If You Don’t Have Vision and Passion For A Project…CHOOSE A NEW PROJECT
People write to me about their projects and say such things as: I just cannot get motivated… I’m in a slump… My project is on hold… I haven’t shot anything in a while… I don’t know what’s wrong… I need to get back to it… I just can’t seem to finish it… My rule of… continue reading
The Story Behind the Image: Moai, Sitting for Portrait
Let met start at the beginning: It was 1967 and I had borrowed the book Aku Aku from my high school teacher, friend and mentor, John Holland. This is how I was introduced to the Moai of Easter Island. I became fascinated with the Moai and would spend hours and hours trying to imagine how and why… continue reading
In January of 2015 I spent two weeks photographing the Moai of Easter Island. This fulfilled a lifelong dream, one that started when I was 17 and read the book “Aku Aku” by Thor Heyerdahl. I became fascinated with the Moai and they have been on my mind and influenced my art for these many… continue reading
I’m Not Talking To You…I’m Talking To Myself
People write to thank me for my blog, saying they can relate to the topics I write about. And while I’m glad my thoughts resonate with others, make no mistake about my motivations: I write this blog for myself! What I’m doing is writing down my self-affirmations. Why? Because my tendencies are to be insecure, to copy others,… continue reading
Harbinger Vs. Auschwitz Last week I pointed out that my Harbinger image had almost 40 times more Flickr “favorites” than my Auschwitz image and I asked: What do you think it means? I heard a lot of great ideas and appreciated some new ones that I hadn’t thought of. And now I’d like to tell you… continue reading
Harbinger Vs. Auschwitz – What Do You Think It Means?
This is Harbinger No. 1 and it has 731 “favorites” on Flickr. This is Auschwitz No. 14 and it has 20 “favorites.” Harbinger has nearly 40 times more “favorites” than the Auschwitz image. Does this mean that it’s 40 times better? What do you think it means? Cole
You shoot a lot, you hope a little and you’re grateful to get just one or two.
Harbinger No. 22 – Tongariki I’m back from Easter Island and have begun working on the several thousand images I shot. Many were very long exposures and that gave me lots of time to think, and one thought that I had was: You shoot a lot, you hope a little and you’re grateful to get just one… continue reading
Easter Island – Excited and Nervous
Monolith No. 33 I’m heading out for Easter Island Sunday morning and I’m both excited nervous. Excited because I’ve wanted to visit Easter Island ever since I was 17 and read the book Aku Aku by Thor Heyerdahl. It really captured my imagination and I would dream of the Moai and those unknown peoples who… continue reading
I respect all opinions…except the really stupid ones.
Release I don’t believe in “good art” or “bad art.” There is only art that I like or dislike and like everyone, I have my opinion. But sometimes someone voices an opinion as though they were “the expert” and their opinion, “fact.” Here is an essay by Jonathan Jones and he does just that. . Flat, soulless and stupid:… continue reading
What was Photography Like in 1955?
Isolated No. 9 I was dropping off an image to be framed at Lloyd’s Art Center here in Fort Collins when I noticed an old 1955 issue of Popular Photography sitting on the counter. The owner Alan Kinney had a stack of them and let me choose one for myself. As I looked through that magazine,… continue reading
