Magnum and Slate

Magnum has been around for a long time and has some of the world's finest photographers associated with it. Slate Magazine is an on-line newspaper/magazine that always grabs my attention and has informative reporting on a wide variety of topics. The two, Magnum and Slate, combine to create an on-line selection of images, Pictures That Changed The World that are always well presented and wonderful to look at.

Magnum includes some top-notch image-makers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alex Webb, Bruce Davidson and Josef Koudelka. They've been around for a long time and have inspired many photographers to dedicate themselves to making images.

I always look at photography, and my camera, as a "pass" that I can use to open doors, meet new people and see different places. I'm speaking for myself but I have at one time in my life or another, aspired to travel the world and document a new place or a strange people (strangers). Photographers either do this for a living, like the Magnum photographers, or do it as amateurs, like myself. Either way, it's relevant and exciting.

I'm always reminding myself that all photographers basically use the same tools: their eyes and a camera; it really doesn't take much more than that whether you do it in your hometown or in some far-off land.

I always enjoy looking at their pictures...and anybody else's pictures. It keeps me motivated and refreshes my eyes. Pick up your camera and look for the interesting around you.

Mexico City, Mexico, December, 2006