Another good class wrapped up… Professional Procedures is a course designed to prepare students to meet with YOU, photo editors and art directors, if you’re reading this.  Many thanks to all the great guest speakers who volunteered their time:  Lauren Gabbe, Vaughan Hannigan; Sonja Gill, Rolling Stone; Kevin Michael Reed, photographer; Frank Rocco and Tom Donley, ASMP; Alexandra Frumberg, photographer.

School’s out for Summer!

Jonathan Saunders is (re)visiting NYC for a limited time.

If you somehow haven’t managed to see his work, do treat yourself to his inimitable style of visual storytelling.

www.iliketotellstories.com

Respect to the great street photographers of the past and present.  I forgot how much fun it is.

I like the perspective on this drawing, I hope when it’s built it resembles an Escher etching.

I was out shooting for fun today.  “Tis the reason for the season” if the season were life.

There’s always a moment that coincides with the satisfaction of making a good photograph; it’s a voice in my head that says “that looks like my work.”  It’s surprised, that voice… me.   I shouldn’t be surprised but it’s that nice consistency of thinking that I find refreshing.  Out of all of the things I saw today, this was the thing I chose to shoot, crop in camera, share.  It’s maybe about six inches closer than I normally shoot things, but it’s still my work.  It’s that feeling of resonation.

Resonation

1. To exhibit or produce or resonate effects

2. To evoke a feeling of shared emotion or belief.

3. To correspond closely or harmoniously.

The best part of resonation is that “the moment” (the photograph) first resonates with me;  a personal hum, a feedback loop that I’ve created and am feeding back to myself.  (I’ve discussed this a bit before.)  Then it hopefully resonates with others… “to evoke a feeling of shared emotion or belief.”  That is truly is as powerful as it gets.

Spending time with my favorite visiting April Fool at AIPAD, Arthur Tress apes the famous Paul Strand photograph.  Note the photos above him are not Arthur’s but that “hack” Kertesz.