i love to share about those who inspire me artistically or photographically. this is one in a series of the many artists who’ve had an impact on me and the way i see. this post is about a film photographer who composites multiple film negatives into a single image print in a way that photoshop can’t even compare. in this blog post, i celebrate the work of Jerry Uelsmann.
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thoughts on photography...an interview
a good friend of mine, incredible photographer and wonderfully skilled writer asked me the other day if he could interview me. so he sent me a list of questions as he lives half a world away in physical terms, and i answered them the best i could. (which may not be very good at all, if i’m being honest) if you’d like it, you can find the link within the blog post. but even if you don’t want to read my answers, please check out my friend Siddhartha De - his photography and written words about the places he visits throughout the world will leave you salivating to travel.
Read Moreexpanding the vocabulary #2 - influential photographers
i love to share about those who inspire me artistically or photographically. this is one in a series of the many artists who’ve had an impact on me and the way i see. this post is about a photographer i’d call a minimalist landscape photographer. he often shoots with film, and has an incredibly interesting perspective on tones - no hugely saturated tones here, yet they still have the impact of those huge saturation images. i’ve taken a couple of his online courses and finally broke down and treated myself to his latest book offering which i couldn’t be more excited to receive. this photographer is in my top five favorites as well as influential, and his name is bruce percy.
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i love to share about those who inspire me artistically or photographically. this is one in a series of the many artists who’ve had an impact on me and the way i see. this post is about a large format film photographer who tells some of the best stories in a single photo that i can recall seeing. many people call him cinematic although he shoots stills, but i would agree. it feels like a movie, and it feels like an entire movie - not just a screen capture of a scene in the movie. how he does it, i have no idea, but Gregory Crewdson is an incredible photographer who i someday hope to emulate.
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