For very niche-y photography: Allison Pollack https://linktr.ee/AlisonPollack Ironically, iNaturalist is the better source than instagram for browsing her pictures (at least if you don't want to open an account). https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?user_id=alison_poll... https://www.instagram.com/marin_mushrooms/
Almost any website with an image gallery is a better source than Instagram for browsing images available on both even for those with Instagram accounts; the image quality is almost always better elsewhere.
For very niche-y photography: Allison Pollack https://linktr.ee/AlisonPollack Ironically, iNaturalist is the better source than instagram for browsing her pictures (at least if you don't want to open an account). https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?user_id=alison_poll... https://www.instagram.com/marin_mushrooms/
Almost any website with an image gallery is a better source than Instagram for browsing images available on both even for those with Instagram accounts; the image quality is almost always better elsewhere.
There are also pretty active facebook groups where she and others post remarkable slime mold photos ("Slime Mold Identification & Appreciation" and "Ascomycetes of the world").
May I piggyback here? What software tools are used for this sort of work? I'm aware of/have tried: - Processing (as well as processing.py) - Nodebox - OpenSCAD (and its derivative PythonSCAD which allows using Python in it) EDIT: and METAPOST/Asymptote/TikZ which I forgot to mention What other tools would folks recommend?
p5.js is a JavaScript library that I've enjoyed messing with. It's related to Processing. https://p5js.org/
May I piggyback here? What software tools are used for this sort of work? I'm aware of/have tried: - Processing (as well as processing.py) - Nodebox - OpenSCAD (and its derivative PythonSCAD which allows using Python in it) EDIT: and METAPOST/Asymptote/TikZ which I forgot to mention What other tools would folks recommend?
p5.js is a JavaScript library that I've enjoyed messing with. It's related to Processing. https://p5js.org/
I will second p5/processing as a fun tool. It's really a pretty easy and way to get into generative art. P5.js has an online editor which makes it easy.
The new nature of code book was updated to use p5 instead of processing and a fun way to start. As is the "coding train videos" which are interesting in the seem for kids but cover more advanced topics..
Great resource to explore new fine art photography projects and artists is LENSCRATCH https://lenscratch.com/photographers/ But have you explored all of the old ones yet? Magnum has excellent courses, each is a rabbit hole of references and inspiration: https://www.magnumphotos.com/learn/ (personally working through the Alec Soth one atm) Regarding photobooks, the best way by far is to visit your local brick and mort…
I own a lot of photo books and highly recommend them. Nothing is more inspiring to me. The YouTube channel "The Photo Book Guy" is worth a look too. I also like "The Art of Photography." The Magnum courses look interesting. Do you find the are generally worth the price? Do they ever go on sale? https://youtube.com/@photobookguy1380 https://youtube.com/@theartofphotography
They are quite expensive for the content, given these are not true learning courses, more like well structured and deep interviews. But photo education is very tech(nique) focused nowadays, so I don’t know any good online alternatives that would touch upon the art and creative side of photography, like Magnum does.
Photography and algorithmic art are exactly my thing. In the past few years, I’ve been deeply exploring generative art, though I prefer calling it "Algorithmic Art" since "generative" is often linked to AI now.
Some of my works can even be drawn with a pen plotter.