Margaret Bourke-White

I know of nothing to equal the happy expectancy of finding something new, something unguessed in advance, something only you would find, because as well as being a photographer, you were a certain kind of human being, and you would react to something all others might walk by.



 

Joan Didion

I'm not telling you to make the world better, because I don't think that progress is necessarily part of the package. I'm just telling you to live in it. Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, but to live in it. To look at it. To try to get the picture. To live recklessly. To take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it. To seize the moment. And if you ask me why you should bother to do that, I could tell you that the grave's a fine and private place, but none I think do there embrace. Nor do they sing there, or write, or argue, or see the tidal bore on the Amazon, or touch their children. And that's what there is to do and get it while you can and good luck at it.
David Hurn

Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of such complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create new realities. There is more pleasure for me, in things such as they are

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Thursday
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haight street legs

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San Francisco, California

Posted on DateThu, November 3, 2011 | | | Comments Off | in
Wednesday
Nov022011

the getty center part 4

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The last of the images from the Getty Center in Los Angeles. Working our way to present day. Next stop San Francisco. Also participating in NaBloPoMo or National Blog Posting Month. Not doing to well on the words part but kicking butt on posting the pictures part, even though it's only day two and I have approximately three minutes left in the day to get this posted. Whew.

Posted on DateWed, November 2, 2011 | | | Comments Off | in
Tuesday
Nov012011

getty center part 3

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The Getty Center, Los Angeles

Posted on DateTue, November 1, 2011 | | | Comments Off | in
Monday
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getty center pt 2

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The Getty Center - Los Angeles, Ca.

Posted on DateMon, September 5, 2011 | | | Comments Off | in
Saturday
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both sides now

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The view from the Getty Center at the South end ( top ) and from the  North end  ( bottom ) towards the 405 on an early Friday afternoon.

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