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 05/09/2012 11:59:07 PM · #26
Oh yeah bring it on, I would love to imitate him!
 05/09/2012 11:59:55 PM · #27
I'd have no idea how to approach shooting for the challenge, but I'd sure enjoy voting!
 05/10/2012 12:01:49 AM · #28
Just the name, John, inspires me ;) Would be an honour and a fantastic opportunity to participate.
 05/10/2012 12:02:59 AM · #29
ritzolicious
 05/10/2012 12:32:32 AM · #30
Thanks Ben, everyone, for the kind words. Overwhelmed.
 05/10/2012 12:49:43 AM · #31


So, new challenge?
 05/10/2012 01:20:50 AM · #32
YES YES YES YES YES and YES PLEASE LANGDON



Message edited by author 2012-05-10 01:22:06.
 05/10/2012 06:02:23 AM · #33
and its another couple from here YES YES PLEASE
 05/10/2012 06:43:01 AM · #34
Originally posted by tnun:
who can say the unsayable with apparently no effort?


I thought that I had retired, but this is irresistible.

John is a DPC treasure worth celebrating, and the tnun quote above is in itself a perfectly lovely tribute to John's influence on all of us. It's not necessary to make a picture that looks like John would have taken it. He's not really a 'style' at all; he's more a model of liberation. The essence of his stuff isn't how it looks, it's how it resonates as a way of imagining things. When I look at John's pictures I am as much struck by what I don't see as what I do. He very often removes everything that isn't the picture, sometimes to the point of discomfort. What's left is what's true and imperishable.

The way to approach this essential challenge is to think of a thing and then distil it until it's nearly gone. So concentrate not on what you can show, but more on what you can't show while still coloring (more or less) between the lines.

05/10/2012 09:56:35 AM · #35
This sounds like a fun challenge. tnun and ubique summed it up pretty good. He's one of a kind and a very important part of DPC. After every challenge there are a handful of photographers I go back and see what they shot. He is definitely one of them but of course you can usually spot his work before a challenge ends.
 05/10/2012 12:23:10 PM · #36
"true and imperishable". Bump.
 05/10/2012 12:27:42 PM · #37
Originally posted by ubique:
Originally posted by tnun:
who can say the unsayable with apparently no effort?


I thought that I had retired, but this is irresistible.

John is a DPC treasure worth celebrating, and the tnun quote above is in itself a perfectly lovely tribute to John's influence on all of us. It's not necessary to make a picture that looks like John would have taken it. He's not really a 'style' at all; he's more a model of liberation. The essence of his stuff isn't how it looks, it's how it resonates as a way of imagining things. When I look at John's pictures I am as much struck by what I don't see as what I do. He very often removes everything that isn't the picture, sometimes to the point of discomfort. What's left is what's true and imperishable.

The way to approach this essential challenge is to think of a thing and then distil it until it's nearly gone. So concentrate not on what you can show, but more on what you can't show while still coloring (more or less) between the lines.


Ah, vintage Ubique! I find it as hard to imagine this place without him as I do without jmritz :-)
 05/10/2012 12:43:01 PM · #38
Originally posted by Melethia:
I'd have no idea how to approach shooting for the challenge, but I'd sure enjoy voting!


+1 (I get lost easily. Please leave a trail of bread crumbs so I can follow in your footsteps...;-)...)
 05/10/2012 08:52:12 PM · #39
05/10/2012 10:42:21 PM · #40
Originally posted by bspurgeon:


We MUST try this challenge. We can even use color

05/13/2012 11:53:10 PM · #41
Maybe tonight is John's night. Hope he showered.
 05/14/2012 12:52:26 AM · #42
Maybe Tuesday night will be John's day.
 05/14/2012 07:40:35 AM · #43
Give it another week. Then we start looking for a challenge to hijack.
 05/14/2012 12:48:13 PM · #44
Originally posted by bvy:
Give it another week. Then we start looking for a challenge to hijack.


I'm in.
 05/14/2012 12:50:59 PM · #45
me too
 05/14/2012 01:28:16 PM · #46
I already try to emulate him(not very well most times) in 2 out of 3 challenges. I am certainly in.
 05/14/2012 01:34:43 PM · #47
you betcha (emulate 2/3, hijack).
 05/16/2012 12:08:54 AM · #48
bumping worked!
 05/16/2012 12:10:43 AM · #49
so excited!!!! It'll be hard but fun to try.
 05/16/2012 12:13:56 AM · #50
This oughta be fun.
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