Author: ERIC KIM

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CHRISTINE CHUNG: As someone diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder, it is hard to make people understand through words and I think that it would be better understood through visual imagery.

Fan Ho: in my opinion, better than Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Dear friend, I want to tell you the story why I bought a Leica camera.

Dear friend, A secret I wanna share with you — don’t trust no photo blogger (especially not me).

Dear friend, Here are some tips on how to exude confidence from your pores:

Dear friend, What are your personal morals and ethics when it comes to street photography?

Dear friend, I want to write you a letter on how to live a happy life:

I am pissed off from this concept of a ‘lifestyle.’

Dear friend, If you are pursuing your life’s passion — you will always find someone to hate you for it.

Dear friend, I want to write you a letter on the EGO — how we can kill our personal ego (in a negative way), but also let our ego flourish (to become the best …

So my grandpa died at age 92. I am 29 years old now (2017). In theory, I have 63 years left of life.

Let me set the stage with 18 year old Eric:

To me, Photography is a meditation on life and death.

Dear friend, You are a unique human being— with a unique and beautiful perspective on the world.

Super-inspired by Kandinsky; the painter and art philosopher Wassily Kandinsky:

If I were to buy a new Leica today, this is advice I would give myself:

HiFi Tam (born September 11, 1996) is an unknown Chinese photographer and aspiring artist. He has been trying to explore the issues of urbanization, industrialization, poverty and environment by walking around the Pearl River …

The coolest timepieces // MEMENTO MORI:

The coolest camera design in the camera/photography industry at the moment:

Super inspired from the movie ‘FIGHT CLUB’– in terms of how to conquer my personal fears in life, how to break free from societal bullshit, and to become the best version of myself: Here …

Dear friend, I think the two things holding us back in life include fear and distractions.

Dear friend, I wanted to write you this book on how to take better photos.

“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do men light a lamp and put it under a bucket, but on a lamp …

Dear friend, Advice I wish I could have told myself a long time ago: invest in experiences, not stuff.

Have you ever shared a photo and had someone protest: “But that’s not street photography!” This is the story of my life.

Interview with Brian Milo — my personal printer, and the master printer for ‘Dark Skies Over Tokyo‘ by Haptic Industries.

I’m inspired by the street photography of the @wearethestreet collective:

The first rule of street club: you don’t talk about street club.

Dear friend, I want to share with you some of my thoughts on love— my experiences, what I think love is, and why it is the superlatively most important thing in the world:

Dear friend, I (and you) are philosophers— not philosophers in some pretentious way, but we are philosophers because we LOVE WISDOM.

STREETTOGS STARTING GUIDE TO STREET PHOTOGRAPHY:

ANTIPHOTOGRAPHY.

Dear friend, Here are some tips to take your street photography to the next level:

I’ve wanted to get cut (low body fat percentage, to see my 6-pack) for my entire life.

Dear friend, You know that voice that tells you that you’re dumb, or that you’re going to do something that annoys or offends others? Yeah — ignore that voice.

I do genuinely believe that the Ricoh GR II is the best camera for 90% of photographers out there.

Dear friend, I want to write you a letter about the lessons I’ve learned after shooting pretty much all the expensive cameras out there.

LIBERATION TIME: film and poem by Cindy A. Nguyen:

Never complain in life— just find solutions.

‘Don’t worry about looking good— worry about achieving your goals.’ – Ray Dalio A lot of us care more about looking good, rather than winning.

The Fujifilm X100F — the F stands for Fucking Fast// and Fucking Awesome.

Dear friend, I think one of the biggest things that holds us back in our photography and art is this quest for perfection.

Super inspired by these Bankok/Thailand based street photographers– from STREET PHOTO THAILAND:

Leica M10 — stripping away the superfluous.

The golden rule: do unto others as you want others to do unto you.

Some tips on how to make more money in photography, based on my personal experiences:

I have a dream — that when I die at 99 years old, to be mentally 1 year old.

STRONGER your endurance can last longer

Im writing this while I’m in the front seat of a taxi cab in Bangkok, on the way to the airport, about to see the love of my life (Cindy) after 4 days away.

Dear friend, What does it mean to be a streettog?

Dear friend, I want to write you some words of encouragement if you’re dealing with depression.

Dear friend, I want to give you some of my personal thoughts on the new Fujifilm GFX 50s (digital medium-format) and the Fujinon 63mm f/2.8 lens.

“Just do it.” – Nike The only way to become a better photographer is to shoot photos; there are no shortcuts.

Dear friend, Here are some practical applications for street photography (in real life):

Just touched down in Bangkok for the Monogram Asia 8×8 Street Photography Event, and sat down with my buddy BIGHEADTACO — where we talk about philosophy, street photography, and life.

Nowadays everyone lacks confidence. We lack confidence in expressing ourselves. We lack confidence in taking photos of strangers. We lack confidence in publishing our work, and promoting ourselves. We are afraid of being judged, …

Dear friend, I’ve really been into ancient Greek and Roman Mythology as of late— because I feel all the lessons are timeless about what it means to be a human.

How you can become Neo (the one):

I just finished watching the movie “FURY” with Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, and Shia LaBeouf (produced by my friend Bill Block) and was blown away (warning, spoiler alerts ahead):

Dear friend, I will share with you a secret on how to become rich — for free.

I have a big ego— and it is hard for me to say sorry.

I feel video games can teach us a lot about real life.

What is happiness?

Dear friend, I believe in active leisure in life— rather than just ‘entertaining ourselves to death.’

Eric — if you bought that new Leica, you would realize your potential.

Dear friend, If you’re reading this — you might be considering whether to go to photography or art school.

Dear friend, I want to write you a letter about why I write:

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