The Inner Path of Photography

We yearn for the taste of the sacred…and through our cameras discover it, the world, and ourselves.

Category: Other Artists

Peter Turnley Images – Istanbul

Looking for some international photo workshops, I came across this great image from Peter Turnley.
Here’s the image from his Facebook page….
Or go to his website…

A powerful reflection of a man in prayer, plus all of the other things going on in the mosque around him.

All pray in different ways…and this photo captures it and the sensibility of Istanbul beautifully and wordlessly.

I want to go back to Istanbul! and do more shooting…This inspires me.

 

“It’s more like I’m having an experience than making a picture.” -Cy Twombly

From the New York Times obituary upon the death of Cy Twombly, July 5, 2011:

“In the only written statement that Mr. Twombly ever made about his work, a short essay in an Italian art journal in 1957, he tried to make clear that his intentions were not subversive but elementally human.

Each line he made, he said, was “the actual experience” of making the line, adding: “It does not illustrate. It is the sensation of its own realization.” Years later he described this more plainly. “It’s more like I’m having an experience than making a picture.”

The process stood in stark contrast to the detached, effete image that often clung to Mr. Twombly. After completing a work, in a kind of ecstatic state, it was as if the painting existed and he barely did anymore: “I usually have to go to bed for a couple of days.”

Amen. Exactly.

RIP,  Cy. I’ll miss you.

(Italics  mine)

(Full article here)

Images of Bob Dylan 1968..and Photographer’s Commentary

Nice images and interesting commentary about Bob Dylan at home, 1968 by the photographer, Elliott Landy

Dylan turns 70 tomorrow.

“Cooper the cat” is the photographer in Seattle :)

Check out this article about a cat in Seattle that roams around taking pictures, and has a full line of images, t-shirts, and other products for sale.

I love the idea…Fun!

I guess this has been around for a while, but I’ve never seen the actual videos.
I think they’re inspirational; they make you remember that there are many different perspectives of seeing.
Plus the cat owners have found a fun way to describe and entertain you with their business.

What other creative ways can we find to see the world and share our vision?