This morning we opened Ancient Trees: Portraits in Time at random and found this:
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Dan Winters’ photographs: ‘Masterpieces Happen Each Moment”
In “The Gray Ghost”, photographer Dan Winters’ Portfolio in the recent New Yorker, he shares his realization that “Countless potential masterpieces happen each moment the world over and go unphotographed.” His work reminds us to open our eys and LOOK.
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maria robledo’s stunning instagrams will change your view
We’ve just discovered photographer Maria’s Robledo’s crazy-beautiful Instagram, a trove of images that will make you SEE the everyday differently and put you right in the moment. Only Maria could have come up with this simple, curiously moving arrangements of pussy willow blossoms (which people usually just throw away once they’ve been knocked off their stem). The…
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discovering vivian maier
(Video link here.) A couple of years ago, we wrote about the discovery of a trove of photographs by Vivian Meier, who, while working as a nanny in Chicago and New York during the 50′s and 60′s, was secretly photographing the cities’ street-life during her time off. It was not until years after her death that…
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blind, a photographer reinvents himself
(Video link here.) When commercial photographer John Dugdale lost most of his sight almost twenty years ago, he did not give up photography as one would have imagined. Instead, he started photographing in a new way, using a huge view camera and employing 19th century forms and processes. Life forced him to “see in a…
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