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Street photography as courage. Photography philosophy as embodied life. A living archive by ERIC KIM.

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Photo essay / Feb 1, 2023

Anti Others

I don’t have time or care to judge others, analyze their motives and behaviors, etc.

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Photo essay / Feb 1, 2023

Don’t have any business partners

If you have a business partner, sooner or later you’ll get screwed somewhere, or, resentment from how slow and ineffective they are. Go solo. Sole proprietor is the way.

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Photo essay / Feb 1, 2023

INDEFINITE CONFIDENCE BUILDING

I seek to become the most confident, self-confident person in the world, and then once I’ve reached that point, to keep augmenting it indefinitely? Weight lifting at the gym, and hypelifting as essential and …

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Photo essay / Feb 1, 2023

Art Objects

Things like cars are art objects. When you look at them, we look at them as pieces of art. However, the only true joy of the artist is to create, fashion, and create or …

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Photo essay / Feb 1, 2023

Productive Competition

Competition is often bad, but you can also be very productive being around others, and social displays of strength and power and motivate you to become even stronger!

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Photo essay / Feb 1, 2023

Parenting Thoughts: On Being a Father

Pater — father. Life’s ultimate joy, especially if you have a son! The heir to the throne? It seems that all men desire to have at least one son. Whenever you see a family …

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Photo essay / Jan 31, 2023

Is pain virtuous?

No. To be in pain, and to suffer, and to somehow inflict more pain, hardship and misery upon yourself is foolish at best.

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Photo essay / Jan 31, 2023

PHILOSOPHY IS MY ARCHIMEDES LEVER

Even before I got into photography, when I was in high school, I was always curious about deeper things in life, like the meaning of life, how to thrive in life, etc. Also, how …

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Photo essay / Jan 31, 2023

MY PARADISE

My paradise; good sleep, good coffee in the morning, going outside, basking in the beautiful warm sun. Reviewing my photos on my iPad Pro, selecting and flagging my favorite ones, deriving deep delight from …

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Photo essay / Jan 31, 2023

Don’t Stay at the Base

Don’t be basic. No basic thinking, no basic living, no basic concerns. Don’t stay at home, don’t stay inside the house, don’t stay at the base.

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Photo essay / Jan 30, 2023

HOW TO GET INSANELY EPIC LEGS

Every day is leg day: 1. Atlas lift I also call it the squat hold; essentially, just putting insanely heavy weight on the squat rack, and the only goal is to just lift it …

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Photo essay / Jan 30, 2023

KEEP THEM GUESSING.

When people ask you what you are or what you do, always give them the funnier, more unexpected answer. For example, when people are confused with my short range of motion lifts, like my …

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Photo essay / Jan 30, 2023

Toughen up.

The upside of going barefoot, or letting your kids run around barefoot is that a toughens up their feet.

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Photo essay / Jan 30, 2023

You cannot fool human physiology

The insane importance for natural light, warmth, more ideal climates. Nobody likes gloomy or overcast weather. So, the extreme unfortunate misfortune of the people who are forced to stay indoors, even when the weather …

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Photo essay / Jan 30, 2023

Beauty for the sake of what?

The most beautiful human existence for the sake of what? Superficially, as an individual human being, having a beautiful existence makes life the most supreme, the extreme joy of being alive. Extreme gratitude for …

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Photo essay / Jan 30, 2023

THE PHYSICAL: PHYSICAL FLESH.

Physical is the only impressive human attribute? For example, we seem to be enamored with metaphorical concepts of being super rich, being a billionaire, etc. However ultimately, when you meet a person in the …

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