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Direct Eye Contact

January 6, 2012
By Jonathanmalachi, Los Angeles, California
Jonathanmalachi, Los Angeles, California
0 articles 11 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. In order to &ldquo;give a meaning&rdquo; to the world, one has to feel involved in what one frames through the viewfinder. This attitude requires concentration, discipline of mind, sensitivity, and a sense of geometry. It is by economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.<br /> <br /> To take a photograph is to hold one&rsquo;s breath when all faculties converge in a face of fleeing reality. It is at that moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.<br /> <br /> To take a photograph means to recognize &ndash; simultaneously and within a fraction of a second&ndash; both the fact itself and the rigorous organisation of visually perceived forms that give it meaning.<br /> <br /> It is putting one&rsquo;s head, one&rsquo;s eye, and one&rsquo;s heart on the same axis.<br /> <br /> -Henri-Cartier-Bresson


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Rock of Salvation's Royal Priest Hood Ministry holds an event in which they fed homeless people.


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AndrewR said...
on Jan. 22 2012 at 7:25 pm
AndrewR, Los Angeles, California
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I should have found myself a from of activity in keeping with it, to be precise, drinking in the health of the &quot;sublime and beautiful.&quot; I should have snatched at every opportunity to drop a tear into my glass and then drain it to all that is &quot;sublime and beautiful.&quot; I should then have turned everything into the sublime and beautiful; in the nastiest, unquestionable trash, I should have sought out the sublime and the beautiful.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Fyodor Dostoyevsky, from Notes from the Underground

Awesome to see you get out their Bud.

on Jan. 22 2012 at 12:45 pm
Thanks! Will do! :D

KelseyS94 said...
on Jan. 21 2012 at 6:05 pm
KelseyS94, N/A, Wisconsin
0 articles 38 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Grab your gear.&quot; <br /> <br /> &quot;Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.&quot; <br /> <br /> &quot;Inconceivable!&quot;

No problem! If you like, I'd appreciate if you check out some of my photos.

on Jan. 21 2012 at 12:53 am
Thank you so much! It means a lot to me.

KelseyS94 said...
on Jan. 20 2012 at 8:16 pm
KelseyS94, N/A, Wisconsin
0 articles 38 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Grab your gear.&quot; <br /> <br /> &quot;Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.&quot; <br /> <br /> &quot;Inconceivable!&quot;

You did a good job capturing emotion in this picture.