I like to travel light, usually one camera with one lens. I like to hang out. I like to go back to the same place over and over again. I like to watch for the little changes.
George Webber – Interview
Omen of Bones, British Columbia
I’ve been working on a project the past few years, shooting every fall when the salmon return to spawn. These aren’t the images you always see of scarlet bodied fish fighting their way upstream but instead are images of the dead and decaying bodies of the spawned out fish. I’ve been calling this project Omen of Bones and when people ask me what it’s about …
One more for Christmas
I forgot to mention one of my favourite online shops for very odd photo gifts. It’s called Photojojo and you can check out the goods here at the store. Who couldn’t use a juice box camera (above) , just push the straw to snap the shutter, or a tiny tiny model camera or maybe a mount so you can carry a camera on your bike …
Photo Books, Beer Toques And A Poster
Looking for another idea for Christmas presents, check out all the self published photobooks from the Self Publish Be Happy shop. If you’re looking for a non-photo related stocking stuffer, how about something as truly Canadian as a toque or tuque, however you like to spell it. These toques though aren’t for keeping your head warm, they’re for keeping your beer cold. Check out The …
Self Portraits
I’m a sucker for self-portraits. I like taking them and I like looking at them so I had to take a peek when I saw the Globe and Mail was running a Share Your Self Portrait page. I kind of like the smily face finger image. If you really want to want to spend some time looking at self-portraits check out the many pages of …
Mike Drew – Interview
Basically, I go and have an adventure and write about it.
Thinking About Photographer Chris Schwarz
Like most people when I notice my bookmarks page is getting out of control with far too many links I’ll go through and delete those links I’m not visiting any more, that no longer work, or that simply are not updated anymore. There is one site though that doesn’t get updated that I still leave on my list. That site belongs to the British photographer …
Grim Robes – Alexandre Lemire
A very positive offshoot of the boom in the interest in photo books is that we’re not only seeing more professionally published volumes but we have so many independent publications available. One of my daily stops on the internet trail is The Independent Photo Book site put together by Jorg Colberg and Hester Keijser which posts about books and zines published by photographers and/or very …
Luz Gallery – Quinton Gordon and Diana Millar
We are working hard to create a place where people can engage with photography
Della Rollins – Interview
I think I was pretty realistic about what to expect when starting a business.
New Deal Of The Mind
In these days of unemployment and cuts to the arts its always a thrill to come across someone who has a different idea of how to improve things. Eighteen months ago Martin Bright, a resident of London, got such an idea. He called it the New Deal Of The Mind. He wrote about it in The New Statesman, where it received a lot of attention …
Photographers’ Collectives
I ‘ve mentioned it before but I’ll say it again. I’m a big fan of photographers’ collectives. Collectives aren’t a new idea of course. Magnum, the prestigious photo agency is perhaps the oldest photographer’s collective or cooperative having begun in the late 1940’s. The past few years however have seen, if not quite an explosion, then certainly a surge in the creation of collectives. Collectives, …
Dave Aharonian – Interview
Dave Aharonian is a fine art photographer who creates platinum palladium prints
John W. MacDonald interview by George Murray
A link to an interview with Ottawa photographer John W. MacDonald by Bookninja’s George Murray at Open Book.
What Makes A Professional A Professional?
A few months ago Neil Burgess caused a stir with a posting on the EPUK site when he declared that photojournalism was dead. His comments created quite a debate in the world wide journalism community.
Helpful Hands
DIY photographer Arnold Lim takes advantage of colleagues Travis Paterson (hand model) and Kyle Slavin (backdrop holder) to create a photo illustration in the offices of Black Press.
Interviews With Photographers
I hope to start posting new interviews with photographers shortly. In order to give you an idea of what I hope to post here are a few links to interviews with photographers from my literary site Literary Photographer. I’ve put that site on hiatus in order to concentrate my energies here. These interviews all have a connection to writing but give you a pretty good …
It’s Not a Mistake If You Meant To Make It
Atlanta based photographer Zack Arias had a recent blog post called Imperfect Work: Blowing it on Purpose
Getting Up Close With Bugs
I’m not usually a fan of bug pictures. It’s not actually a subject that comes up all that often in my world. These macro images of insects, by John Hallmen, posted in the Guardian are quite amazing and certainly worth a look. Check them out here.
