Year 2014

The Decisive Moment

In his book, Understanding A Photograph, Berger contrasts the methodology of the Decisive Moment articulated by Henri Cartier-Bresson as the antithesis of that followed by Paul Strand:  The photographic moment for [Henri] Cartier-Bresson is an instant; a fraction of a second, and he stalks that instant as…

Communicating through Art

Content, Dark, Face, Number of Faces, One Face, Person, Photography, Portrait, Profile Face, Unsaturated

It is not unusual to hear that art–photography–should communicate to the viewer.   An image should offer some meaning; it should leave the viewer with a feeling. du Chemin, Patterson, Freeman talk about this in different ways.  Paul Kennedy boldly stated Art is…

Horizon

Adult, Age, Content, Face, Female, Frontal Face, Gender, Number of Faces, One Face, Person

I have 42 issues of Horizon Magazine, starting with Volume II No.1 from September 1959 to Volume XIX, No.4 July 1977, with a few gaps in between.  The contents include topics on: art, architecture, archaeology, history and photography.  Interestingly, the table of contents…

Bookmarks

Over the years I have accumulated a collection of business cards.  I have cards for most of the positions I’ve occupied, but there are a few gaps.  For example, the years 1984-1994 are missing.  May be they will turn up.…