Yaum's Photo Diary

"Some of my best photos were taken in those first days with my Leica. But, at the time, my general standard was extremely low; I destro...

When I first got Salgado's book "Workers" several years back I was put off by the contrast and grain of the images. Today thou...

Been studying Salgado's work the last few weeks, there is so much humanity in his photographs. You can feel the hearts and souls of the ...

Have been thinking a lot about the direction I want my photography to go. I am now 44years old and running out of time to make the images I ...

(CNN) -- Photographer David DeJonge plans to capture a vanishing bit of history Tuesday on a trip to Arlington National Cemetery near Washin...

“When you pose for a photograph, it’s behind a smile that isn’t yours. You are angry and hungry and alive. What I value in you is that inten...

Just finished a 15 hour darkroom session, starting to see double! Here are a few more images that might make it into the VAAA Ladyboy head s...

I have finished developing all the 120mm b/w Ladyboy film from the 2008 shoot. I am hoping I can put together a submission of this work for ...

Am off to Hong Kong in a little more than 1 week. I have been trying to figure what kind of images I am going to make there. A few weeks bac...

I will donate some work to the VAAA gallery (the gallery that has rejected my work 3 times with the 4th rejection on the way in the mail as ...

"And never have I found the limits of photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the dista...

"I like to photograph people who have strength and dignity in their faces, whatever life has done to them, it hasn't detroyed them....

"...What counts in a photo is its plenitude and simplicity..."

" The reason why we want to remember an image varies: Because we simply "love it", or dislike it so intensely that it becomes...

Thinking more and more lately about the work I want on the coming 3 week trip to Hong Kong. Not sure on what kind of photos I can make ther...

Looking at Minor's (Minor White) prewar photographs, he asked, "Have you ever been in love?" Minor said yes, and Stieglitz tol...

Been doing a bit of Ebay bidding lately on high end camera systems. One of the positive side benefits of the digi photo revolution is people...

"What you have to strive for with all your means, a great deal of hard work and a willingness to learn by the sweat of your brow, is to...

The Washington Post has some wonderful online articles about photography written by Mr. Frank Van Ripper check them out here: http://www.was...

By Frank Van Riper Special to Camera Works The healing passage of time can soften the hard edges of pain and injustice, but that doesn't...

By Frank Van Riper Special to Camera Works It was in the 1970s, Dennis Brack recalled, as he made ready to photograph Ronald Reagan after th...

Liz Jobey guardian.co.uk, Thursday October 09 2008 13.10 BST Article history Ronald Reagan, former governor of California, March 4 1976, by ...

Been to tired lately to add much to the blog. I got a paying gig to do enviromental portraits at a petrochemical plant. It is quite a bit of...

Been working on something new lately. I have been putting together some layouts for some self published books! I am using the Internet site ...

Photographer Turned a Clinical Eye on the Powerful By Blake Gopnik Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, September 15, 2008; C01 Tomorrow thr...

I have been thinking lately about making more simple photographs. No flash, no multiple cameras, no deep themes. Just getting my 8x10 with 2...

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and go do that, because what the world needs is pe...

I was asked by a APUG member to explain a bit about the reasons/motivations behind my ladyboy images, here is that post: -------------------...

I have been having lots of fun at the site APUG.org. There are many knowledgeable film photographers there (APUG = Analog Photography Users ...

Been working quite a bit in the darkroom lately. I am printing some of the ladyboy photos from July and also playing with various fiber pape...

Been thinking about my work, I need to get deeper. All the great photographers I have studied got to a deeper level with their images, they ...

“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.”

"For me, the idea was that through photography one could interact with the world, be a witness to society's problems and act on the...

Over the last few days I have been developing the 4x5 ladyboy film and playing with my Nikon F5 (20-35mm zoom). I am getting some technical ...

Found and love this site, it is highly recommended. Many knowledgeable people and lots of nice work shown. www.apug.org

I have been studying the work of Sebastiao Salgado and the Magnum photographers over the last few days. There is a real beauty and honesty t...

" Photographs should not evade facts, they should not be evading what something really looks like. "

" If you hear a voice within you say ' you cannot paint ' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. "

This was the second photo session for Nut, I photographed her last year also. http://www.gerryyaum.com/SW25.html

Mamiya twin reflex with flash shot. Auria was the first Ladyboy I shot this trip, boy was I nervous. Photos were shot in a dark sex shortime...

I will post a few of my work print scans from the last trip, first photo up is of Cake a ladyboy Sex Worker. The photo was shot with the Ban...

Not really photo related but found this article of interest especially in regards to my just finished portraits of Thai ladyboy sex workers....

Did a bunch of contacts from the 4x5 film developed so far. Some of them look quite good, think there are some strong photographs in the fir...

" At a certain point, humans creating art no longer need to be told what they're supposed to do. "

This morning I started to develop the 4x5 sheet film from the Ladyboy series. So far the images look OK, sharpness, exposure seem fine. Some...