Archives for December 2009
Mindfulness in creative work
Creativity seems to come in cycles for me. I have days where I come home with rolls of film filled to the very end with interesting photographs. Conversely, I also have days or weeks when I can’t take even a single memorable photograph.
Quote: Robert Adams
“For a shot to be good—suggestive of more than just what it is—it has to come perilously near being bad, just a view of stuff.”
- Robert Adams, 1970
Keep it like a secret, part 2
I’ve decided to do another surprise print. Here’s the deal:
This is a photograph that I haven’t posted online before, but I’ve got a great big crush on it right now.
You don’t get to see it until it comes in the mail. Surprise!
Instead of sending me money via snail mail, I’ve decided to make it a little easier and do PayPal this time. Pay whatever you want.
Your favorite tree
Mandarin tree, San Gaetano, Sicily
I tend to imbue trees with a certain amount of personality. Trees can be warm and friendly or stand-offish and cold. Trees play an important part in my personal history. I’ve even been known to talk to trees (maybe this explains why I am so drawn to photographing trees instead of, say, people), but not in a crazy way, I promise. I can’t help but think that there are others out there like me.
collect.give
I’m exceptionally happy to be a part of the inaugural edition of collect.give, a a new place to purchase great photographs online – for the benefit of great causes.
The launch of collect.give features work by photographers Allison V. Smith, Dalton Rooney (that’s me), Emily Shur, John Loomis, Kevin J. Miyazaki, and Susana Raab. What great company to be in! 100% of the profits from prints sales on collect.give will be donated to organizations specifically chosen by the individual photographers. I chose to donate to MillionTreesNYC, a citywide effort to plant one million trees in New York City over the next decade. If my edition sells out, we’ll be able to plant a large tree on the lawn of a New York City public school, and a few smaller trees in a community park or garden as well!