Weekend Bubbles
Stairs, Auberge RavouxFrom the book: Travels with Van Gogh & the ImpressionistsNeil Folberg
(via journalofanobody)
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Photography and Trust
Joerg Colberg on photography and trusting in one’s work
If a photographer mistrusts her or his photographs, a gap seems to appear - the gap between that which the photographer wants to express, and that which the photographers perceives as expressed. Attempts to bridge that gap almost always involve artistic overcompensation: The photographer will over-apply her or his craft, for example by applying way too many Photoshop filters, by dodging and burning the crap out of a photograph in the darkroom, by using so-called toy cameras, or by relying on archaic photographic processes. A good photograph doesn’t need those gimmicks.
Put another way, any of those techniques will become invisible if you have a good photograph. They only appear as a gimmick when they are used to overcompensate for a lack of artistic self confidence: You don’t trust your photographs, you don’t trust that your viewers will see what you want them to see. So you apply what you think of as your craft.
Looks like the next camera…I think, and I’m in the market for something new to replace the old Nikon DSLR. Truthfully, I’ve grown tried of the increasing size and complexity of the recent offerings in the DSLR market and this little baby might be my answer.
(via FujiFilm X-Pro1: The X System Comes of Age « THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS | A PRO PHOTO & VIDEO BLOG)
bonus quote from the article that is too good to pass up
Living in Williamsburg, the world headquarters of hipsterdom, where twenty-something trust-funders walk around with their barely-used Leica M9s dangling from their necks – as utilitarian as pearls and furs on a trophy wife – I can guarantee this will be the camera of choice for style-conscious seekers of all things retro.
Luckily, I’m neither twenty-something nor have a trust-fund…but I am in the market for something that takes me back to the simpler days.
Source: arcrental.wordpress.com
