Scrolling through my RSS feed of art sites, I saw coffee-shop sketch after coffee-shop sketch after wan-looking portrait, and then there was this.
It’s so stark, so simple, it felt like I’d been smacked in the head with a Louisville Slugger. In a good way.
(via Conscientious | A Letter from London: Stuart Bailes and the Solitary Image)
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Joerg Colberg at Conscientious | Can we have an opinion?, in which he is less than impressed by photographers who don’t make a statement about their work and instead let the pictures stand on their own.
This is essentially what I do most of the time, although since I read this post by Bryan Formhals at LPV Magazine, I have tried to write more about my photos.
But that writing has been about the process of photography, as in this post about the difficulty of shooting the ocean. I’m not political, and I seldom want to state an agenda that goes beyond “Hey, I think this is interesting; have a look.”
Long training as a journalist, I guess - I tend to keep my opinions to myself in public.
Nikita Pirogov’s The other shore is an absolutely inspiring body of work, combining still and moving images with sound. The presentation is superb.
This is an image from Carlos Chavarria’s Dreamtown, a compelling series of photographs taken in American cities(via Conscientious | Carlos Chavarria)
In Between is Gustavo Perillo’s series of photos shot through train windows. The frame-within-a-frame device works beautifully.
Welcome! My name is Mark Dodge Medlin. I'm an editor and former journalist living in Los Angeles.
I make photos, many of which I also post here.
I like to draw.
I work for a big, famous hospital.
Ask me anything. I'm especially good at state capitals.
During an anti-terror and security drill, South Korean soldiers take their...
Left, photograph by Thomas Prior, Untitled, 2013. Via. Right, photograph by Pawel Dudziak, The King
Profound graffiti spotted on Market Street.
(San Francisco, CA)
