Imagination

"You can't depend on your eyes if your imagination is out of focus."

-- Mark Twain

Tom Paiva

The work of Tom Paiva.

How To Be Yourself

"To those of you who will begin, as I did, at an early age to be interested in creative effort, I have a word or two to say: Follow no one. Only you can lead yourself. Be open-minded and ready to reject every extraneous influence. Use your own. Talk is cheap; let others talk. Pay no attention to them or to me. Shun them and me with your self-discipline. Value your freedom from the shackles of the strait jacket. A rose is a rose regardless of its position on the bush. Approach your line of activity as an individual. Be independent. There is but one law to obey, the law of freedom: and obedience to that law is liberty."

--Samuel Aiwaz Jacobs

Something New

"My favorite thing is to go where I've never been."

--Diane Arbus

Austin Granger: Point Reyes V

Austin Granger's Point Reyes V portfolio.

Confusuion

"I have gradually confused photography and life and as a result of this I believe I am able to work out of myself at an almost precognitive level."

-- Jerry Uelsmann

Impossible Exchange

"When the world, or reality, finds its artificial equivalent in the virtual, it becomes useless."

-- Jean Baudrillard

Illusions

"In photography we talk about illusions."

--John Sexton

Huntington Witherill: Chariots of Desire

Huntington Witherill's Chariots of Desire collection.

Portraits

"The thing that's fascinating about portraiture is that nobody is alike."

-- Imogen Cunningham

Huntington Witherill: Farewell to the Revolution

Huntington Witherill's Farewell to the Revolution essay.

Personal Vision

"Your photography is a record of your living--for anyone who really sees. You may see and be affected by other people's ways, you may even use them to find your own, but you will have eventually to free yourself of them. That is what Nietzche meant when he said, 'I have just read Schopenhauer, now I have to get rid of him.' He knew how insidious other people's ways could be, particularly those which have the forcefulness of profound experience, if you let them get between you and your own personal vision."

-- Paul Strand

Success

"Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility."

-- Pablo Picasso

Austin Granger: Death Valley II

Austin Granger's Death Valley II portfolio.

[ photograph above: Badwater, Death Valley National Park, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Tales from the Underground: Exhibit Dates and Info

Tales from the Underground

New Abstract Photography by Matt Artz

January 12th to February 26th, 2006

Reception: Sat., Jan. 14th, 6 to 9 p.m.
2nd Reception: Sat., Feb. 11th, 6 to 9 p.m.

Gallery Hours:
Thurs. – Sun. 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Gallery 57 Underground
300 So. Thomas St. #C
Pomona, CA 91766

909-397-0218


[ photograph above: Pomona, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Tales from the Underground: Ten New Images

I just posted ten new images to the Tales from the Underground page on my web site. These were all taken at Gallery 57 Underground about 10 days ago, and several of them will probably on display at my Tales from the Underground Exhibit in January 2006.

[ photograph above: Pomona, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Synthesis

"In putting images together I become active, and excitement is of another order--synthesis overshadows analysis."

--Minor White

Watching Paint Dry

I was painting myoffice this afternoon, and looking in the 5 gallon drum of paint I noticed some curious patterns...and immediately put down the paint brush and picked up the camera. I think there is potential for some very interesting abstracts in this bucket; the four images on the New Work page are only scratching the surface. For some reason, they remind me of some of the abstract work that Wynn Bullock did.

[ photograph above: abstract, East Highlands Ranch, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Austin Granger: Bay Area

Austin Granger's Bay Area portfolio.

Edges

"I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges."

--William Albert Allard

Austin Granger: Point Reyes III

Austin Granger's Point Reyes III portfolio.

Calculating

"I never calculate. That is why those who do, calculate so much less accurately than I."

- Picasso

Austin Granger: Other Travels

Austin Granger's Other Travels portfolio.

Without Intent

"The Wise succeed without intending to do so."

--Lao Tsu

Inner Need

"It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're fulfilling that inner need."

--Kim Weston

Bogdan Konopka

The work of Bogdan Konopka.

Neil Folberg

The work of Neil Folberg.

Fake Reality

"What most of us are after, when we have a picture taken, is a good natural-looking picture that doesn't resemble us."

