A nice Larry Fink video Interview by John Thornton during his exhibition at Schmidt Dean Gallery in Philadelphia.
Archives For Thomas
There are quotes everyone should live by and carry with them through life. This is one of my favorites and why I make pictures.
“The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.”
― Walker Percy
Walker Percy is a wonderful southern writer and author of the The MovieGoer which won the National Book Award and was listed by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.
I saw his latest show in New York of painted photographs. His best work of a lifetime – at 80+
An Evening with Duane Michals
Thursday, September 19, 2013Lecture by Duane Michals, 6:30pm
University of Pennsylvania
34th & Walnut Street, Meyerson Hall, B-3
Philadelphia, PA
FREE and Open to the Public
via The Print Center.
I’ve used a lot of different photographic techniques in the past thirty years. I realize there isn’t just one way to take a photograph, there are a thousand different ways—and that’s what I’ve taught the students. They should not insist on their beautiful Leica, or their Hasselblad, or whatever they use. The technique must result from the idea that you have—and you may have to develop your own technology to bring out the images. I’m not much interested in “straight” photography anymore. It has been practiced for more than 150 years, and most of it is too conventional. I’ve always wanted to go beyond the limits.
via Thomas Ruff – Interview with Aperture – Summer 2013 – “Curiosity” – Aperture Foundation NY.
