4/29/10

Thursday thoughts...



"A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera."*







"The visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable."* 










The photographer is
"continually training his power of vision..."*



"Open yourself as wide as you can…"**

*Dorothea Lange: "Dorothea Lange, A Life Beyond Limits," by Linda Gordon

**Dorothea Lange: "Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and Reports from the Field," by Anne Whiston Spirn


9 comments:

Andrea said...

Such beautiful pictures!!! I love breathing in the beauty and peace of them.

Anonymous said...

nice collection. i've put photos next to quotes as little collections on paper before, but i hadn't thought of doing this as a blog. thanks for opening the blogging part of my brain to new possibilities. ^_^

~L said...

V: thank you...and for the times you have inspired me to blog. I keep the 30 day challenge list and use it for prompting every so often.

Andrea: your kind words are appreciated and I'm glad you enjoy my work. :)

peace friends,
~L

Lceel said...

Those are truly lovely photographs - well composed and well executed. And you have taken full advantage of the bokeh of the lens - which is excellent, by the way.

~L said...

thanks Lou! coming from you, I feel greatly appreciated and inspired. I like your New at Art blog...and the 'nobody's home' photo. What other art do you have for me to experience?

Hope your friend is peaceful today.
ttyl, L

Anonymous said...

Beautiful photos.. They even became more beautiful with those lovely words.

~L said...

sashindoubutsu: thank you and welcome friend! peace, L

Serenityville said...

What astonishing pictures. The quotations add to the appreciation of them as well. Beautifully done! I especially like "A camera is a tool for learning to see without a camera" and the picture of the nail. A nail! Looks great, how is that possible? Well done!

~L said...

Serenityville: good to hear from you!...that's my favorite quote too...Sums up my photog experience well.
Thank you for your compliments. I give credit to the sun setting behind me as I shot the nail photo, and also to God's masterful dunes I had the pleasure of sitting among. I am blessed to live in west Michigan.
be well,
~L