I am constantly amazed and delighted by photos from my contacts at flickr. The best part of the flickr experience is the cross-fertilization that happens, the visual connections that are made, the thrill when someone sees the world similarly or very differently! I have come to know so many great photographers there.
To give you a taste of these visual connections I'll share an example from one of my oldest contacts. I first came across Mark Willocks' photos my first month on flickr. One of the first images I saw of his: Outside Looking In was of stone canyon walls that reminded me very much compositionally of one of my soft flowing textile shot. It made a surprising visual connection (that overlapping view has been repeated with Mark many times since with water, reflections, architecture, plants and flowers).
Here's a link to the work of other Flickr artists that I find inspiring and wonderful: Sue (Light~Shape~Color)'s Favorites on Flickriver
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The other reliable source of inspiration for me is traveling. My eyes are opened up by the fresh views all around me. Even things I might see in my own backyard take on a new look as I'm more aware of everything around me.
The world as I saw it in July was full of light, shape & color as I spent almost two weeks traveling in Northern Spain and Southern France. When traveling I try to take a few "snapshots" to remember the experience, but most of what I return with are abstracts and landscapes inspired by the colors and feel of a new place.
A collection of photos from my July trip:
1. day 8: first look, 2. day 7: arriving in Bilbao, 3. day 7: love the walls here, 4. day 6: water ribbon, 5. day 3: color and lines, 6. day 4: Barcelona color, 7. day 7: we're watching you, 8. day 3: Gaudi curves, 9. day 6: strange expo building, 10. day 4: music at moonlight, 11. day 3: aged curves, 12. day 6: ready to move on, 13. day 4: still looking for color, 14. day 1: airport lines, 15. day 5: slice of light, 16. day 8: metal flow, 17. day 7: constructing lines, 18. day 3: color and curves, 19. day 7: leaving, 20. day 8: curving back home, 21. day 7: constructing water, 22. day 8: turning the corner on summer, 23. day 7: drinking in Bilbao, 24. day 4: climbing Gaudi, 25. day 9: looking for inspiration
