World Photography Day - August 19:

World Photography Day

August 19

You're not trying to capture reality.

You're trying to capture a photograph of reality.

– Stanley Kubrick.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

– Dorothea Lange.

Whatever happens in front of the lens stays.

What’s captured during the encounter is all that exists.

– Gregory Heisler.

I think photography is a universal language as far as storytelling goes, and I think that's what it's most successful at.

– Mary Mattingly.

It's amazing how photography can capture just a split second of something exquisite.

– Kiera Cass.

Expulsion. Moon and Firelight, by Thomas Cole (circa 1828):

Writing can be a painful process ... but worth it in the end:

There is so much I love and admire about Ralph Steadman’s satirical art and writing, particularly the raw energy of his illustrations. He enjoyed a long collaboration with fellow-author and satirist, Hunter S. Thompson, another of my favorite writers.

Below are just two of many I will be posting here. They convey how painful and frustrating the writing/artistic process can be.

But ... it's worth it!