After 100 editions, an evolution of an old question: why do we make art? A 1967 photography annual, Ludovico Einaudi's remembered summers, and a memorable afternoon at Angkor Wat.
Congratulations! I’m so pleased to have the opportunity to read your newsletters. This one especially took me to so many places that when I finished it I felt like I had been on a journey. Love your work!
Congratulations on your 100th edition, Gavin! I've enjoyed every single one, and I confess that I often pair them with a beer at my favorite local bar. Reading them sometimes reminds me of our past conversations, and I greatly appreciate the memories. Here's to much more, of all the above.
“I was here and I saw this. Isn’t it amazing?” - totally this! I remember seeing your peacock image back in the day, probably close to the date you release them.
Congratulations on 100 editions. The latest one is superb. You clearly are a writer! Thanks for all the hard work you put into each edition. I am looking forward to the next 100!
I join Kamolmas (yes, I know) in congratulating you on your 100th. I keep promising myself to go back to #1 and catch up with everything in between, but my life is full of good intentions...
When I saw the title of the 100th edition, I thought FOR SURE it was going to visit the link I post below. I keep that link on my Speed Dial link on the browser because I don't EVER want to be parted from it. It arouses the same kind of trance-like rumination you mentioned in the beginning of this issue. It's called "We Were Once Alive". A phrase I may use for my grave marker...
What a marvellous collection of portraits. I love this caption: "Often his subjects look straight into the camera, as if they can see us and travel the hundred years or so that lie between their time and ours, saying: ‘You are alive now, but we were once alive’"
Some of the photos look like they could have been made last week, especially this one:
Congratulations! I’m so pleased to have the opportunity to read your newsletters. This one especially took me to so many places that when I finished it I felt like I had been on a journey. Love your work!
Congratulations on your 100th edition, Gavin! I've enjoyed every single one, and I confess that I often pair them with a beer at my favorite local bar. Reading them sometimes reminds me of our past conversations, and I greatly appreciate the memories. Here's to much more, of all the above.
I love the peacock images from Angkor Wat. Remarkable.
“I was here and I saw this. Isn’t it amazing?” - totally this! I remember seeing your peacock image back in the day, probably close to the date you release them.
Congrats on your 100th.
Congratulations on reaching 💯
Congratulations on 100 editions. The latest one is superb. You clearly are a writer! Thanks for all the hard work you put into each edition. I am looking forward to the next 100!
I join Kamolmas (yes, I know) in congratulating you on your 100th. I keep promising myself to go back to #1 and catch up with everything in between, but my life is full of good intentions...
When I saw the title of the 100th edition, I thought FOR SURE it was going to visit the link I post below. I keep that link on my Speed Dial link on the browser because I don't EVER want to be parted from it. It arouses the same kind of trance-like rumination you mentioned in the beginning of this issue. It's called "We Were Once Alive". A phrase I may use for my grave marker...
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/aug/04/we-were-once-alive-100-year-old-portraits-from-rural-sweden-in-pictures-john-alinder
What a marvellous collection of portraits. I love this caption: "Often his subjects look straight into the camera, as if they can see us and travel the hundred years or so that lie between their time and ours, saying: ‘You are alive now, but we were once alive’"
Some of the photos look like they could have been made last week, especially this one:
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/df6bcd5eee11cefbddcdc02882c2a5816dfd3654/0_0_1915_2480/master/1915.jpg?width=1140&dpr=2&s=none&crop=none
Thank you. That is a link worth having on speed-dial.
Congratulations on your 100th edition! I know you've put so much effort on these newsletters x