Daily Observations from Korea Comments http://retiform.net DOFK ~ a retiform site Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:37:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Philippa http://retiform.net/archive/on-the-road/#comment-43 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:08:00 +0800 http://retiform.net/archive/on-the-road/#comment-43 Hi, just checking your site - long time since I have!! Look forward to catching up with you again soon Hi,
just checking your site - long time since I have!! Look forward to catching up with you again soon

]]> by: Lara http://retiform.net/archive/on-the-road/#comment-35 Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:49:16 +0800 http://retiform.net/archive/on-the-road/#comment-35 Hi. Liked your site... as a Sydney dweller found it very interesting... looking forward to seeing your work in Sydney and/or Melbourne in the future!! Hope all goes well for you. Dot in the universe..... Lara Hi. Liked your site… as a Sydney dweller found it very interesting… looking forward to seeing your work in Sydney and/or Melbourne in the future!! Hope all goes well for you.

Dot in the universe…..

Lara

]]> by: Jackson Ellis http://retiform.net/archive/on-the-road/#comment-34 Sat, 17 Dec 2005 13:22:55 +0800 http://retiform.net/archive/on-the-road/#comment-34 Thanks for your comments, Nate and Joe. Been hard to update things. Harder than I thought, but keep in touch. Nate, I'd really like to see some of your stuff from Seoul. I'm missing it there already! Take care. Js. Thanks for your comments, Nate and Joe. Been hard to update things. Harder than I thought, but keep in touch. Nate, I’d really like to see some of your stuff from Seoul. I’m missing it there already! Take care. Js.

]]> by: Joe Owens http://retiform.net/archive/on-the-road/#comment-31 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:16:02 +0800 http://retiform.net/archive/on-the-road/#comment-31 Its interesting how we as a ganeration of photographers are so gilded by our toys, just as generations before were gilded by theirs, however, ours is so dependant on external sources. Reliance brings its own strenghts and weaknesses. I see that there is still a very strong core group of people who have completely bucked the digital trend and have returned to traditional photography. I see at least sixty percent of the custom in my store have both digital and film and are still using film as their main source of image making... I also see the difference between the consumer hardware of only twelve years ago and the consumer hardware of now in terms of the build quality, and I find it quite disturbing the prices asked for the utter rubbish that is on the market today. Its interesting how we as a ganeration of photographers are so gilded by our toys, just as generations before were gilded by theirs, however, ours is so dependant on external sources. Reliance brings its own strenghts and weaknesses.
I see that there is still a very strong core group of people who have completely bucked the digital trend and have returned to traditional photography. I see at least sixty percent of the custom in my store have both digital and film and are still using film as their main source of image making… I also see the difference between the consumer hardware of only twelve years ago and the consumer hardware of now in terms of the build quality, and I find it quite disturbing the prices asked for the utter rubbish that is on the market today.

]]> by: Nate http://retiform.net/archive/on-the-road/#comment-30 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:51:13 +0800 http://retiform.net/archive/on-the-road/#comment-30 It's too bad that I found your site the day you left Seoul. I've been looking for other photographers in Seoul and so far haven't been too successful. I do enjoy your work though. Very nice. I hope in the future I'll put some pictures on the net, but for now I just take them. Cheers Nate It’s too bad that I found your site the day you left Seoul. I’ve been looking for other photographers in Seoul and so far haven’t been too successful. I do enjoy your work though. Very nice. I hope in the future I’ll put some pictures on the net, but for now I just take them.

Cheers
Nate

]]> by: Johanes http://retiform.net/archive/a-week-of-pictures-18/#comment-24 Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:01:37 +0800 http://retiform.net/archive/a-week-of-pictures-18/#comment-24 It is nice to see that someone out there is thinking of regrowth and rebuilding in the midst of all the destruction that is taking place all around us. Good work! It is nice to see that someone out there is thinking of regrowth and rebuilding in the midst of all the destruction that is taking place all around us. Good work!

]]> by: Jackson Ellis http://retiform.net/archive/street-photography/#comment-23 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:29:37 +0800 http://retiform.net/archive/street-photography/#comment-23 Incidentally, there are some interesting comments about the legal aspects of street photography at this site: http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/2005/07/a_note_about_ko.html Not that legal complications should prevent the creation of art, but it is helpful to know ones standing in relation to the law, when involved in this practice. Incidentally, there are some interesting comments about the legal aspects of street photography at this site: http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/2005/07/a_note_about_ko.html

Not that legal complications should prevent the creation of art, but it is helpful to know ones standing in relation to the law, when involved in this practice.

]]> by: Jackson Ellis http://retiform.net/archive/street-photography/#comment-22 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:46:41 +0800 http://retiform.net/archive/street-photography/#comment-22 Thanks for your comment. Good to know you enjoyed Buhler's work, too. Thanks for your comment. Good to know you enjoyed Buhler’s work, too.

]]> by: anne lafond http://retiform.net/archive/street-photography/#comment-21 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:18:39 +0800 http://retiform.net/archive/street-photography/#comment-21 Thank you for sharing J. Buhler's photography! I found many of the images powerfully striking -- there was one of an older man on a train car separated into sections by the windows of the train itself as it turned a corner that has really stayed in my mind. It was also heartening to read his advice to would-be street photographers, to know that it isn't easy even for him to get in someone's face with a camera, and yet he can overcome this and capture amazing faces and interactions. Like him, I find this the most compelling material for an artist to work with. Thank you for sharing J. Buhler’s photography! I found many of the images powerfully striking — there was one of an older man on a train car separated into sections by the windows of the train itself as it turned a corner that has really stayed in my mind. It was also heartening to read his advice to would-be street photographers, to know that it isn’t easy even for him to get in someone’s face with a camera, and yet he can overcome this and capture amazing faces and interactions. Like him, I find this the most compelling material for an artist to work with.

]]> by: Jackson Ellis http://retiform.net/archive/wild-goose-dads/#comment-20 Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:15:35 +0800 http://retiform.net/archive/wild-goose-dads/#comment-20 [Please note]: Edited paragraph nine, regarding Park Chung Hee, and the Korean planned economy. Formally, the paragraph may have suggested an - non-intentional - idea that Park was a progressive leader, and that the Korean economy was irrefutably the most successful planned economy of the 20th century. The paragraph has been edited to more accurately express the author's ideas. ~ Thanks to IR for editorial advice. [Please note]: Edited paragraph nine, regarding Park Chung Hee, and the Korean planned economy. Formally, the paragraph may have suggested an - non-intentional - idea that Park was a progressive leader, and that the Korean economy was irrefutably the most successful planned economy of the 20th century. The paragraph has been edited to more accurately express the author’s ideas. ~ Thanks to IR for editorial advice.

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