Heading East

Heading East One of the joys and challenges of photography is the empathy and imagination that you develop by being observant. I love wandering around, and as I wander I am surrounded by a thousand questions and a thousand feelings. Check the related links at the bottom of the post for more impressions.

Photography of Jonathan Moller

Photography of Jonathan Moller Sometimes photography serves a higher purpose. "Our Culture is Our Resistance" is a set of Photographs that serve and communicate on multiple levels.

The Online Photographer: T.O.P.'s Ten Best Living Photographers List

The Online Photographer: T.O.P.'s Ten Best Living Photographers ListI good list to start exploring. I do not know all these photographers, but I will.

JPG Magazine: Issues: 7

JPG Magazine: Issues: 7 I bought this magazine at Barnes and Noble. I liked it so much I subscribed. You can download the magazine as a PDF here, or you can scroll through the pages by scrolling through the Issue Preview.

Sunil Vaidyanathan Photography

Sunil Vaidyanathan Photography Another access point to these wonderful photographs. Start here.

The River Yatra: Ganga Yamuna

The River Yatra: Ganga Yamuna These photographs transcend the beautiful. Explore this site for documentary photography the way it should be. I would love to take the photo school that he teaches. I was inspired.

New York Black and White Photography

New York Black and White Photography
The photography and the articles are excellent. Explore this site.

The Toy Polloy--Smells Fishy!

The Toy Polloy--Smells Fishy!
I love the look of these photographs. I have been noticing, when scanning my old negatives, that I really like some of my odd and flawed photographs. I want to try some of these tools.

The Online Photographer: Seen It Before?

The Online Photographer: Seen It Before?
Developing a unique photographic style is crucial and I think should be unconscious. A style should evolve from how you see, not how you compare to others.

RAWWorkflow.com - Make better pictures from your pixels™

RAWWorkflow.com - Make better pictures from your pixels™
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.