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…
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.
“These unexpected gifts of magic still continue
their source as mystifying as ever
whether the “face” before me
Is human, cloud, ice, fire…”
– Minor White
An approaching storm
Beauty….or Fear?
a choice
Walking forward, not able to see what is at the end of this dock
this day
this life
We can choose to see the light…or darkness.
I choose the magic.
***
Sitting outside at the lake – full moon – only sound is the lapping of the waves against the dock – this is the essence of creation – bliss
The Inner Path of Photography 