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