Guy Tal | Photographer, Author
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My new book, Another Day Not Wasted, is now available for pre-order! Please click the book cover below for more information and to place your orders. I expect to start shipping the books toward the end of August. Orders will ship on a first-come-first-served basis.
My next book, titled, Another Day Not Wasted, is coming soon. I can't say exactly how soon yet (under threat of bodily harm by my publisher) but, well... soon. Until soon arrives, I'll be sharing a series of book updates. Rest assured, as soon as I can announce a hard date (and a pre-order page), I'll... Continue Reading →
I've recently had the pleasure of speaking with Kaz Pritchard, host of the Stepping Out podcast. Kaz is a health and fitness coach. She interviews people from different backgrounds who share a love of walking. If interested, you may listen to our conversation here, or by clicking the podcast logo below. I'd like to also... Continue Reading →
This article is adapted from a column I originally wrote for LensWork Magazine. I have been a proud contributor to LensWork for several years, and consider it one of the finest photographic publications of our time. Photography has been called an irresponsive medium. This is much the same as calling it a mechanical process. A great... Continue Reading →
In gratitude for several new Patreon supporters, and for those of you who upped your support levels recently, I am making good on my promise to increase the frequency of posts on this blog. I would like nothing better than to continue this trend. If you find these writings useful, please consider buying me a... Continue Reading →
The following is a rather prolonged train of thought about misconceptions having to do with the practice of mindfulness and the common advice to "live in the moment." If you find my words and work useful, please consider even a small contribution to help support these writings, which I offer to you without advertising or... Continue Reading →
As one grows older, one loves the autumn more and more, but one fears the spring. ~Hermann Hesse No doubt there is much to be said for joyous beauty, raucous beauty, bold and vibrant in-your-face beauty. There is also, however, something to be said for other kinds of beauty: quiet beauty, melancholy beauty, mournful and... Continue Reading →
Sometimes, the only way to discover who you are or what life you should lead is to do less planning and more living—to burst the double bubble of comfort and convention and just do stuff, even if you don’t know precisely where it’s going to lead, because you don’t know precisely where it’s going to... Continue Reading →
I recently had the great pleasure of joining my friend and workshop co-instructor, Michael Gordon, on a couple of events now available online for anyone to watch/listen: Our presentation Finding Meaning in Photography, hosted by Harold Davis, is now available for streaming on Harold's YouTube channel. Our conversation about The History of Photography via the podcast, F-Stop... Continue Reading →
We all agree that our senses and emotions are engaged when we look at art, but we do not readily appreciate the prominent role that knowledge plays in this experience. ~Arthur Shimamura Winters are hard in this desert. Hard for me, that is. I am a being maladapted to this environment: improperly equipped to survive... Continue Reading →