Some Things About Some Things

Sculpture by Tom Coben

Glenn Gordon has collected some examples of his favorite "encountered" art. And some of them aren't even meant as art. Isn't this kind of "noticing" what photographers do? (David Vestal once referred to photographers as "professional noticers.")

A quote: "...the minimalist ideal—divine economy, the feeling of zero—is a state to be striven for...it’s sort of what Zen and yogic practice aspire to...the antidote to bloat."

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Mike

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Mike adds: I'll say 'ditto' on every point.
 

Comments

[Jacqui Chew]

Thank you for the quote. Doesn't just apply to photography but to many other things in life as well.

jacqui

[Eolake Stobblehouse]

I agree, it's what we do. Only very few do it really well though.