--Peg Bracken

Feeling

"Nothing is little to him who feels it with great sensibility."

--Samuel Johnson

Seeing

"In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it."

--Emile Zola

It's Not About Equipment

"People ask me what kind of lens I have. I don't know, and I don't really care, as long as there are no cracks in it. I don't want to think about my equipment. It would be a hindrance."

--Kim Weston

[ photograph above: Kim Weston photographing on Weston Beach, Point Lobos, 2002, by Matt Artz ]

Innnocence

"To look at something without any thought is to look at it as though you are looking at it for the first time, and therefore with innnocence."

--Krishnamurti

Wisdom

"The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Whose Image Is It?

"What the viewers of your image feel is much more important than what they see."

-- Pete Myers

"The music is not in the piano..."

"A remarkable number of artists, scientists, philosophers are quite dull outside of their specialty (and one suspects within it as well). The first siren's song we need to be wary of is the one that promises a connection between an interesting pursuit and interesting thoughts. The music is not in the piano, and it is possible to graduate from Juilliard without finding or feeling it."

--Alan Kay

California's Central Coast

I've finally finished going through the images from my recent trip up the Central Coast, and have posted a huge number of new images to the Central Coast section of my web site. There are images from Morro Bay, Moonstone Beach, Cambria, Harmony, and Piedras Blancas.

[ photograph above: Ragged Point, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

The Best

"My best photograph is the one I have yet to make."

--Kim Weston

Hiroshi Watanabe: Kabuki Players

Hiroshi Watanabe's Kabuki Players portfolio.

Travels with Charlie: New Images

Charlie visited Gallery 57 Underground with me a few days ago, to take a look at the new 3 Visions show, and I took eight photographs of her enjoying the show and the gallery.

[ photograph above: Charlie at the Underground, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

New Work: Wisconsin, Los Angeles, Guasti

The following images have been added to the New Work page:

- 12 from my recent trip to Madison, Wisconsin
- 8 from a visit to downtown Los Angeles last month
- 12 from my most recent discovery: Guasti

Guasti is an interesting find, and I plan on making many visits back there. It's a small section of Ontario, between Ontario International Airport and the 10 Freeway. Many old buildings with a huge potential for spectacular images.

[ photograph above: Guasti, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Sitting and Waiting

"...there is evidence that the roots of meditation are to be found in prehistoric hunting techniques. You sit and wait without thinking about waiting or sitting."

--Jim Harrison

[ photograph Moonstone Beach, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

New Tales from the Underground Images

Five new images have been added on the New Tales from the Underground page.

[ photograph above: Pomona, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Hiroshi Watanabe: Portraits of Ourselves

Hiroshi Watanabe's Portraits of Ourselves portfolio.

Creating Your Own World

"The majority of the learned live in their own darkness, seeking only for the fruits that others have gathered; but true genius is a magician who creates a world for himself and for others, and his light expands as he grows in perfection."

--Franz Hartmann

[ photgraph above: Pomona, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Hiroshi Watanabe: Japanese Studies

Hiroshi Watanabe's Japanese Studies portfolio.

[ photograph above: Japan, 1987, by Matt Artz ]

What's In an Image

"...any image is a combination of the maker's intent, the image itself, and the viewer's receptivity."

--Brooks Jensen

Hiroshi Watanabe: Northern Places

Hiroshi Watanabe's Northern Places portfolio.

Meaning

"Meaning is ever-shifting and relational."

-- Jacques Derrida

Consciousness

"The primary function of consciousness is to enable living creatures to quickly deal with unforseen events, and to plan for the future."

--Christof Koch

[ photograph above: Moonstone Beach, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Hiroshi Watanabe: American Studies

Hiroshi Watanabe's American Studies portfolio.

Words of Wisdom

"Rocks stars. Is there anything they don't know?"

--Homer J. Simpson

Web Site Back Up!!!

The guys at DirectNIC in New Orleans got a fuel delivery today and managed to get my web site back up and running! To the guys at DirectNIC: You guys are AWESOME!!!!

Web Site Down

My web site, mattartz.com, has been down for a couple days and I don't know when it will be back up. My web site host, DirectNIC, is located in downtown New Orleans, and while thier building is still standing, they are trying to keep going on backup generators. You can follow the trials and tribulations of DirectNIC trying to keep their servers running in a city that's virtually destroyed and abandoned in their blog. Also, they've posted some pictures here and here.

