HELLO ALL…
i am having the most amazing afternoon…the sun is setting over
lower Manhattan..such a cliché…Mike and Marie are here and we are having a
rollicking good time….i asked them to do a "screening" of the self
portraits you submitted, none of which i had seen before….as you know,
i have been pretty busy since setting up this lighthearted judging..
i
always have more going on than i can possibly do, but that leads me to get
done more than i would do if i did not take on just a bit more than i
can actually do…get it?? probably not..well , in fact ,i am a lazy procrastinator by nature….so, i have to "trick myself" in many ways to "get motivated"..can any of you relate to this????
anyway, what fun!!!! you guys really did it..each and every picture is a treasure one way or the other…YOU ALL GET FIRST PRIZE!!! (metaphorically).. but, i have no clue how this can be judged…hmmmm, time to "pass the buck" i reckon…
but i promised a judging , so i guess i (and others)have to do it…but i want to publish a bunch…
so thanks to all of you for giving me so many inner smiles this
afternoon and, more importantly, no small amount of inspiration….this is my ultimate compliment to you as, in this case, a spontaneous collaborative "whole"….
ok, i gotta get back to seeing all of your work….i want to narrow the whole set down to about 35-40 for the curators…i just cannot lean on my friends to take the time to judge from 175 photogaphs!!! so i will make the "first cut"….
so so sweet the light right now….
cheers, hugs et al…david
Marcin,
ok the film is in an envelope and en route to the post office, give it ten days or so.
all the best
Lance, vulnerability is where it’s at, even for someone shooting cowboys! And you showed us that by sharing your email exchange with David. This is how we learn from one another. Whatever is said to one can be valuable for ALL. And I’m talking about comments made by everyone here, not just David. I learned as much from YOUR end of the conversation as from his. Thanks, Bro!
Patricia
JULY 3rd 1971..
the “Lizzard King” died in Paris.
So imagine whats going on in Venice tonight…
driving
thinking of all my losses..
This is exactly what I gained all those years..
Numerous losses.
ALL,
let’s meet in venice tonight..
let’s sleep on the beach.. under the stars..
Jim, thank you..
and I’m coming to meet you ONCE more..
peace
Hello ALL,
I’m glad that I discovered DAH’s work and this amazing community!
My few words now are just to keep in touch and send my congratulations to all of you for the compelling works presented here (recently I had the pleasure to visit the portfolios of Patricia, Davin, Joni and Laura)
Despite the different levels of skills, experience or talent I believe we all have ALWAYS a powerful message to send thru our photographs, and sharing these with the others is priceless.
I’m also willing to meet some of you in the next available opportunity (maybe in a DAH’s workshop)
All the best!
Ari B.
Jon Anderson, a photographer and writer and the author of some of the more interesting and philosophical posts on Lighstalkers, is back with an interesting thread after a bit of a hiatus:
http://www.lightstalkers.org/digital-journalism-and-independent-reporting
LANCE :)))
ok, i hope just friend and brother (i cant be your uncle, we’re nearly the same damn age bro!)…and feel free, if u and david see fit, to publish my email as part of your great dialog u shared above…and, by the way, i do see you using blur (i dug the holga stuff for day of the dead, but more than that other stories with 35mm)…, just depends on where/story/how (and i guess what hootenany ;)) )…as david always says, it would be better to chat about this all over a drink…someday someday with marina and kelly i hope :)))..
pooped…
im with you and cant wait to see where you and david take all this :)))
hugs
b
David,
Thank you VERY much for such kind words. I think you know that I am always glad to see you. Looking forward to your posts from your road trip. “May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back…..”
Lee,
I am not very wise, but I did tell you to be careful!. You were lots of fun to be with in C’ville. I hope we can both go next year. Good luck with your project.
Lisa,
I would be honored to be your blog sister! Glad that blackdog got “kicked out the door!”
wow sooo much to catch up again… :)) the time difference with europe is killing me to keep up…
CONGRATS to the winners! truly strong stuff here!!!
DAVID
the suspense is killing…. tell tell pleeeeeeeaase!!
on a lighter note: two funny things:
ONE i went to the library yesterday for the first time in years and i borrowed a ton of photography books (w eugene smith, koudelka (exiles), nan golding, dekeyzer, alvarez branco, …) to LEARN LEARN LEARN and guess what? they had YOUR CUBA BOOK in DUTCH? now how cool is that? NOTHING EVER gets translated into dutch except the most most most most important stuff… so you know what theis means… you DA MAN here….
and also, this is for me the first time to see these pictures in print, gotta say, you’re moving me man, you really are…
TWO you’re not gonna believe this… you know you mentioned (or was it someone else here) that you’re continuously looking for ways to make little tripods out of beer bottles and stuff, and that you use any available means you can lay your hands on? well look what my brother brought me over from tokyo… a beer bottle tripod!!! http://www.antonkusters.com/beerbottletripod
i have never seen one of these before, so i fell of my chair with surprise (is this even an expression?) smiling all along. it’s sooo tiny and easy, i have it in my pocket from now on!! (i can find out details where to get them if you want)
needless to say, a DUVEL bottle is the ideal vehicle for this tripod, it’s a bit wider than other beer bottles so much more possibilities (besides drinking it:))
PANOS
how are you my friend!!!! i thought of you THREE times yesterday… (Duvel truck, Panos sign and music festival) will put some images together today to show… i’m going to Rock Werchter since yesterday… great atmosphere, great great music… lots of beer & spice… and really hard to take pics but i’m trying… for you :))))
BOB/LANCE/DAVID
oh, so there is conversation going on outside of this blog??? how the h*ll can anyone EVER keep up with this!!!!! i can’t even keep up with the blog here….
no seriously… Lance, David, Bob… thanks for sharing the words, it gives me an amazing insight (yet again)… i’m learning here… yet again… like a sponge… and hoping i will be able to deliver someday too like you guys all here can… i feel so privileged to be able to look at all the work here and understand as well what’s behind it…
MACIN
the films are on their way, posted them in the mail yesterday…
special note to DAVID B
… i have psoriasis as well… your words are remarkably accurate as to what i feel and experience continuously day to day as well… since i was a little kid i was “different”…
…for me, something has drastically changed the last five years, since i tried PUVA treatment under controlled supervision of my dermatologist… with great success… even though the treatment in itself is, i guess, quite invasive and not very healthy… and of course, it’s only a symptomatic treatment, it doesn’t “cure” in any way…
PUVA is essentially a radiation treatment in that you get exposed to a very high dose of UVA rays under a special kind of sunbench, after you have downed mono Psoralene pills (hence the “P”) to make you even more sensitive to UVA rays. needless to say, these pills make you feel really sick and throw up and the UVA rays burn your skin… but this is the intention apparently… i have disovered that for me, after 15-20 sessions, my symptoms dissapear for 1,5 to 2 years… which, for me at least, is HUGE
i mean… 2 years of nothing (the occasional spot pops up now and then, but i resist using the cortisone as much as possible) compared to twice daily cortisone or coaltar ointment on each and every one of hundreds of big and small spots all over your body, taking care of it, the time involved, the loved ones that need to help, the… i don’t wanna think about it anymore…
what i’m trying to say, david, is that i feel you, really… thanks so much for sharing. and your strong words.
and EM is on my list too :-)
peace to all
anton
damn, posted in the wrong thread… well, it was bound to happen one time or another :-) i’ll repost in the other one
peace
anton
Lisa, just looked at your site: black dog not due to poor work that’s for sure. Keep well.
Good Light!
Mike.
Lisa, just looked at your site: black dog not due to poor work that’s for sure. Keep well.
Good Light!
Mike.