What caught my eye about the photographic near and distant
“My value lies in the fact that I am a man for whom the visible world exists” —Harry Callaghan, as quoted in the Photo Poche volume on his... Read more →
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What Caught My Eye, How and Why
”Seeing is the important thing". —Callahan as quoted in Sarah Greenough, “Harry Callahan – photographs” “It (photography) is the... Read more →
On form and content
“Form is formulation – the turning of content into a material entity (…) Form is the very shape of content.” -- Ben Shahn, The shape of... Read more →
On the Still Life
The still life is closer to life than the “nature morte” because it acknowledges the hand that produces it. What is stilled is not only the life... Read more →
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When Looking Turns to Seeing
“Many will look but few will see” - Philip Thiel, from memory. “How does the impulse to draw something begin?” - John Berger, on... Read more →
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Drawings In The Life
The line drawing Chair, light, door (A.P.) M. Amiel '07 Sitting on the hot sand of a Mediterranean beach, my knees up, with a sketch book and... Read more →
Passing it on …
It was a very cold miserable day When I walked in the Montreal Botanical Garden display greenhouse, to find some respite and peace of mind, the... Read more →
On the portraiture of things
Take a look around your abode, and you will see mostly objects placed in sets, according to patterns of activity, use or decor such as cooking,... Read more →
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The Bench as Environmental Figure
Context Perched on a grassy slope up from the sidewalk, located against a basement wall with no visible means of access, the feature image looks... Read more →
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Notes on the “sense of Tamed Space” and observations of a street-as-neighborhood
In the Oct 24th issue of LENSCRATCH the coverage of the Cuban work of photographer Susan Bank, and its feature image*, struck me by how her work... Read more →
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