When Technology Gets In The Way

"When I am out in the field photographing, I enter what for me is a 'sacred space.' By this, I mean that I do not want to be disturbed in the field by the technology of the camera. Rather, I want to feel free, open to the moment and absorbed by the beauty of the view in front of me. It's not about the camera, but about the moment."

-- Pete Myers

Austin Granger: Various California

Austin Granger's Various California portfolio.

Fame

"Most famous photographers work their entire life and produce tens of thousands of negatives and hundreds or perhaps thousands of prints but are remembered for less than ten and famous for just one."

-- Cherie Hiser

Hiroshi Watanabe: Species Among Us

Hiroshi Watanabe's Species Among Us portfolio.

[ photograph above: Redlands, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Now I Get It!

"Art is I; Science is We."

--Claude Bernard

[ photograph above: Harmony, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Austin Granger: Point Reyes IV

Austin Granger's Point Reyes IV portfolio.

[ photograph above: Morro Bay, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

The Gift of the Photograph

"When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously."

--Minor White

Hiroshi Watanabe: Ena Bunraku

Hiroshi Watanabe's Ena Bunraku portfolio.

Thinking

"Thinking can be a dangerous profession, if one devotes one's life to it."

--Austin Granger

Charlie at Moonstone Beach

Just got back from a wonderful vacation along the Central Coast of California. Today I'm posting a small batch of photographs from the trip (seven images of Charlie at Moonstone Beach in lovely Cambria, California). Much more to follow in the coming week!

[ photograph above: Charlie at Moonstone Beach, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Milosz Stasik: Southwest

Milosz Stasik's Southwest portfolio.

Self-Deception

"We are like shop windows in which we are continually arranging, concealing, or illuminating the supposed qualities other ascribe to us, in order to deceive ourselves."

--Friedrich Nietzsche

Austin Granger: Utah

Austin Granger's Utah portfolio.

Beauty

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."

-- Confucius

Hiroshi Watanabe: Gods, Nations, and Histories

Hiroshi Watanabe's Gods, Nations, and Histories portfolio.

On Your Doorstep

"The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep."

--Paul Strand

Saelon Renkes: Holga Landscapes

Saelon Renkes' Holga Landscapes portfolio.

Looking for Answers

"When I photograph, what I'm really doing is seeking answers to things."

--Wynn Bullock

[ photograph above: Wisconsin, 2004, by Matt Artz ]

Hiroshi Watanabe: Plaza de Toros

Hiroshi Watanabe's Plaza de Toros portfolio.

Emotions

"The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech."

--Vincent van Gogh

Austin Granger: Around The House

Austin Granger's Around The House portfolio.

Sequence

"To engage a sequence we keep in mind the photographs on either side of the one in our eye."

--Minor White

Saelon Renkes: Landscapes

Saelon Renkes' Landscapes portfolio.

[ photograph above: Big Bear Lake, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Is What You See 'Real'?

"What you see is real--but only on the particular level to which you've developed your sense of seeing. You can expand your reality by developing new ways of perceiving."

--Wynn Bullock

Milosz Stasik: Miscellaneous

Milosz Stasik's Miscellaneous portfolio.

[ photograph above: Charlie at Snow Valley, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

The Process, Not the Product

"Getting photographs is not the most important thing. For me it's the act of photographing. It's enlightening, therapeutic and satisfying, because the very process forces me to connect with the world. When you make four-hour exposures in the middle of the night, you inevitably slow down and begin to observe and appreciate more what's going on around you. In our fast-paced, modern world, it’s a luxury to be able to watch the stars move across the sky."

--Michael Kenna

[ photograph above: Big Bear Lake, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Austin Granger: Point Reyes II

Austin Granger's Point Reyes II portfolio.

[ photograph above: Big Bear Lake, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Spirit over Technique

"There's no particular class of photograph that I think is any better than any other class. I'm always and forever looking for the image that has spirit! I don't give a damn how it got made."

--Minor White

[ photograph above: Big Bear Lake, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Photography can be Hazardous to Your Health

Photographer shot outside Britney Spears event.

