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Site & Board Matters => About This Site => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on May 09, 2016, 02:41:41 pm

Title: Mark Seawell
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 09, 2016, 02:41:41 pm
Mark,

Excellent article. You write almost as evocatively as you photograph.

One nit: the link to your site at the bottom of the article is misspelled (the second "p" is missing).

Jeremy
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Kevin Raber on May 09, 2016, 03:24:24 pm
Should be all fixed now.
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: donbga on May 09, 2016, 03:29:32 pm
Still no joy with that link.

It's rewarding to see the good work being made with a m4/3s camera.

Don Bryant
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Dladymon on May 09, 2016, 03:36:18 pm
Great article Mark.  Enjoyed the images.  Heavens Gate - awesome!
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Kevin Raber on May 09, 2016, 03:44:25 pm
If you still see an issue with the link let me know.  It works on our system now.
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: donbga on May 09, 2016, 04:04:04 pm
If you still see an issue with the link let me know.  It works on our system now.

Lookin' good! Thanks Kevin.
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 09, 2016, 04:29:25 pm
...Excellent article. You write almost as evocatively as you photograph...

Wholeheartedly agree.
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: churly on May 09, 2016, 04:37:53 pm
Lovely read Mark!  Thanks.
Chuck
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on May 09, 2016, 05:22:22 pm
Superb photographs!
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: adias on May 09, 2016, 05:34:09 pm
Mark,

Excellent article. You write almost as evocatively as you photograph.

One nit: the link to your site at the bottom of the article is misspelled (the second "p" is missing).

Jeremy


Agree. Excellent photography. Great article.

Now we need an article on the the American landscape portfolio, which (I peeked) and is equally superb.
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: vjbelle on May 09, 2016, 05:39:51 pm
Great article and enjoyable images.

Victor
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Rand47 on May 09, 2016, 07:26:44 pm
Thoughtful, graceful article.  Lovely photos.  Made my day to read and see.

Rand
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 09, 2016, 08:23:49 pm
As everyone else has said, it's a great article, well written, with stunning photos.
It's great to see those scenes from Germany. Mark's images on LuLa have always had his own kind of special magic.

Eric
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on May 10, 2016, 03:55:15 am
Very good body of work.
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: francois on May 10, 2016, 05:45:22 am
I loved the article. It is well written, inspiring and evocative.
A very good way to start the day...

Thank you Mark!
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: John R on May 10, 2016, 10:50:34 am
Excellent article and images. Evocative, to say the least.

JR
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: sdwilsonsct on May 10, 2016, 11:27:39 am
Great to see some of Mark's best. Looking forward to the next part.
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Post by: mbaginy on May 10, 2016, 03:15:18 pm
I'd also like to thank and commend Mark for his interesting article and wonderful photos.

I recall Ramstein from the 70s.  All US bases and posts in Germany have changed a lot.  And many have disappeared.
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Telecaster on May 10, 2016, 04:06:32 pm
I recall Ramstein from the 70s.

Rammstein got started in the '90s. The oft-dissonant machine metal band, that is.  ;D

Enjoyed the article a lot. A girlfriend of mine in the 1980s grew up in Heidelberg, which is fairly close to the AFB.

-Dave-
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: BernardLanguillier on May 10, 2016, 05:50:28 pm
Nice images and story, thks for sharing.

It may be over simplistic, but my own summary and takeaway is just be there, just wakeup and be there where the light is playing with the world.

Cheers,
Bernard
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 11, 2016, 03:46:54 am
It may be over simplistic, but my own summary and takeaway is just be there, just wakeup and be there where the light is playing with the world.

Not simplistic: spot on. But you missed out "and have the eye - and the sensitivity - to see what's in front of you".

Jeremy
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: uwphotobudd on May 11, 2016, 09:46:15 am
Great article and images. I spent 5 years in Germany (Harheim) in the early to mid-70s. Your images so much remind me of the wonderful years those were. Like you, I took up photography and spent so much time exploring, shooting and printing my images. I long to go back and visit my favorite places. Thank you for the memories.

Budd Riker (www.lightinthesea.com)
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 11, 2016, 09:48:25 am
Not simplistic: spot on. But you missed out "and have the eye - and the sensitivity - to see what's in front of you".

Jeremy
+1.
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Post by: Rob C on May 11, 2016, 10:25:19 am
Some lovely black/whites! Remind me of one late return from Britain to Spain, and driving through similar valley fog in the Dordogne... makes everthing so much more interesting not to see all the details. Not nice to drive, but pleasing to the eye.

Rob C

Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: BernardLanguillier on May 11, 2016, 05:27:12 pm
Not simplistic: spot on. But you missed out "and have the eye - and the sensitivity - to see what's in front of you".

Indeed Jeremy, that's very true, I had sort taken that part for granted since that's IMHO the most imporant asset of a photographer.

Cheers,
Bernard
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: mseawell on May 13, 2016, 07:44:22 am
I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind comments about my article and the LL for printing it. Germany is where I cut my photographic teeth and will always carry a special place in my heart. I still have all of those pictures of my external hard drive, the good, bad, and ugly. It doesn't matter really. What matters most to me, even more than the captures is the TRUE EXPERIENCE of being there and taking it in. Being a part of nature is what I seek and Germany provided that and so much more.

Now, Utah and the southwest...TBC

Mark Seawell
May 13, 2016
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: James Clark on May 13, 2016, 03:34:48 pm
Hey Mark - late to the party, and all I can do is echo what everyone else has already said - great work, and interesting background!   Whenever I see an image posted by you it's always worth a look :)

Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: oneeggeddy on May 16, 2016, 06:26:00 pm
Thank you for the wonderful photographs
Title: Re: Mark Seawell
Post by: Ray on May 16, 2016, 09:22:26 pm
I still have all of those pictures of my external hard drive, the good, bad, and ugly. It doesn't matter really. What matters most to me, even more than the captures is the TRUE EXPERIENCE of being there and taking it in. Being a part of nature is what I seek and Germany provided that and so much more.


That's a very important point that resonates with me. Being there, and appreciating the scenery, the culture and the people, is the main purpose in my own photography.

The processes of photography are an additional motivation, to spend more time at a location in search of an unusual and/or interesting scene or turn of events, or to explore different perspectives of a particular scene in search of something unusual or pleasing or meaningful.

I don't really care if I don't make any money from my photography, although I do have one or two polyptychs which I would quite happily sell for a million dollars or so.  ;D