Perspectives

Ross Garrett just posted his pics from our holiday from Underberg, he got some rad images. I like the one where he shot me, shooting my girlfriend (Below). Go have a look at his blog here.

Shooting Family

Here is an awesome post I just found about shooting family and its relevance in photography. Go here. Reminds me of the series I did with my family in December.

Image by Timothy Archibald

Animals by Giacomo Brunelli

You can see more at Giacomo's website here.

Updated Portfolio Vibes

Open publication - Free publishing - More portraits

To download go here

Pangram

What is it? An online pearler of a rag
Who did it? The legendary Stefan Naude' aka Steak. Yes, he is still alive...
What's inside? 'It will contain general views of the restless public, their interests, ideas and social commentary from relevant subjects to promote forward thinking and general chaos.'
What do I think? It's fucken' awesome, I'm so proud of Stef for bringing this out on his lonesome. Well done my boy, beers all round.

You can view the mag right here on the blog but it would be better for you to click on the mag below and view it in full screen mode. Enjoy

Get your own - Open publication

Gingers

Found an awesome series of portraits of redheads by photographer, Hanne van der Woude. They are published in a book called, 'MC1R – Natuurlijk rood haar. (MC1R is the gene that controls skin and hair colour)'. You can see it here.

Fancy Links Of The Day

New exhibition by Alec Soth, 'The Space Between Us'. Click here.

Short write up about me. Click here.

Buy a print of my Oscar Pistorius portrait. Click here.

Photo Book on Issuu

Similarities

I was (surprise, surprise) looking at the Magnum site again and came across a photograph by Alex Webb that is quite similar to one of my photographs. I'm not posting this to brag or show off, I just found it quite interesting. Think what you like.

Magnum In Motion Stories

There are four new stories on the 'Magnum In Motion' site. They all deal with war, but two of them stick out for me. The first is Paolo Pellegrin's story on Lebabnon and the second is Chris Anderson's story on the Middle East. Links below.

Paolo Pellegrin's Lebanon



Chris Anderson's Middle East

Dan Winters

This guy is awesome, such a fresh eye on portraiture and such a distinct style. Go check his site out here.

David Allen Harvey

David Allen Harvey is another photographer from the Magnum group that I respect a hell of a lot. He has shot over 40 essays for National Geographic and has published two books, Cuba and Divided Soul. You can check the books out here. He has also got an amazing blog where he writes about his work, photographers he respects, and gives advice for photographers.

'all of my ex-students out there know that i say one thing over and over and over again....give yourself the "assignment" or the "grant" that you would dream someone would give you....find a personal project and do it without regard for later "sales"...you must do this in your "spare time"....make your "spare time" longer and longer and longer.....the best kind of "commercial success" or "artistic success" will come to you only if you work in this way.....it will come in ways that you cannot imagine....you cannot plan for this....you must go with your gut....only in this way will anyone, editor or publisher or gallerist, ever see who you really are...what you really DO...' David Allan Harvey

And as you may have noticed, just below the archive section on the right, I have categorized all my blog posts. So now you can browse through older posts with a bit more ease. So, try it out already!

Looking For A Career In Photography?

Was looking at Alec Soth's blog yet again and came across a guide to careers in photography. Everyone should have a look at this for an insightful glance into the life of a photographer.......?

Careers In Photography

Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz is still one of the greatest photographers of our time. This is a shoot she did for Vanity Fair Magazine. You can see the rest of the shoot here.

Alec Soth

Liam Lynch pointed out to me a while ago that my work is quite similar (not nearly as good though) to Alec Soth's work, he also shoots mainly portraiture and perfect portraiture at that. Since then I have been obsessed with the man's work and look almost everday if he has new work on the net. And to my delight I found new work on his website and some interesting articles on his blog this morning. Go look here for a series of portraits relating to fashion (this image), and here for good reading on photography. I honestly love Alec Soth's eye.

I found this on his blog as well, a quote by Tod Papageorge:

'Cameras are like dogs, but dumb, and toward quarry, even more faithful. They point, -they render, and defy the photographer who hopes. Photography investigates no deeper relief than surfaces. It is superficial, in the first sense of the word; it studies the shape and skin of things, that which can be seen. By a passionate extension of this, its most profound meanings have to do with immanence, the indwelling grace of what Zen calls our ten thousand facts. This is not transport, or celestial transcendence, but that more footed joy and grief found near any clear sighting of the word.'

Natasja Fourie

Was checking out Natasja Fourie's blog and saw this pic of me from when I was in Cape Town for that exhibition last year. Her work is amazing, go check it out for yourself.

An Original 'Liam Lynch'

I have a few photos I would love to put up on my blog but can not until the work gets published by the mag I shot it for. I think I might be able to have them up next month. So for now here is a portrait Liam Lynch shot of me while I was shooting a portrait of him for my first 'Sport and Street' article. This is one of the few pics I have of myself, I try stay clear of the front of the camera. I like the way way I'm obscured by my light meter, and the geezer hanging out in the background.

David Bailey

'It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary.'