Hiroshi Watanabe: Noh Masks of Naito Clan

Hiroshi Watanabe's Noh Masks of Naito Clan portfolio.

[ photograph above: Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 1977, by Matt Artz ]

21 New Big Bear Lake Images

Last week, my son & I spent the morning kayaking on Big Bear Lake, which resulted in 21 new images posted on my Big Bear Lake page.

[ photograph above: Big Bear Lake, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Charlie at Snow Valley

I spent some time up in the mountains this morning, photographing Charlie at Snow Valley. The result is about a dozen new images posted on my New Work page.

[ photograph above: Charlie at Snow Valley, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Photographers have Urges

"The urge to create, the urge to photograph, comes in part from the deep desire to live with more integrity, to live more in peace with the world, and possibly to help others to do the same."

--Wynn Bullock

[ photograph above: Snow Valley, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Nathan Selikoff: Aesthetic Explorations of Attractor Space

Nathan Selikoff's Aesthetic Explorations of Attractor Space.

[ photograph above: Redlands, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Waiting and Listening

"I seek out places where it can happen more readily, such as deserts or mountains or solitary areas, or by myself with a seashell, and while I'm there get into states of mind where I'm more open than usual. I'm waiting, I'm listening. I go to those places and get myself ready through meditation. Through being quiet and willing to wait, I can begin to see the inner man and the essence of the subject in front of me...Watching the way the current moves a blade of grass--sometimes I've seen that happen and it has just turned me inside out."

--Minor White

Amie Postic: Tropicália

Amie Postic's Tropicália.

This Does Not Bode Well for B & W Photographers Like Me...

"Color in a picture is like enthusiasm in life."

--Vincent Van Gogh

[ photograph above: Pomona, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Andy Lomas: Images of Aggregation

Andy Lomas's Images of Aggregation.

[ photograph above: Iris Meadow, 2004, by Matt Artz ]

Brooks Jensen: Fort Worden Wall Abstracts

Brooks Jensen's Fort Worden Wall Abstracts e-book.

[ photograph above: Red Mountain, 2004, by Matt Artz ]

Movement as Subject

"People call me the painter of dancers, but I really wish to capture movement itself."

--Edgar Degas

Brooks Jensen: Gestures of a Primitive Mind

Brooks Jensen's Gestures of a Primitive Mind e-book.

[ photograph above: Kelso Dunes, 2004, by Matt Artz ]

Digital Technology

"As usual in the amorphous realm of art, each artist deals with digital technology in their own way. Some make it the center of their work, others adapt it to their art or use it behind the scenes, while many ignore it completely and leave it to the younger artists."

-- Roger Macintosh

Brooks Jensen: Made of Steel

Brooks Jensen's Made of Steel e-book.

[ photograph above: Still Life, 2003, by Matt Artz ]

Subject Matter

"When working in abstract, subject matter is irrelevant. The subject matter is simply the raw material."

-- Matt Artz

[ photograph above: Virginia City, Nevada, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

The Role of Technology

"Art has always involved technology."

-- Rex Bruce

Watching

"People don't watch enough. They think. It's not the same thing."

--Henri Cartier-Bresson

The Photo vs. The Experience

"If you are busy taking photos that is what you remember, being behind the camera. I would rather just enjoy the scene and hope someone else takes the photos."

-- Buster Friendly

[ photograph above: Children's Forest, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Second Reception for Shutter Magic Show

The Shutter Magic show is still going on at the Joseph Filippi Winery in Rancho Cucamonga through the end of the month. A few of the participants are going to throw another reception--Sunday, July 31st (last day of the show) from 2 p.m. until about 4 p.m. (or whenever the snacks run out!)

[ photograph above: Children's Forest, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Sangiovese

My new favorite wine is Joseph Filippi Sangiovese. When I picked up my first bottle at the winery, I swear the woman who worked there was trying to talk me out of buying it. Well, maybe not that bad; but she was really qualifying it, saying things like "it's very earthy" and "it's an acquired taste". I thought, crap, this is going to suck; but not wanting to look like an idiot, bought it anyway. What a wonderful bottle of wine that was. My wife even liked it--actually loved it--and she's not a big fan of red wine.

