“I don’t photograph life as it is, but life as I would like it to be,”  ~ Robert Doisneau

Steve McCurry

what do you think of this series from the great Steve
http://oxfordschoolofphotography.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/children-of-the-omo/

inspiration

http://wordsandimagesbycynthia.com/2014/02/20/in-winter-light/

Sebastião Salgado and MST

Really enjoyed session tonight. Brain stretched; challenged; hopeful. Thanks Keith and everyone else.

Here's the photos I've been staring at at work for years about the The Movement of the Landless Rural Workers of Brazil, which are published in his book Terra: Struggle of the Landless, that I mentioned today.

Best visual summary online I could find was a simple google search, but in better context there's an archive of this and other works related to the struggles.

Here's some images to give you a taster:

15 of the Worlds Most Famous Photographers

I have not even heard of all of these, what about you?
http://oxfordschoolofphotography.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/15-of-the-worlds-most-famous-photographers/

From the OSP Blog

http://oxfordschoolofphotography.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/between-moments-gregory-crewdson/

Welcome

So you have made it this far, here is the space where you will upload images, ideas, links and anything photographic of interest to you that you would like to share with your class colleagues and collaborators. Please think of this as a table in a coffee shop that you share with like minded people with whom you share your enthusiasm for photography. Bring links to exceptional photographers, exhibitions you would like to see, tutorials you have found inspiring and ideas for projects. The more you put into your photography the more you will get out and so become better photographers, better at making images that you love. What do you think of these. Comment, tell us which you prefer and why