danielshea:

jakestangel:

Hey there girl.

So I get lots of questions on the blog and in email form about either how to make it OR about thinking about how to start trying to make it OR getting stuck trying to make it. A gentleman named Paul emailed me a very nice comprehensive email and I started to write a very nice…

Jake’s been making some very excellent posts directed towards people interested in becoming photographers. Here he talks about building a community of friends that unconditionally rep each other, which I always emphasize as being the most important link in “making it.” We all love Jake very much. 

Haven’t posted an Alec Soth appreciation post in a while…..so referencing his recent blog post (gotta say, I’m enjoying his activity boost at LBM blog), he tips his hat in tribute to the the recently departed Eve Arnold. But also raises a glass to his studio manager Carrie Thompson, a name all Alec Soth fans will be familiar with from his website and blogs.

Its only after reading that that I finally got around to looking at Carrie’s website and there is a stunning body of work, refreshingly different to Alec’s and portrays a very sympathetic and gentle approach to image-making.

Carrie’s website here