The week's grid practice is in color and that has been a challenging experience! #photography #colorphotography #photoediting

https://open.substack.com/pub/stellakalaw/p/grid-practice-in-color?r=15ev81&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Using a grid is a fascinating creative process to incorporate with your photography. Not only does it sharpen your visual story telling skills but also transforms the way you frame your images. Give it a try and let me know what you discover!

https://stellakalaw.substack.com/p/the-grid-as-a-practice?r=15ev81

#photography #photoediting

The rich visual archive of street photographer Meryl Meisler is always a treat to encounter.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/09/meryl-meisler-street-walker/

#photography #womenphotographers #StreetPhotography

Abandoned buildings and landscapes are always fascinating to me. Check out this work by Jonathan Jimenez aka Jonk

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/10/jonk-naturalia-iii/

#photography

Gorgeous Murmurations by Dr. Kathy Cooper.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/11/kathryn-cooper-murmurations/

#photography #landscape #womenphotographers

Syrian photographer Sarah Kontar's visual exploration on exile. "What I love about documentary is that when you live through these hard stories, the camera becomes a third eye, to look [with] and also to appreciate. It’s another relationship with a space, with exile. All photographers are outsiders. But this is my way out.”

https://aperture.org/editorial/a-record-of-exile-from-syria/?p=284070/

#photography #womenphotographers

Finnish Tommy Vitale captures the sweet afternoon light in the Finnish urban landscape. His work is a symphony of shadow, geometry and melancholy. Have a look! https://www.collater.al/en/tommi-viitala-street-photography/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=msecchi/magazine/%22Street+Shots%22+%F0%9F%93%B8+Street+Photography+ #photography #StreetPhotography

Reflecting on the subtle shifts of light and shadow by photographing the same view of a window every hour. Have a look.

https://open.substack.com/pub/stellakalaw/p/capturing-a-days-quiet-passing?r=15ev81&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#photography #BlackAndWhite #art

In the world of endless scrolling, quiet evocative pictures are often overlooked. Still, I am drawn to making them. Have a look if you are ever curious.

https://open.substack.com/pub/stellakalaw/p/the-windows-at-musee-des-arts-decoratifs?r=15ev81&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#photography #blackandwhitephotography #paris #travel

Last month, we were in Paris for five weeks. I can't tell you how wonderful it was to be back walking and photographing again.

https://open.substack.com/pub/stellakalaw/p/sacred-spaces?r=15ev81&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#photography #blackandwhitephotography #architecture #iphonephotography #paris #travel

Pulled some photographs from my archives and shared it in my latest newsletter. Theses are the stand alones – the ones that were posted once on instagram and forgotten. They're worth unearthing and sharing them with you again.

https://stellakalaw.substack.com/p/from-the-archives-the-stand-alones

#photography #blackandwhitephotography
#landscapephotography
#instagram

I've been collaborating with Alice Goldbloom's Substack newsletter called A Considerable Age for several months now. I've been creating collages for a variety of heartwarming, sometimes funny, stories of everyday life from a wide array of writers. As Alice puts it, "all l I can do, in my small way, is turn towards the light" by sharing stories that connect as all. Here is our latest collaboration:

https://aconsiderableage.substack.com/p/remembering-lenny

#collage #digitalcollage #substack #newsletter #everyday #stories #writing

Ethan Morrow's stunning work literally stopped me from scrolling.Whimsical and inventive. Bonus if you love trees. Have a look! https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/08/ethan-murrow-twig/

#art

Beautiful curation on this post by @colossal
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/10/african-artists/
#art

We need flowers for the same reason we need poems, or paintings, or songs—because what we can feel will always be vaster and more complex than what we can name, because words will always break under the weight of the immensities we task them with carrying https://t.co/Nxhrj3reJl

From the project, The Last Survivors Speak. It's Time to Listen. Photographs by Kentaro Takahashi. More about Ketaro's work through @flakphoto
https://substack.com/@andyadams/p-147480820
#photography

Stunning cyanotypes! Beautiful heartfelt memorial to the forgotten. This is why art matters. via @flakphoto https://substack.com/home/post/p-147636617 #photography #womenphotographers #cyanotype #art

Created three collages after being inspired by this message: If there is no wind, row. https://open.substack.com/pub/stellakalaw/p/if-there-is-no-wind-row?r=15ev81&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

“Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.”

On Baldwin's 100th birthday, his no-nonsense advice on writing (which applies to all creative work): https://t.co/bdAD88YayJ