Jeff Curto's Camera Position

Another in an irregular series of suggestions for the photographic bookshelf. My selection this time is the Aperture monograph of the work of Ralph Eugene Meatyard, but you may substitute that one book that made you realize new and different things about your medium; that changed your ideas about what photography could be. I also … Continue reading Camera Position 35 : Bookshelf #2 →

The order in which we see images changes how we perceive them. In this episode, we look at how sequencing photographs can take one set of images and change the message they convey. Sequence 1 – Click Image for a larger view photographs by Jeff Curto Sequence 1 – Click Image for a larger view … Continue reading Camera Position 34 : Sequencing →

This brief “Thirty-Three-and-a-Third” epsisode of camera position is just a quick “pointer” to my guest-host appearance on Chris Marquardt’s “Tips From The Top Floor” podcast. I hope you’ll check it out. Click my “Liguria, 2003” image above for a larger view.

See this book at Amazon This episode is the first in an irregular series that explores important photography books that should be in every photographer’s book collection. The first book is The Daybooks of Edward Weston, Weston’s remarkable series of journal entries about his life in photography. Also on today’s episode: Find great photo podcasts … Continue reading Camera Position 33 : What’s on Your Bookshelf? →

This week, we go into the “field” to a gallery talk I gave at an exhibition of my work. My comments give some background on my 17-year photographic exploration of Italy and the show, “Evidence of Hands, The Mediated Landscape of Italy.” Click for images from the “slideshow” I used at the presentation Click for … Continue reading Camera Position 32 : Gallery Talk →

How many images does it take to say what you want to say? Editing your work to create a group of images that projects a coherent voice is an important part of the photographic process. Honest and unmerciful editors have the most effective stories. Santa Fe Center for Photography – home of the Creative Edge … Continue reading Camera Position 31 : Editing as Creative Process →

Once we get back to the darkroom-digital or chemical-how do we maximize the vision and idea we had when we were in the field making the photograph? We explore the post-production side of the creative process using a photograph of Civita di Bagnoreggio. Click on the images for a larger view Civita di Bagnoreggio, Umbria, … Continue reading Camera Position 30 : After The Shutter Closes →

Where do creative ideas come from? How do we figure out what’s the most interesting thing to photograph? Using the photographs and ideas of photographer and writer Wright Morris (1910-1998), I explore the notion of mining your past and your passions to find your subject.

– – –– Photographs by Philip Trager – click images for a larger view When we choose a subject, sometimes we need to choose the right machine to record that subject. This episode uses the work of photographer Philip Trager to show how subject can influence the tools that we use.

Click image for a larger view Whether we like it or not, photography has technology at its base. Sometimes, changing up the equipment we use can allow us to change the way we look at the world in a significant way. This episode uses a triptych image I made in using smaller-than-my-normal 4×5 camera and … Continue reading Camera Position 27 : The Mind & The Machine →