richardmunn

Quite excited about starting drawing and painting classes again in the new year with my teacher, a man in his 80's who's deeply involved with drawing, and teaching people how to come alive through it. Here's a quote from him:

"We are all exposed! The model is naked, the drawings of the participants [of the class] are examined and the teacher - if that's the...
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Things are getting some momentum with the portrait work, which I'm really pleased about. My big passion is people, and communicating essence. The portrait of the woman featured here I'm happy about, because she really doesn't enjoy having here picture taken. I'm happy I was able to work with her in such a way to get this shot. The male portrait was taken manually on...
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The Japanese have a term 'Tenouchi,' which literally translates as 'the inside of the hands.' In the Sword arts, and internal arts there is an understanding that there is a whole world inside the hands, and that this relates to the path of life.

I am putting together a personal project: double portraits of people's hands and faces in two separate photographs that will be...
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Just going through some old photos this evening and came across these. Had a lovely day walking about 17 miles around the Brecon Beacons in Wales about four months ago.

My absolute my favourite artist is Jack White, and his approach to restriction as the fuel for creativity, is the biggest inspiration for me in my art.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJgY9FtDLbs

Having fun on Squarespace, playing around with a new website for my portrait photography, still fine-tuning the size of images etc. but I like the full-page lay-out, which I can't seem to get on Wordpress. Anyone else use either of these platforms and want to show off their site?

Different sort of Japanese Ink than you guys might be more familiar with, this is a brush and ink copy of Yamaoka Tesshu's (a famous Japanese Swordsman and Calligrapher) depiction of a snail climbing a mountain. It is a Zen work showing both courage and humility in walking the Way.

The original is, of course, inscribed in Japanese. I can't read or write Japanese so
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I went to Coventry recently for an outdoors shoot at Coombe Abbey and while I was in the town saw a man playing the accordion on the cobbles for money.

Pretty much all I've been up to is taking photographs at the moment, which I love. Really happy to have worked with BAFTA-winning writer Geoff Thompson, and that Centrepoint asked me to shoot their fundraiser, Sleep Out, to raise money for homelessness.

Hey SG land, I'm wanting to touch bases. How have you been?

I'm enjoying exercising outdoors now, which is mainly including running around and climbing trees. Having done that I now know why orangutangs are so strong! It's tough.

Something I'm REALLY excited about is leaving work at the end of the year, and working full-time as a photographer, and art student. What I'm really...
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