If You’re Stuck On The Centre, You’ll Miss Everything Else
I hate making mistakes. I especially hate making mistakes that are so basic I should have stopped making them years ago. When I teach photography one point that I really try to drive home is that photographers have to pay attention to the foreground and background in their images. Our eye naturally goes to our subject and we don’t notice unfortunate details in front or …
I Keep Forgetting The Blog Is Just The Delivery Platform
Why am I blogging? Well, the common wisdom when I had my website built was that you had to have a blog with your site. Everybody was doing it. If you wanted to draw attention to yourself and your work then you had to blog. Just having galleries of your photos wasn’t good enough. A blog however, if you posted at least twice a week, …
Tim Ray and AV
I’m continuing a long slow sort through my boxes of negatives. A good lesson as to why you should keep your work not only organized and catalogued as you create it but make sure you have adequate written information with the photographs. There are so many envelopes of negatives documenting events that I only have a vague remembrance of. I came across a folder of …
Annual Pumpkin Harvest Adds Colour To Gloomy Day
It’s now October and this time of year I always take a drive up through Saanich agricultural zone to see if the annual pumpkin harvest has started. It was cloudy out but the rain was holding off a good sign as they won’t harvest in the rain. It turned out to be busy in the fields with workers from both the Mar and Michell Farms …
Vancouver skyline at dusk, Vancouver, British Columbia
Quite a few trips on BC Ferries across the Strait to Vancouver recently but never have quite enough time there, even on the rainy days. A wet evening view at a constantly changing skyline.
Moment Of Truth, The Rangefinder Chronicles Exhibition Opening
A busy night at Victoria’s Luz Gallery with the opening of the Moment of Truth, The Rangefinder Chronicles exhibition and a demo by Leica of the new S2 camera. Dr. Ted Grant with two of his photos, Pierre Trudeau and Jackie Kennedy. Quinton Gordon welcomes everyone Some of the crowd Photographer Troy Moth sets up for the Leica S2 demo. My photo in the show, …
A Moment Of Truth exhibition at Luz Gallery
This coming Saturday, September 18, Luz Gallery will hold the opening for their latest show, a group exhibition entitled A Moment Of Truth, The Rangefinder Chronicles. It’s a group exhibition and I have have an image in the show. I’m really excited to be showing with photographers George Webber, Donald Weber, James Whitlow Delano, Ted Grant, Quinton Gordon, Lauren Henkin, Ryan Gauvin, Duane Prentice, Jamie …
JEM Gallery Exhibition
I had a great opening at the JEM Gallery Friday night. We were scheduled to be open from 6PM until 9PM but it was after 11PM before people stopped dropping by. Saturday was excellent as well and we didn’t close up shop until 5:30. Many thanks to gallery owner Carola Goetze for all her heard work.
Zine for Punk Photo Exhibition
I’ve made up a small (16 page) booklet of images from the punk show for the JEM Gallery show that opens tomorrow night. First attempt with Indesign.
Upcoming Exhibition at the JEM Gallery
I have an exhibition of photographs that document the beginning of the Vancouver punk rock world that opens next Friday September 10, 2010 at the JEM Gallery (#36 – 22 East Cordova Street) in Vancouver. Please drop by and have a look. It’s All Just Part Of The Noise, The Birth of Vancouver Punk runs until October 3rd. Thanks to Carola Goetze for extending the …
Seattle Art Museum and Diane Arbus
It’s always great to see an actual print, even if it is behind glass, that you’ve only seen as a reproduction before. This Garry Winogrand image of Diane Arbus is currently hanging at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). Also on exhibition were a couple of Arbus prints, a collection of Imogen Cunningham prints and an exhibition of Andy Warhol photographs. Thanks to the SAM employee …