Urban scrawl

May 23, 2023 Paul Politis 0

“There is the world, and then there is a photograph. A photograph is not the world, it’s a completely different thing.” — Henry Wessel

Parking garage (black and white photograph)

Parking garage

March 27, 2023 Paul Politis 0

*** “People frequently believe the creative life is grounded in fantasy. The more difficult truth is that creativity is grounded in reality, in the particular, […]

Through-lines

January 14, 2023 Paul Politis 0

Some days, when the mood strikes, I like to set my camera to square format and to regard the world through that visual framing for […]

Untitled (black and white photograph)

Play

December 20, 2022 Paul Politis 0

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with […]

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Internal combustion

December 6, 2022 Paul Politis 0

“The task of art is to transform what is continuously happening to us, to transform all of these things into symbols, into music, into something […]

Closed Until Further Notice (black and white photograph)

In the moment

April 23, 2022 Paul Politis 0

*** “Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures […]

Wonderful Ghost (black and white photograph)

That elusive wonder

December 18, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent […]

No Image

Abstractions

July 6, 2021 Paul Politis 0

Here are some quotes from the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian accompanied by a few of my black and white photos. I’m aware that it is […]

Yo (colour photograph)

On camera

July 5, 2021 Paul Politis 0

The other day, I picked up my copy of Art & Fear and started reading at a random page. It’s one of those books where […]

Untitled (black and white photograph)

Balancing chaos

June 21, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“It’s very spiritual because you’re suddenly seeing the coherence and the interconnectedness of everything — left to right, top to bottom, front to back. It’s […]

Two Rooms (black and white photograph)

Out of nothing

June 1, 2021 Paul Politis 0

To me, one way of looking at this odd building is as some strange creature peering out over the makeshift wooden fence. It’s not threatening […]

Hotel Sign Detail (black and white photograph)

Familiarity breeds

May 27, 2021 Paul Politis 0

One thing, of course, about wandering the same areas repeatedly is that one has the opportunity to see how things look at different times of […]

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Freedom

February 5, 2021 Paul Politis 0

“Don’t bother about your originality, set yourself just as free as you can and your originality will take care of you. It will be as […]