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8.15.2022

Seen on the web today. A smart article about portraiture along with a wonderful portfolio of photographs.

 https://www.orartswatch.org/picture-this-notes-on-photographic-portraiture/

If you are sitting at your desk working on actuarial tables, fact checking your colleague's latest paper on accelerating erosion or typing up a pithy comment about cameras having their color stripped away from them and you are feeling a bit ..... vague, you may want to take a few minutes to hit the link above.

It's an article about the nature of portrait photography by an artist and writer I know who has sometimes visited the VSL blog. His name is Kenneth Dixon and I love the way he writes. And the way he thinks about portraiture. He sometimes goes by K.B. Dixon. 

I've reviewed several of this books on the blog in the past. 

I have no affiliation other than a respect for both of the genres of art in which he works. And I'm happy to know two great writers who hang out here from time to time.

Take a break. Read the article. It's calming.

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 15, 2022 at 3:30 PM

    Thanks. Read it. Enjoyed it. Nicely done portraits as well.

    R.A.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 15, 2022 at 6:48 PM

    Thanks for the link. Wonderful.

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  3. RichAugust 15, 2022 at 8:08 PM

    i can see why you like him. And he reminds me of you

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  4. Jim WeekesAugust 16, 2022 at 9:00 AM

    Wonderful portraits with a wonderful dissertation of the process, from both sides. Great find.

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  5. Jon MaximAugust 17, 2022 at 7:58 PM

    Thank you very much Kirk for pointing us to this excellent article.

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