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08/06/2015 02:20:43 PM · #1
jmritz has entered 1,000 challenges. If you think of each image as the fragment of a dream, or a jagged crystal teardrop, or the playing card of a game you don't know, or a face that has just turned away, or a piece of broken glass from a television that played the first live Beatles broadcast, then together in one place you have a story, not the usual story, one of those stories you get lost in and, if you're lucky, don't come back from.

08/06/2015 02:22:07 PM · #2


Say what you will about DPC, it is the storehouse of a thousand ritzes.
08/06/2015 02:32:05 PM · #3


Congratulations John!
08/06/2015 02:40:59 PM · #4
Originally posted by posthumous:



Say what you will about DPC, it is the storehouse of a thousand ritzes.

I wish my "bad" photos were that good.

You forgot to mention you're a member of the 1000 entry club yourself -- congratulations to both of you!
08/06/2015 02:49:22 PM · #5
he goes beyond the nerve.

ee i ee i o

08/06/2015 04:27:14 PM · #6
Beautiful words, Don, to accompany a truly remarkable body of work.
08/06/2015 05:24:28 PM · #7
Easily my favorite photographer here. Has anyone else done expert the way John does expert?



Message edited by author 2015-08-06 17:24:54.
08/06/2015 05:26:09 PM · #8
Congratulations, John.

You lead us to mine our emotions.
08/06/2015 06:19:40 PM · #9
Congrats - that is an amazing collection of art. Thank you for making this place so interesting.
08/07/2015 02:17:00 AM · #10
The first thing I do at the end of a challenge is to go and take a long look at John's photo, by far the most inspirational of us all.
08/07/2015 02:27:00 AM · #11
Originally posted by jagar:

The first thing I do at the end of a challenge is to go and take a long look at John's photo, by far the most inspirational of us all.


I do that too. Inspirational is an euphemism.
08/07/2015 05:52:50 AM · #12
Originally posted by jagar:

The first thing I do at the end of a challenge is to go and take a long look at John's photo, by far the most inspirational of us all.


Same here. John is definitely one of my favourites here…

08/07/2015 08:35:07 AM · #13
Originally posted by jagar:

The first thing I do at the end of a challenge is to go and take a long look at John's photo, by far the most inspirational of us all.


And me; I start reading at the back page. Usually stop there as well. John is the most thrilling, genuine artist-with-camera DPC has ever had. In a field of me-too photo hobbyists he sticks out like the balls on a bulldog.
08/07/2015 09:49:57 AM · #14
Agree with everything said so far.

One of my all time favorite photo essays is John's April essay.


And, as if John's photographs are not enough, he titles each with the most beautiful poetry
08/07/2015 11:51:47 AM · #15
Don, wonderful poetic writing for the artist's artist jmritz. I admire how he brushes off the naysayers and happily goes about his business. John's got eyes!
08/07/2015 01:00:54 PM · #16
I LOVE his profile page. What a glorious collection of bling!!

Message edited by author 2015-08-09 15:41:41.
08/08/2015 10:19:42 PM · #17
I could post a million (okay maybe only a thousand) examples of his work and not be able to explain just why it affects me the way it does. It's more than seeing, it's heart.. and soul... and done in a way that it seems so effortless.. and endless. I never tire of looking through his portfolio. It's just one little gem after another ... and they always meet the challenge .... though you may have to think about it sometimes . Check out the titles too.

Message edited by author 2015-08-08 22:22:49.
08/09/2015 07:30:24 PM · #18
Hard to choose one image in particular since they are all part of an ongoing story about time lost and retrieved in small shreds, people seen through his own looking glass often misty from who knows? ..tears or from a little accident of a spilled coffee cup, palpable intimations or little signs of forewarning, of impending danger... (

I do not like all John's photographs and on occasion I asked him quite impertinently why he let this or that image get out in the world ! The nerve! I expect no less than sheer perfection!

Not all his images are blurry as some people seem to think - look at this one (if Caravaggio would have had a camera this one could be his photo):




and some "look" blurry but actually they are crystal clear in their meaning



We know he can photograph birds and animals and ordinary objects but even these posed for him as for nobody else:

And yes, I do agree with Christophe on this one:


Go on John, continue, surprise us more!

Message edited by author 2015-08-09 19:31:37.
08/09/2015 09:39:44 PM · #19
wonderful revelations from the comments/choices; a bit of salt.
08/09/2015 10:38:34 PM · #20
Here's another one worth viewing:



Congrats on the 1K!
08/09/2015 11:11:59 PM · #21
Congratulations John! Your work is always inspiring.
08/09/2015 11:54:00 PM · #22
ecco homo



(behold the man). this is Everyman. whom we constantly seek. and look what is his essence: dust and shadow. and aspiration.
08/10/2015 08:11:05 AM · #23
oh the humanity
08/10/2015 08:37:48 AM · #24
Congratulations!

This is one of my many favourites :)
08/10/2015 11:42:49 PM · #25
thanks Don, everyone. you are all to kind.

1000 entries. i have to thank Rita, she has been my inspiration all along
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