Photography

Artist I Admire: Bill Cunningham

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Okay, so I realize this confirms that I have been living under a rock. Also I realize the fact that I don’t have cable or satellite television is no excuse, as Bill Cunningham is a newspaper man, but alas I must admit I’d never heard of him until I saw Bill Cunningham: New York (great film!) on iTunes the other night.

Here is the trailer:

As discerned from the film here’s what makes Bill so admirable, in no particular order:

  1. He wouldn’t even consider himself an “artist”
  2. He is abashedly eccentric
  3. He is completely devoted to his craft
  4. He isn’t in it for the money, in fact he turns it down as he feels it would cost him his freedom
  5. He has been practicing his craft for years
  6. His photos are beautiful (IMO)
  7. He is using old school technology
  8. His attention to detail, ownership and passion of the whole process from the subject material to the photographs to the the page layouts is inspiring

Lastly what makes him truly admirable is that he’s a poet and philosopher on many levels, fashion, politics, photography, culture; He had a great quote in the movie “It is as true today as it has ever been; He who seeks beauty will find it”.

Camera Phone Art?

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Can you make art with your camera phone? I think the answer to this question is yes! How convenient, seeing as so many of us have our phones on our persons at all time… Here are some photos that have been taken with camera phones that still speak to me.

Here’s one my wife took for me.

And the rest I’ve taken with my iPhone 4.

Architecture I Have Known

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This is a collection of Architecture photos I have taken over many years.

I have always loved Architecture. There is something influential about the built environment beyond the obvious… its complete affect on the human condition is ethereal and mysterious.

Through my exploration I am developing a more complete appreciation of the other arts… Photography, drawing, writing, poetry, theatre… a human’s existence is so rich with fulfilling and enriching distractions.