January 2010
1 post
Vernacular Photographs by Horses Think →
“Collecting vernacular photographs is an extremely cheap hobby as most photographs usually cost about $1. But the habit does requires some serious patience as one must sift through enormous and disorganized piles of images to find the good ones. While I have been a collector of many paintings, drawings and objects over the years, it was only recently that I discovered the absolute joy and wonder...
December 2009
5 posts
Blake Andrews finds some photos. →
“Before last weekend I had never bought found photographs. The whole concept seemed a little odd to me, and I am a photographer. For nonphotographers it must seem totally bizarre. What demented mind would find pleasure looking through a stranger’s private photographs?”
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November 2009
10 posts
October 2009
10 posts
September 2009
14 posts
Snap Art →
The pdn interview with Ken Miller, author of soon to be published, Shoot: Photography of the Moment, is an interesting dialogue on the casual snapshot as fine art photography.
KM: There are some photos in this book that I find incredibly beautiful, and a lot of snapshot photos have stood the test of time. I think that a lot of high-production, fine art photography runs the greater risk of...
August 2009
17 posts
