Likes and Votes for the Win is a Lose!

Ok, I know there are gatekeepers to the creative world, the gallery curator, the magazine editor, etc. but I have a real problem with any award being given out for who can generate the most votes for their work. Any kind of work. Years ago, I was at a film festival and the "audience award"...

If You’re Wondering If You Are One…

As photographers, we're storytellers.  We create images to show our world, our view, to other people.  It's a fascinating art form, capturing moments of life and freezing them to have and study and remember. Like any art or skill, the people who are at the top of their game and who are the best at...

Artist vs. Photographer, A Search For Truth

(This is a follow-up to my last post, Film, Huh, Good God, What is it Good For?) The bricklayer takes bricks and cement and builds a wall.  It's an expression of function, and the result is useful as structure. The artist who uses bricks as his medium (if perhaps there is one that does) takes...

Film, Huh, Good God, What is it Good For?

I traveled this month, a road trip from Colorado to California, and if you know me, I pack a variety of cameras.  I don't go anywhere without at least one Leica.  And I brought a Rolleiflex for some portraits, and at the last minute put a 4x5 camera and some film and a changing bag...