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Puiming Webber
Feb 183 min read
Grateful to live this life
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things...
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Puiming Webber
Feb 113 min read
Light and mood
“In every artist there is poetry. In every human being there is poetic element. We know, we feel, we believe.” –Ernst Haas When people...
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Puiming Webber
Feb 44 min read
Art is risk
“Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play.” - Henri...
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Puiming Webber
Jan 283 min read
The winter blues
“Ah, world, what lessons you prepare for us, / even in the leafless winter, / even in the ashy city. / I am thinking now / of grief, and...
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Puiming Webber
Jan 213 min read
In praise of shadows
“If light is scarce then light is scarce; we will immerse ourselves in the darkness and there discover its own particular beauty.”...
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Puiming Webber
Jul 19, 20233 min read
Wide-eyed wonder
"...the purpose of life is to give voice to our astonishments." - Annie Dillard Despite my early years of living with my family in...
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Puiming Webber
Jul 8, 20233 min read
The unbearable lightness of being
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” ― Antonie de Saint-Exupery...
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Puiming Webber
Jun 19, 20231 min read
"The power of three" interviews
“The heart and mind are the true lens of the photographs.” – Yousuf Karsh As I mentioned during the previous blog post, there was a...
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Puiming Webber
May 20, 20233 min read
My "why"
“Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are ultimately to be at peace with themselves. What humans can...
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Puiming Webber
May 13, 20233 min read
Put the photographer in the photos
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” ― Brene Brown I once read an interview of a photographer...
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Puiming Webber
May 6, 20233 min read
Have I found my style?
“Don’t try to be an artist. Find the thing within you that needs to be expressed. You might find it is art.” – Duane Michals. A common...
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Puiming Webber
Apr 27, 20233 min read
The power of three
“Make it different. Keep it the same. It just takes three pictures to start and confirm a pathway. There are no winners: no bronze,...
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Puiming Webber
Apr 23, 20233 min read
My struggle is my story
"And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world” – John Steinbeck...
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Puiming Webber
Apr 15, 20233 min read
Kill your darlings
If you here require a practical rule of me, I will present you with this: ‘Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of...
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Puiming Webber
Apr 6, 20233 min read
Make it different, keep it the same
“Art is risk made visible” – Arno Rafael Minkkinen My workshop at the Griffin Museum of Photography with Arno Rafael Minkkinen is...
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Puiming Webber
Mar 25, 20233 min read
Moments of recognition
“I think what I’m trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived...
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Puiming Webber
Mar 18, 20233 min read
Creating your stories
“You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever...
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Puiming Webber
Mar 4, 20233 min read
Listen to Yoda speak
“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”...
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Puiming Webber
Feb 24, 20234 min read
Receiving feedback
“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” – Frank A. Clark I applied to a...
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Puiming Webber
Feb 20, 20233 min read
Je Ne Sais Quoi
“Elegance is timeless. It withstands trend; it withstands the commercialization of what fashion and style have become.” – Zac Posen My...
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