Quote of the Day

 

 

 

The greatest value

of a picture is

when it forces us

to notice what

we never expected

to see.

John W. Tukey

(1915 – 2000)

American Chemist/

  Topologist/Statistician

Tukey was an pre-computer home-schooled data geek. Check out his bio here:

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The following is from Wiki:

“Tukey coined many statistical terms that have become part of common usage, but the two most famous coinages attributed to him were related to computer science.

While working with John von Neumann on early computer designs, Tukey introduced the word “bit” as a contraction of “binary digit”.^[2] The term “bit” was first used in an article by Claude Shannon in 1948.

The term “software“, which Paul Niquette claims he coined in 1953, was first used in print by Tukey in a 1958 article in American Mathematical Monthly, and thus some attribute the term to him;^[3] incorrectly, according to Niquette’s claim.

[Is anyone else having a problem spacing the lines in their posts, or is it just me??? I keep trying for my usual

"white space" gaps, but the end view never appears as I've typed it.]

Animated E-cards

English Artist Jacquie Lawson always has 

enchanting animated e-cards to choose from

for the holiday season.

Check out all of the latest here: 

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Quote of the Day

Photographs of people are

often frozen motion -

the moment made eternal.

In nature photography,

the opposite applies …

eternity is frozen and made

into a moment. We are

granted a glimpse of eternity itself.

Gudmundur Andri Thorsson
(1957 -    )

Icelandic author, editor and critic

Quote of the Day

Human gesture and expression are the essence of photography. It’s not about lights or fast lenses and fast film. It’s the ability to capture a moment in time. To capture the spirit of someone in that magic box is wonderful. It’s what I fell in love with as a kid. 

John Shearer

American Photographer

Note: I’ve found sites for two different John Shearers – either may or may not belong to the Quote of the Day Photographer mentioned above. Both, however, appear to have singers and musicians as their subjects:

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Photographer Marc Riboud

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the following link to view some of the work

from today’s Quote of the Day Photographer,

Marc Riboud:

 

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[I remember well pic number 0003.]

 

The bio page shows a photo of the photographer

with Jackie Kennedy. More celebrity photos can

be found under the Personnalités tab.

 

 

Quote of the Day

 

 

 

Photography cannot

change the world,

but it can show the

world, especially when

it changes.

 

 

 

 

Marc Riboud

(1923-    )

French Photographer