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nordic-drifter:

Last month the Finnish Defense Forces made live an online archive of 160,000 WWII era photographs.

Taken between 1939-1945, the photographs document all three conflicts that Finland was involved in during this time (the Winter War, Continuation War, and Lapland War). They include images like the above Finnish soldier with a pack reindeer, the aftermath of battles, and Hitler’s only visit to Finland.

"When i first was initiated into photography, early 90’s let’s say, during the last legs of the darkoom, though nobody quite understood that yet, the talk [and i was brought up in a real west coast mystical tradition rather than an east coast street style] the talk was all about learning to really see and by extension, through one’s photographs, teaching other people how to see. you know, people don’t really see; a photographer is a seer. these days though the prevailing dogma is that the photographer is like a curator; a photographer shows people what’s worth seeing rather than learning to see for themselves."

James Luckett, Galata Bridge (via photographsonthebrain)

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alfiusdebux:

Edward Weston. Attic, 1901. Platinum print.

(via junkopia)

"My plates are horribly flawed. But of course, it’s the flaws I like. So you pray, ‘Please don’t let me screw it up, but just screw it up a little bit, just enough to make it interesting.’"

Sally Mann on Art21. (via tobia)

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bryanschutmaat:

Salva López updated his site with a lot of great new work. 

"Much of what gets immediate attention in the book world I perceive as almost too well thought out or just extremely clever. It looks complete and well designed yet it leaves me wondering why I should ever pick it up twice. I sense almost a distrust of photography on the part of many bookmakers now. But I am also a self-described dinosaur. I want the pictures to make me fall under their spell when they are irreducible in form, not by the ideas laid upon them."

Jeffrey Ladd (via photographsonthebrain)

(via photographsonthebrain)

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leslieseuffert:

Arno Rafael Minkkinen

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solituderecifetoile:

Fascinating Experiments in Physics by François Cherrier, Sterling Publishing, NY, 1979 (originally published in France as Experiences de Physique Amusante, 1975)

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cinoh:

Kahn & Selesnick

King of Weeds

(Source: liquidnight)

apoetreflects:

“I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.” 

—Nan Goldin

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untaintedinnocence:

Aurora Borealis, Svalbard

Photograph by Max Edin

I was visiting Longyearbyen, Svalbard, way up over the Arctic Circle, when I decided one clear night to go out and photograph the stars. After I made it to the location I’d chosen and had set up my exposure, the most beautiful aurora borealis show I’ve ever witnessed happened right overhead. The full moon at the time helped brighten up the foreground, creating this image.

Really need to visit Svalbard at some point. They’ve got the northernmost cross country skiing marathon there as well. With guards to protect participants from polar bears. I might skip the skiing marathon though *cough*.

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furtho:

2/3 From Joakim Eskildsen’s series The Roma Journeys (via everyday_i_show)

regardintemporel:

Francesca Woodman - Untitled, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1980

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3wings:

Photograph of Self, 1993
Irving Penn

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alchemistsworkshop:

Black and White Landscape Photography on Film.

The Alchemist’s Workshop is ideally situated in Grizedale Forest in the heart of The English Lake District. We are surrounded by beauty. This workshop looks at the tradition of the romantic landscape. We are all about film and black and white film at that. Monochrome workers have a long established relationship with the landscape. This workshop will explore that, theoretically, by looking at the history, but predominantly practically by getting out and doing it. We will use a range of film formats, even pinhole and, of course we will return to the darkroom to tease out our fine prints for you to take home. You can bring your own film cameras or use ours.

£150 plus materials

To book E mail me talk@steventaylorphotography.co.uk

Or phone 01229 860588

Had I been in England…