[ photograph above: Charlie and Sangiovese, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Originality?

"Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits."

--Minor White

[ photograph above: Children's Forest, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Jennifer Shaw: Fields Notes

Jennifer Shaw's Fields Notes portfolio.

Means to an End

"I start with no preconceived idea...discovery excites me to focus...then rediscovery through the lens...final form of presentation seen on ground glass, the finished print previsioned completely in every detail of texture, movement, proportion, before exposure...the shutter's release automatically and finally fixes my conception, allowing no after manipulation...the ultimate end, the print, is but a duplication of all that I saw and felt through my camera."

--Edward Weston

Photography and Commerce

"I create artwork because I love to. I sell artwork so I can make room for more I am now creating. I am discouraged at the thought that some people would love a work of art – particularly an easily reproduced piece like photography – but would be separated from it because of a barrier of price. I price my work so everyone can buy as much as they are motivated to enjoy."

-- Brooks Jensen

Austin Granger: Nevada

Austin Granger's Nevada portfolio.

Searching

"Searching is everything--going beyond what you know. And the test of the search is really in the things themselves, the things you seek to understand. What is important is not what you think about them, but how they enlarge you."

--Wynn Bullock

[ photograph above: Arcosanti, Arizona, 2004, by Matt Artz ]

Hiroshi Watanabe: Landscape Stills

Hiroshi Watanabe's Landscape Stills portfolio.

The Experience Trumps the Photograph

"Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts."

--Minor White

Austin Granger: Death Valley I

Austin Granger's Death Valley I portfolio.

[ photograph above: Death Valley, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Life without Thinking

"One does not think during creative work, any more than one thinks when driving a car. But one has a background of years--learning, unlearning, success, failure, dreaming, thinking, experience, all this--then the moment of creation, the focusing of all into the moment. So I can make 'without thought,' fifteen carefully considered negatives, one every fifteen minutes, given material with as many possibilities. But there is all the eyes have seen in this life to influence me."

--Edward Weston

Jennifer Shaw: Espirito

Jennifer Shaw's Espirito portfolio.

Outsider Art

"The style is either childish, obsessive, or makes one think of a mental patient."

--Carol Es, on "Outsider Art"

Illuminating the Darkness

"In a photograph, if I am able to evoke not alone a feeling of the reality of the surface physical world but also a feeling of the reality of existence that lies mysteriously and invisibly beneath its surface, I feel I have succeeded. At their best, photographs as symbols not only serve to help illuminate some of the darkness of the unknown, they also serve to lessen the fears that too often accompany the journeys from the known to the unknown."

--Wynn Bullock

eBay Art Project

Interesting project where artwork purchased on eBay for under $5 is used as raw material.

Milosz Stasik: Floral

Milosz Stasik's Floral portfolio.

The Mind Goes Blank

"The state of mind of a photographer while creating is a blank...For those who would equate 'blank' with a kind of static emptiness, I must explain that this is a special kind of blank. It is a very active state of mind really, a very receptive state of mind, ready at an instant to grasp an image, yet with no image pre-formed in it at any time. We should note that the lack of a pre-formed pattern or preconceived idea of how anything ought to look is essential to this blank condition. Such a state of mind is not unlike a sheet of film itself--seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it. (Not just life, but *a* life)."

--Minor White

Charlie on the Rocks

I made this image about half an hour ago in some rocks on the side of my house...

[ photograph above: Charlie on the Rocks, from Travels with Charlie, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Austin Granger: Point Reyes I

Austin Granger's Point Reyes I portfolio.

Abstracts

"Abstracts are my most favorite kinds of images. They are strictly personal so I rarely show them. It is a rare gift when they are also personal to someone else. I can always tell when one connects. Their eyes light up."

--Brooks Jensen

Charlie and the Wall

I made this image two days ago in my backyard, when the light was nice (before sunrise).

[ photograph above: Charlie and the Wall, from Travels with Charlie, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Inner State

"This unexpected image was the record of an inner state that I did not remember seeing and he did not remember experiencing at the moment of exposure."

--Minor White

Hiroshi Watanabe: Perennial Scenes

Hiroshi Watanabe's Perennial Scenes portfolio.

Charlie and The Weed

After photographing the weed and Charlie individually, it just made sense to arrange them together. The results are pretty startling.

