Category Archives: Inspiration

If they can do it, you can do it

365 Projects Keep the Creativity Going All Year

We couldn’t help but share this video highlighting photographer Jeff Harris’s long-term portrait-a-day project. It’s fascinating to see how the project pushed his creativity to the edge and how – over the 14 years he has been pursuing it – the project became a saving grace. As you’ll see in the Blurb Bookstore, plenty of [...]

The Best Documentary to Inspire Creativity for 2012

WASTE LAND Official Trailer from Almega Projects on Vimeo. We know it’s not necessarily the newest kid on the block, but if you haven’t seen the 2010 documentary “Waste Land,” put it high on your list. The documentary, which is now out in DVD, focuses on Brazilian artist Vik Muniz and his photography/art project involving [...]

From Leica: Three Minutes of Great Portrait Photography Insights

Leica Portrait: Jonathan Mannion from Leica Camera on Vimeo. We’re on a roll, folks. In the spirit of our recent Blurberati with Cameras post and our interview with concert photographer Jordan Corey, we’re bringing you this great video on Jonathan Mannion, a Leica fan and renowned portrait photographer specializing in hip hop celebrities. Great storytelling [...]

Take Note: Six Words on Work

SIX WORDS ABOUT WORK by Edited by Larry Smith, SMITH Magazine (smithmag.net) | Make Your Own Book The good people at Smith Magazine are masters of brevity. As the originators and home of the six-word memoir, they’ve created a craze that has spawned sextuplets of copy on everything from life (“Crap! I have to grow [...]