Inspiration: Japanese photography books
I came across this website a while back. I thought I would share it with my photographer loving audience – it’s all about sharing and inspiring. So this website is a great resource for inspiration of Japanese photography . A comprehensive list of many Japanese photographers past and present and books that has been published [...]
Inspiration: Yayoi Kusama
Hi everyone, a bit of childhood nostalgia. I was cleaning my room today and got a little bored . Then, I remembered playing bingo when I was a kid and I had the itch to play it again so I checked out foxybingo Pretty cool! …but I digress Anyway, onto the blog! I was first [...]
The Universal mind and Inspiration
I saw this posted on www.truthcontest.com and I agree with most things written here. Have a read – it requires an open mind. Again, I did not write the excerpt but would just like to share these ideas and philosophies. ——— The only hope for the truth is for it to be heard by a [...]
Inspiration: Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
While a University student at 19 years old, I was introduced to the world of alternative rock, grunge and goth by a girl I dated. The first true alternative rock band that I was into was Smashing Pumpkins. The band’s dark, anger-filled lyrics, sometimes serene and other times nightmarish sounds and nostalgic visuals got me [...]
Inspiration: William Eugene Smith
I was first introduced to the legendary works of W. Eugene Smith through the image “Tomoko in her bath.” This was a strikingly powerful image which many consider the greatest image out of the thousands of photos he took during a 3 year stay in Japan. In one of the last projects he ever undertook, [...]
Inspiration – Will Smith
Many successful people in this world who are happily loving their life , living for their passion and maximizing their fullest potential as humans are usually people with spiritual beliefs. I’ve been a fan of Will Smith since the Fresh Prince days and in high school he made me want to be a bad boy [...]
Inspiration: Nobuyoshi Araki
Born in Tokyo in 1940, Nobuyoshi Araki is Japan’s most controversial but celebrated photographer. Instantly recognizable with his goggle-like glasses and an outlandish hairstyle which matches his personality, he is also one of the world’s most prominent photographers having published over 400 photography books to date. Given a camera by his father at the age of [...]
Inspiration : Alexey Titarenko
“. . . these most brisk and giddy-paced times.” William Shakespeare THE QUICKENING “The pace of life is speeding up. Hardly the most startling statement. As most of us are only too aware, change comes more and more rapidly. Technological breakthroughs spread through society in years rather than centuries. Calculations that would have taken [...]
Inspiration: Wilma Rudolph
Imagine you were 5 years old again, full of youth and exuberance, without a care in the world. You are free from fear and hate and full of love and joy. Now imagine you are a 5 year old, watching your brothers and sisters running around playing while you watch from your wheelchair. In your [...]
Inspiration: Jeremy Lin & Yao Ming
Linsanity!! If you haven’t heard of Jeremy Lin, you must have been hiding under a bomb shelter. Not since the stretch of games that Yao Ming had during his rookie season has there been such a buzz for an Asian athlete in major league sports in America. I remember in my early 20s watching Yao struggling through [...]
Inspiration : Helmut Newton
“Look, I’m not an intellectual. I just take pictures.” -Helmut Newton Love him or hate him, it’s hard to argue the influence Helmut Newton has had not only on the image of women but also on the evolution of fashion photography . Through his provocative and sensual images which critics say borderline pornography, a Helmut [...]
Inspiration – W Mitchell
“Before I was paralyzed, there were 10,000 things I could do. Now there are 9,000. I can either dwell on the 1,000 I lost, or focus on the 9,000 I have left.” – W.Mitchell Hi peoples, I’ve decided to start blogging about inspirational people that I’ve read about or have come across [...]
