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“His best works are able to catch the viewer immediately but, at the same time, provoke the viewer to search for more information below the surface,” Ferdinand Brueggemann of Galerie Priska Pasquer, in Cologne, tells Jessie Wender of photographer Shomei Tomatsu, who died at age 82 in Okinawa this past December.

Continue reading about the artist: http://nyr.kr/11xQuGD

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Gregory Colbert on Tumblr

gregorycolbert:

As I navigate the Arctic seas I am reminded that the curiosity for the sublime can stretch all the way from the immensity of an iceberg to the miniature wonders of an anteater.

—Gregory Colbert

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gregorycolbert:

People sometimes ask if I am fearful when I am in such close proximity to animals. I can only say that the only way that I’ve been ripped open is by having to leave behind elephant friends, orangutans, cheetahs, caracals, manta rays, or whales. But I would do every hello and goodbye over again as long as it meant that I would have a chance to share their stories. Animals help me to remember all the dreams I thought I had forgotten and remind us to dream as though we will live forever while living as though we shall die today.

—Gregory Colbert

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Gregory Colbert - The Photographs

The photographic artworks of Gregory Colbert explore the poetic sensibilities of animals in their natural habitat as they interact with human beings. No longer shown as merely a member of the family of man, humans are seen as a member of the family of animals. None of the images have been digitally collaged.

Gregory Colbert is on Tumblr