This competition can only be entered by our friends
across the pond.
The theme is home.
Deadline 13 November 2009.
Full details at the following addy:
Enter and you could win a Canon EOS 400D DSLR .
Archive for October, 2009
Museums Sheffield Flickr Competition [UK only]
October 28, 2009Fes-te Fauvista Winners Announced
October 27, 2009
San Francisco artist Peter Combe was among the winners
in the recent Fauvist competition sponsored by Museu
Picasso Barcelona.
Click on the link to view his and the other winning works:
Peter’s blog can be found at the following addy:
Quote of the Day
October 27, 2009
Each photograph is only a small,
flat series of tones from black to
white. Its depth is an illusion, its
animation symbolic. Yet it has this
mysterious richness transcending
all its limitations so that our
impressions of major and complex
events may be permanently
fashioned by a single news
photograph.
Harold Evans
(1928 - )
British-born Journalist & Writer
Photographer Nell Dorr
October 26, 2009
Click on the following link to view some of the work
from today’s Quote of the Day Photographer,
Nell Dorr:
[click on a photo, then use the side arrows to view the pics]
Quote of the Day
October 26, 2009
My picture-taking and picture-making
are as different as day and night. I
take my pictures quite unconsciously.
I see them in my mind and. . .
it is done without thinking. I feel the
exposure. My only concern is to
be ready for that moment of truth,
always ready to grasp it quickly
before it’s gone, or to wait
patiently until that split-second when it appears.
Nell Dorr
(1895-1988)
American Photographer
Photographer Thomas Joshua Cooper
October 25, 2009
Click on the following link to view some of the work
from today’s Quote of the Day Photographer,
Thomas Joshua Cooper:
The following link provides more info on the extent of his photographic journeys:
Quote of the Day
October 25, 2009
I see my photographs as
meditations, it is as simple
as that. To be understood,
they must be experienced––
felt, seen, known. Consequently,
I often use the medium of the
landscape, for everyone, in some
small way, has some very personal
relation to the land––thus they are
ready (and willing) to come in
to look, if not into, at least at the landscapes I produce. I have
trapped them then!
For if l have made the concept of the photographs strong enough,
the viewer will begin to still himself for, indeed, I make Still
photographs — and with the coming stillness comes the
possibility of a deep meditational understanding and seeing.
And seeing leads to Vision. And my photographs are there
mainly as pointers, indications, of a vision of possibilities
where stillness and silence abound — and where Light is
understood to be a substantial reality.
My photographs are my greatest teachers. It is my hope
that they offer a moment of pleasure to my viewers –
and perhaps a tiny hit of (mutual?) understanding …
but, as always, I have no expectations.
Thomas Joshua Cooper
(1946- )
American Photographer
WordPress Contest Voting
October 24, 2009
© Diane Beaty
You can now vote on the entries:
As you can see, my entry didn’t make the final cut, but there are still some excellent entries from which to choose.
Global “I’m Alive Day”
October 23, 2009
Bill Howdle of “Dying man’s daily journal” is celebrating his
6th anniversary of cheating death on November 1st. He is
asking everyone to join his “I’m Alive Day” party, bearing one
gift for him, that of a random act of kindness towards someone
on that day.
If you’d like to celebrate the fact that you and I and he are still
here on the planet, alive and kicking, mark your calendar to
attend Bill’s blog party on November 1st.
Go here for details and updates:
Quote of the Day
October 23, 2009
Does it interest the eye,
excite the brain,
move the mind to reflection,
and involve the heart?
Julian Barnes
(1946- )
English Novelist
Julian Barne’s Brisk Inquiry Into Death’s Meaning:
