Are you aware that 90 percent of nature photography output is non-conservation oriented? Are you also aware that the list of well-known environmental/conservation photographers worldwide is actually very short?
March 20, 2009
The Soulful Side of Photography
How easy it is to become distracted by all the digital hype out there about hardware! My focus today is on the soulful side of photography; on photography’s underside, its soft side that also happens to be our insides.
March 20, 2009
What exactly is ‘True’ Conservation?
Humans have long viewed wildlife as resources to be used to their own advantage, without regard to the needs of the wildlife itself. This is an attitude has brought a great many species of wildlife to the brink of extinction. As humans now rush to stop the onslaught, conservationists around the world have begun arguing about which approach to conservation is the most meritorious; meaning, which approach works the best?
March 20, 2009
The Role that Photographs Play in our Lives
I am trying to understand the actual physiological reactions that occur in our brains, and the changes to our psyche when we surround ourselves with photographs. I am curious by nature and wish to understand this process for myself and then offer this knowledge to clients – helping them to think outside the frame, so to speak…
March 20, 2009
Some Thoughts about the Artistic Experience
We need to say NO! to industry trends that place equipment and status above all else. We have to educate others, instead, about the need for more artistic space; for the establishment of more creatively oriented collectives; for more dialogue with fellow artists through written media; for more tolerance to see things differently; and for more collective soul-searching about why we photographers do what we do in the first place.
