photographers"

Amazon.com: Listmania! - View List "Readings for Practicing Photographers"

Reading about photography, thinking about photography, and looking at excellent photography are essential to taking meaningful pictures. These books are an excellent set of recommendations. I own and have read many of them.

Galleries, Carl Weese

Galleries, Carl Weese

Take the time to explore these photographs. I like his documentary style.

The Online Photographer

The Online Photographer



Mike Johnston writes excellent and in depth articles on photography. He used to write the column Sunday Morning Photographer. Subscribe to this blog though bloglines to keep updated.

Street Photography in China

Street Photography in China



Excellent advise, it is what I do when I wander around.

Wandering In Thailand: Stephen Cysewski

Wandering In Thailand: Stephen Cysewski



I am in Thailand. I will be posting pictures on this web site. I am doing mostly digital photography, using a camera that I do not especially like, the Canon S70, but it is working OK. The instant feedback with digital is great, and I can share the pictures when I get them. I am doing some film photography. I Thailand fast film and fast lenses are valuable. In may places, both outside and in, the light is quite dim. If I do not like flash I must use fast equipment. I love riding the non-air conditioned buses in Bangkok. The windows are open and you can take some great photographs of the city. I will be posting to this blog, when I find valuable information, but most of my posting will be in the Wandering In Thailand blog.

Credit Card Bills, Photography, and Memory

On NPR yesterday there was an interview with an author who used her credit card bills as the catalyst for telling stories of her life. A pretty exciting idea actually. I was curious and dug through some of my old bills and was surprised by what I remembered. On my first trip to Thailand I kept a small journal of events and impressions, when I read the journal my memories return. I have many photographs of my youth, cute kid with a stuffed elephant, kid with lawn mower, etc.. When I think of my youth I remember the photographs! I do not think I recover my actual memories, but that could be because I was too young. I wonder though, I would tentatively say that photographs can become memories in a way that is different from written notes, or even credit card statements. I know our national memory is one of photography. As I was writing I was remembering having breakfast at my grandmothers house, there was no picture, but the photograph stimulated the memory of her house, it was a visual memory. I think this whole area deserves much more exploration.

Wandering in the 70's: Stephen Cysewski

Wandering in the 70's: Stephen Cysewski



I have made major additions to the entire site. These are images that I like. I took them in the 70's and 80's. They are images that have lasted. I selected them from many negatives, chose to print them. chose to scan them, and chose to share them. Since the scans are old the image quality is not high. Each image could be rescanned and cleaned up with Photoshop. If I did that though I would never get around to share them. Anyway, here the are.....

Nixon Selected Images "25 years of the Brown sisters"

Nixon Selected Images "25 years of the Brown sisters"

The more I look at these pictures the more I appreciate the power of photography to document places in time.