Good Light!

Mike.

Good Light!

Mike.

peace
anton

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

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

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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.

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

Patricia

bob, your insight to your ‘out of focus’ work was enlightening.. i KNEW there was a reason why i always loved it, and you just put it into words for me.

just one quick thing to say about the first picture which appears out of focus… it’s actually ‘in focus’ with a strong ‘out of focus’ element (being the rodeo scene in the background).. it’s the DIRT in the air.. look, you can see it.. now, it may not be a successful picture yet, it’s a telling sign for me since we’re even having this discussion….. but there you have it, now you know what i was after. i will try again to GET this picture..

i generally do not shoot out of focus, although i often shoot ‘blurry’… i love blurry and subtle and mysterious.. it’s in a lot of this project already, purposefully, but you’re right, i don’t think you’ll see anything ‘out of focus’ from me on this project.. so, i would like to execute that picture better.. because i have something to say with it. :)

PANOS – you’re right, open classroom, although i was hesitant to post that conversation b/c it makes me ‘vulnerable’ to be judged.. fuck it, that’s one reason we’re here.. you blazed out and rose to the occassion with VENICE.. and PATRICIA and so many others either saying ‘fuck vulnerability’ or embracing it.. either way, you guys are inspiration..

MARCIN – i’m working on your second print… getting the colors right is difficult on this one.. will send them as soon as they’re ready.. and i’ll let you know when i receive yours..

cheers all!

I loved your self-portrait with dog’s mouth- I think it was my favorite of the self-portraits. And I also like very much your color photos of women in Istanbul. I hope to see you do more work in color in the future.

Your black and white photo essay on the village in Rumania is superb! I especially like the mix of very personal up-close shots of people with wider group shots and the landscapes. They all work together to paint an indelible portrait of this wonderful place. Your horizon-tilting works when you use it and is not overdone. Obviously you made a place for yourself in this community and were accepted. You should be praised for that as well as for the quality of the photographs.

I didn’t feel that your color work from the same locale was nearly as strong as the black and white. Since I work 95% in color and generally prefer color for this kind of ‘anthropological’ or ‘geographical’ kind of story, I was surprised by that, but honestly the b+w photos moved me in ways that the color didn’t.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work! Good luck!

I am delighted to meet soon a large number of you!!

David,
I have already met you during the session dedicates of Magnum, to the convent of Juniors, you remember it surement not, I had postcards “magnum”, represent you a kid in front of her fans, it was me!

You were totally right about my parents, my father is hospitalized at present since Tuesday, an ablation of the prostate, and as you say, it will maybe be just a family try(essay), but I am sure happy to be present in near my parents….

Kind regards,
audrey

Many, many thanks for your offer of help. I am sure I will payback soon.
I know one guy who selling films. He have often cheap films, with normal time for use, 35 and medium. Mostly films I don’t use, but now I will remember about you. I will not wait when someone ask for help. I just buy more and send to person who will want it. Simple payback. :)

GUI

this site is great. I think I will use it.

must running

If/when you’re in Boston, PLEASE let me know, if only so we can finally meet face-to-face.

well, too bad, i am not around…i leave on the 5th cross country..i might be up to see my brother in Boston within your time frame and maybe we could me there??? if not, i may or may not be back in New York for a day or two here and there…we will just have to stay in touch…

cheers, david

Great Job !