Comments for Peter Earl McCollough: Seven Ways to Sunday

Comment on 2/7/12 WSJ: Peet’s Coffee by Matt Burkhartt

Matt Burkhartt — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:25:59 +0000

Hey Peter, I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed this blog post. I am a huge fan of Peet’s Coffee. Were you able to grab a free bag of beans, or at the very least a cup of brew on the house?

Comment on 11/22/11 Untitled 108 by milan

milan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:43:34 +0000

Gnarles Barkley!!!

Comment on 10/18/10 Fleet Week 3 by THE ROOM OF MY LIFE: Peter Earl McCollough | LDWT

THE ROOM OF MY LIFE: Peter Earl McCollough | LDWT — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:19:14 +0000

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Comment on 7/23/11 Learning To Touch Bottom by Citas: Peter Earl McCollough « Siéntate y observa…

Citas: Peter Earl McCollough « Siéntate y observa… — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 08:04:07 +0000

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Comment on 7/23/11 Learning To Touch Bottom by Antonia Small

Antonia Small — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:32:35 +0000

Bingo. Beautiful. Thanks to Sean Kernan for sharing link.

Comment on 7/23/11 Learning To Touch Bottom by Claire Yaffa

Claire Yaffa — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:03:24 +0000

I believe the problem most photographers face is the necessity to make money at the craft they are trying to perfect and express. When I first began, as a free lance photographer, I resented many assignments as not important and not what I wanted to photograph. I did them, because I was paid for my photographs and that was very gratifying. I attended a lecture by Bruce Davidson and some of his thoughts resonated and stayed with me, as I changed my attitude for assignments I did not like or thought to be trivial. He said, whenever I photograph, no matter what I photograph, whether an assignment, etc. I take the best possible photograph I can. It made a great impression and I tried to honor his suggestion. I think my professional assignments were better because Bruce Davidson suggested I make them so.
As to ones personal work and facing the inevitablitly of what we all will, if someone has something to say, then perhaps, with photography, one can express who we are, who we were and hope to be. As in any art form, the person expresses thoughts and feelings. I have found photography to express all I am now, who I have been and my hope I will be better than before.

Comment on 7/23/11 Learning To Touch Bottom by Sean Kernan

Sean Kernan — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:49:06 +0000

Great post, Peter. I have forwarded it to my classes.

Comment on 7/23/11 Learning To Touch Bottom by » Authenticity. How Long Has it Been, Now? WayneWarp

» Authenticity. How Long Has it Been, Now? WayneWarp — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:59:40 +0000

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Comment on 7/23/11 Learning To Touch Bottom by Kenric Johnson

Kenric Johnson — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:40:17 +0000

Thanks for posting this, very refreshing. I have found comfort in what Josef Koudelka wrote about his fantasies with regard to the tension between the desire to make art and the need to make money.

“I imagined that someone would come to me and say: “Here is the money, you take the photographs you want but you won’t publish them.” I would have agreed without hesitation. The fact that they existed would have been enough for me.”

Comment on 7/23/11 Learning To Touch Bottom by Ivo Kwee

Ivo Kwee — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:01:16 +0000

Great essay. Wish I read this ten years ago… But on the other hand now I can relate so much of it to my own experince: Yes, f*ck others, Photography is mine!