The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” Mark Twain

My son just said, “Will you give me a dollar if I eat a pencil?” Who are we raising? That’s at least a $5 job.

One way to insult someone is to call them a big dummy, and another way is to buy them lunch at Panda Express.

When was the last time you used your checkbook and wrote a check?

The rise of women skate photographers - 1854.photography/2022/06/indust…

Photographer Buck Ellison creates staged images, fictions, to show the lives of ultra wealthy. I gotta say, these images make me uncomfortable - artreview.com/buck-ellison-a…

"Man, when you lose your laugh, you lose your footing." -- Ken Kesey from One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.

No need to Google "the History of Swedish Fish" because I've got it right here for you: mentalfloss.com/article/23125/…

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” – Aaron Siskind

This is pretty great. Photographer Stephan Galdieu documents Congolese street kids turning garbage into beautiful art. thisiscolossal.com/2022/09/stepha…

NYC

“All subject matter has the potential of being important. We attribute value through interpretation.” - Wolfgang Tillmans, 2005

My 11th year working on this project I enjoy, I take self portraits on my birthday, as many portraits as the age I'm turning. Yesterday I made 55 self portraits and here's the link if you care to take a look. justinhackworth.com/blog/self-port…

March 25, The Authentic Portrait Workshop where I'll teach you how to add more heart and life to your portraits so they stir others and live long in their memory. All the info is here: justinhackworth.com/workshop2023 If you feel like your current work could use improvements, join us!

Portrait workshop this Saturday and I'm so excited. Still a couple spots left if you have an interest. More info here: justinhackworth.com/workshop2023

"We tend to think of the artist's work as the output. The real work of the artist is a way of being in the world." - Rick Rubin from his book The Creative Act.

When someone emails “we just need a few shots” my experience is that (generalization alert) what they're really saying is, "we want you to give us really good work and the high quality you always give, but we just don’t want to pay for the process it takes to get there."

Today Ken Potts turns 102! Happy Birthday, Ken. Ken is one of two living survivors from the USS Arizona. I photographed him at his home in Provo, back in September when he was only 101 years old.

How to go from a good photo to a great one: youtube.com/shorts/Xv7tHOa…