Street photographers that took shadowy photographs of paris really do it for me (see also Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau)
Jun 13, 2024
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I’m a big art lover but photography is one of my blind spots so I love this whole thread for recs!!
Bresson was always my dad’s favorite photographer and I love his use of cheeky humor and the composition of his images. The historian in me loves peering back into daily life in such a candid way, they almost feel like stills from a Goddard movie.
Apr 9, 2025
adam as a photographer sees the world the most similarly to me, and takes photos the way i want to take them. i especially like his work without people in it, because it almost all has the presence of a person without capturing that individual’s body. tldr he captures human presence well.
this series he did (linked) of his parents’ long time apartment when they were moving out has always stuck with me. and he has a book of photos from the UN right before it underwent renovation called international territory that i am obsessed with (if anyone wants to buy the book for me🫨)
Dec 9, 2024
B&W fashion photographer whose colour work only gained acclaim relatively recently. His work communicates a sense of beauty and solitude that's easy to feel in a big city.
Apr 10, 2025
Top Recs from @caskeyc
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1. Don't set an alarm and wake up naturally. Snooze for however long you want to, it's okay
2. Have breakfast. For me it's toast. Have it with butter/jam/honey and a lot of water and coffee and juice.
3. Listen to an album in full and do some puzzles until it ends. I like to stick a record on and do the nyt games (connections, then wordle, then the mini, then I'm ready for a crossword)
4. Shower and use all your best stuff. Smell great. Make your hair feel soft.
5. Wear an outfit you don't get to wear that often. I tend to wear the same thing over and over at work so I wear something a bit more fun and less practical.
6. Go outside. I live near a road with secondhand shops that are great browsing but quite tempting on a budget. To beat the temptation just look in the windows and then walk round the streets or to a green space if it's a nice day. Walk as fast or as slow as you like. Try and spot cats that might let you stroke them. See how each place you go smells different. Walk down streets that you've not been down before just because.
7. Come home and decide how much energy you have. If you have energy do an activity (I would write, play an instrument, do some art, read, play a game) if you don't then watch something from your watchlist. Saturdays feel like a good day to watch something new.
8. Cook yourself a meal. Start before you're hungry and spend ages on it. Use every pot. Listen to music. Sing whilst you wash the dishes.
9. Play! Video games, board games, internet games, card games, phone games, rearrange your plushies, embrace your inner child. Play with ideas, experiment with felt tip pens, write a limerick. Get silly with it.
10. Talk to your friends. Invite them over, call somebody up, text that person back you didn't have time to. I like to spend a good day off by myself then have a great time talking to people after I've recharged.
11. Have so much fun getting to do whatever you want you fall asleep at whatever time. Monday - Friday is about appeasing your body clock, Saturdays are for filthy pleasures like falling asleep at 3am because you were too busy flirting or reading or watching videos.
Apr 16, 2024
Re: my last rec I'm kinda realizing reading this might have changed my life actually
Apr 16, 2024