
An Imaginary Conversation Between Vincent and Pablo
An imaginary discussion between Vincent Van Gogh and Pablo Picasso Pablo: Vinnie, how have you been? Wonderful new piece, what do you call it? Vincent: I’m not sure, maybe “Big Moon in Sky” or something like that. My friend Don suggests I call it “Starry Night.” He wants to write a song about it! Pablo:

The Discovery of Vision: An Interview With Cole Thompson by Nathan Wirth
http://nlwirth.com/blog/cole-thompson-interview Typically, I begin with an obvious question about what initially inspired you to pursue photography. I’ll ask about that later, but I’d like to begin with asking you about your overall understanding of vision and why you think it is so important. Cole: Why is vision so important? Because it’s what makes our work

Ancient Stones No. 12 – Accidentally shot as a 8 bit JPEG Thanks to all who have written to commiserate with me about my disaster last week, and to share your own stories of mistakes made. I should compile them into a book and call it “The Ghosts of Photo-Mistake’s Past.” And thanks to those who offered

Back from Death Valley, and the Devastating Discovery
Sunday I arrived home after spending 16 days in Death Valley. It was a fantastic trip; the weather was perfect, it was relaxing and I felt very productive. Each night I’d review my images and the compositions were looking good. However the images had a funny look to them on the camera’s screen, they were

Isn’t the iPhone incredible? Beautiful 180 degree panoramas created in the field in seconds! Today I visited the Armagosa sand dunes, near Beatty, NV. I was the only one there and the dunes were pretty clean. Here’s a short video of my visit. And a 45 second time-lapse video. Cole

Here is a very short time-lapse video showing me at work at the Devil’s Golf Course. Cole

I’m leaving for my annual Death Valley trip in the morning. I’m going for two weeks this year, a little longer than most because I’m also hopping over to L.A. to attend the Auschwitz Liberation Day remembrance at the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance. What will I do for two weeks? The first thing I’m

Exhibitions in Los Angeles and Spokane
The Ghosts of Auschwitz-Birkenau Two Exhibitions . January 18th through January 29th, 2013 Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles Celebrating Auschwitz-Birkenau Liberation Day and Friday, February 1st, 2013 Brick Wall Photographic Gallery, Spokane Exhibition will run through the month of February www.ColeThompsonPhotography.com
I use a very simple workflow and for years I hid it from others because I thought it was unsophisticated and backwards. As I listened to other photographers discuss their process, I was embarrassed to let them see my crude procedures. What if they asked me about layers? I didn’t understand or use them! Fortunately

Egg in Glass – Age 14 What do you want to be when you grow up? What child has not been asked that question a hundred times, and who over the years hasn’t had a variety of answers? Fireman, policeman, teacher, nurse… Those answers were not prophecies or predictions, but merely answers that were reflective