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"I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term—meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching—there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster". — Ansel Adams
cloudy sky with birds in flight and foliage to the right

The Collective Voice: Conversations with Photographers

The famous Paris Review Interviews stand on their own as a literary form. Collected since the 1950s, interviewers would often spend days with their authors and bring alive their personalities on the page, offering a masterclass in art and life (sometimes what not to do!). While the famous interviews are
Bud Parr 19 Dec 2025
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Start Here: On Bruce Barnbaum's The Art of Photography

There's a saying that those who can…do, and those who can't…teach. That's bullshit. Case in point: Bruce Barnbaum. Barnbaum is what I think of as a classical photographer, by which I mean his images have such great texture and depth that few
Bud Parr 30 Oct 2024
Cover of The Manual of Photography

THE “The Manual of Photography”

Hemingway spoke of his stories being like icebergs where his knowledge of their characters lie in the vast mass below the surface, and that made his stories (the smaller visible aspect) richer and more meaningful. I believe similarly that it's the experience and knowledge of any craft that
Bud Parr 25 Jan 2024

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