[ photograph above: Charlie and The Weed, from Travels with Charlie, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Things are Not What they Are

"When I looked at things for what they are I was fool enough to persist in my folly and found that each photograph was a mirror of my Self."

--Minor White

Austin Granger: The Salton Sea

Austin Granger's The Salton Sea portfolio.

Travels with Charlie

Imagine a woman living in a third world country, 100, maybe 150 years ago. Mired in a life of poverty, she never left her country, let alone her small rural village. She dreamed of seeing the wonders of the world beyond her village, and specifically of moving to America, where she heard that the streets are paved with gold and money grows on trees. Like so many millions of people around the world, when she died, she was quickly forgotten. Before long, her skull was extracated from the makeshift graveyard and sold to a dealer, who sold it to another dealer in the U.S. Ironically, only long after her death does she realize her dream of travelling to America. Eventually, her skull is purchased by a photographer. He names her "Charlie", and decides to make her the subject of his next project.

Forgive me, John Steinbeck.

[ photograph above: Welcome to America, from Travels with Charlie, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Weed

A couple months ago, I pulled this weed up from between the stepping stones in my side yard and threw it in the dirt planter. A few days later, I noticed it had turned from green to light brown. Because it had grown between stepping stones, it was very flat. I looked at it and thought, "I need to take that inside and photograph it." For the next two months, I looked at it almost daily while watering my vegetable garden and thought, "I REALLY need to take that inside and photograph it." Tonight, I finally did it.

[ photograph above: Still Life, 2005, by Matt Artz ]

Self-Referential

"Pictures you have taken have an influence on those that you are going to make. That's life!"

--John Sexton

Jennifer Shaw: Relics

Jennifer Shaw's Relics portfolio.

Straight Seeing

"I am not a painter, nor an artist. Therefore I can see straight, and that may be my undoing."

--Alfred Stieglitz

Hiroshi Watanabe: A Brick Factory in Udaipur

Hiroshi Watanabe's A Brick Factory in Udaipur portfolio.

Understanding

"Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man."

--Edward Weston

Milosz Stasik: Scenics

Milosz Stasik's Scenics portfolio.

Expression of Self

"...the goal of art was the vital expression of self."

--Alfred Stieglitz

Mark Howell: Abstracts & Extracts

Mark Howell: Abstracts & Extracts.

Austin Granger: Arizona

Austin Granger's Arizona portfolio.

Technique vs. Art

"There's nothing as useless as a sharp photograph of a fuzzy concept."

--Ansel Adams

Mark Howell: Walls & Buildings

Mark Howell: Walls & Buildings.

[ photograph above: Wisconsin, 2004, by Matt Artz ]

Driven by Chaos

"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star."

--Friedrich Nietzsche

[ photograph above: Iris Meadow, 2004, by Matt Artz ]

Nice Article in the Redlands Daily Facts

There was a really nice feature story in the Redlands Daily Facts yesterday, about Jerry Day and myself participating in the Shutter Magic show. Unfortunately they have not posted the article on their web site yet, and I can't scan the article just now...

Mark Howell: Botanalia

Mark Howell: Botanalia.

Innocence

"Innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of the wonder; it also means to see as an adult sees who has gone full circle and once again sees as a child--with freshness, and an even deeper sense of wonder."

--Minor White

[ photograph above: Kelso Dunes, 2002, by Matt Artz ]

Mark Howell: Landscapes

Mark Howell: Landscapes.

Article About Shutter Magic Show in the Daily Bulletin

The Daily Bulletin published an article about the Shutter Magic show in their June 9th issue.

Art is Peace

"Art should cause violence to be set aside."

--Leo Tolstoy

Painting Graph's by Michaël Corbin

Painting Graph's by Michaël Corbin.

The Social Significance of Landscapes

"It seems so utterly naive that landscape--not that of the pictorial school--is not considered of 'social significance' when it has a far more important bearing on the human race of a given locale than excrescences called cities."

--Edward Weston

[ photograph above: Obsidian, 1994, by Matt Artz ]

Praise

"An artist chooses his subjects: that is the way he praises."

--Friedrich Nietzsche

[ photograph above: Pomona, 2005, by Matt Artz ]