“I have never taken a picture for any other reason than that at that moment it made me happy to do so.”
– Jacques-Henri Lartigue, photographer
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
March 25, 2012
Walking and Photography – Matt Green walks NY
Matt Green is walking the streets of New York – all of them.
And talking to people, taking photographs along the way.
A wonderful example of a man who is living in the moment, absorbing life, and sharing his experience through photography.
See the NY Times article and a wonderful short video made by Matt here…
March 20, 2012
Annie Leibovitz – The New Yorker – Thoughts about “Pilgrimage”
Nice piece in the New Yorker today Sarah Boxer about Annie Leibovitz and her latest body of work and show, “Pilgrimage.”
Some thoughts that I particularly enjoyed:
“It is this physical, and yet somehow ghostly, aspect of photography—its “spooky action at a distance” quality (to quote Einstein out of context)—that gives photography its particular aura.” (On noticing that Leibovitz gets much closer to her subjects (dresses, desk, etc.) than usual, the effect this has on the photographic experience, and its sensate as well as spiritual impact.)
But maybe pure receptivity—becoming “a transparent eye-ball”—is what it takes to tap into what Emerson (another one of Leibovitz’s subjects and heroes) called “the currents of universal being.” (On Leibovitz’ comment, ““There was something beautiful about not being in control all the time. Not being totally proficient.”)
The book…the show… now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum)…
Leibovitz has gone through a lot of changes in the last few years of her life. She’s still the artist, and still exploring.
Go Annie, go.
January 20, 2012
For when you get discouraged – poetry by David Whyte
Sometimes we need something to ground us, to remind us of the true things to concentrate on, rather than the outer life things that seem to be so important.
This poem by David Whyte, “Tilicho Lake,” (read by the author), is one of those poems that bring us back to the essence of our soul.
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