ERIC KIM

I’ve been passionate about street photography ever since I was 18 years old. But I never stopped to think, consider, and reflect:

Why street photography?

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Dear friends,

Me and the HAPTIC CREW (Cindy, Annette, Jennifer) are currently working on an epic new project called “Photolosophy”: a digital starter kit that will comprise of video content, PDFs, articles, photos, and text to empower you as a photographer.

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Discover all of the new epic products in the HAPTIC SHOP:

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Take your own destiny in your own hands with empowering Photography Entrepreneurship Philosophy:

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Henri Cartier-Bresson: the godfather of all contemporary photography and street-documentary-reportage photography:

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Study the work of George’s Seurat, his colors, layers, and composition. His work reminds me of the classic work of Henri Cartier-Bresson (people by the water), and also the layered compositions of Alex Webb.

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Dear friend,

Photography is philosophy. Let me expand some of my thoughts with you:

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KODAK TRIX400 pushed to 1600, with yellow filter. Buy FILM NOTES to learn how you can master film photography for yourself!

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Personal travel hacks I use when I’m traveling and shooting photos:

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Why does black and white photos seem more classic or timeless than color photos?

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Free downloads to empower you:

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Dear streettogs, STREET CLUB: Summer School Starts Now. Your first assignment: CAFE assignment.

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Is there such a concept of making photos that are timeless, which resist the ruthless jaws of time?

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Dear friend,

As photographers, the more energy we have— the better. More energy means more power to make photos. More energy means more ability to walk further distances, with less fatigue. More energy means we can get more “amped up” to shoot with more enthusiasm, life, and vigor!

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Continuing our MATRIX series, what happens when you free your mind, and stop doubting yourself?

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Make photos which you peeceive as beautiful for yourself. I feel we should make photos for ourselves, that when we look at our own photos, we feel happiness and joy!

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Dear friend,

A philosophical idea: I think to live the best life possible, we must seek to empower ourselves to the maximum possible extent — to maximize our energy, self-confidence, and inner-power.

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Dear friends,

To promote our brand new book, “My First Photography Book” (the first children’s book on photography!) I wanted to share some tips, thoughts, and practical philosophy on teaching your child (or the kids in your life) how to make better photos:

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Dear friend,

I want to share with you how you can become more optimistic in your photography!

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Dear friends, HAPTIC INDUSTRIES is super excited to share the news that the new ERIC KIM PORTFOLIO BAG is now available for preorder in the HAPTIC SHOP.

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Hustle hard for today, not tomorrow
Ignore your sorrow and your pain
Your limbs are strong not lame
And you got a smartass brain!

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Head over to STREET CLUB Summer 2018 at the ERIC KIM FORUM to receive weekly challenges, learn to give and receive constructive critiques on your photos, and win prizes!

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Dear friend, when you’re traveling on the road and shooting photos I recommend trying to shoot a photography project. Why? It will give you a focus during your trip, and also yield you something tangible by the end of your trip!

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Reflecting on my experiences 4 years ago in Saigon (Saigon Diary 1, 2014). Photos shot on Fujifilm XT-1 and 27mm lens.

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Dear friend,

A life suggestion: only make photos which give you personal meaning in life, and live a life which feel purposeful to you.

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Dear friends, team HAPTIC is super pumped to share that MY FIRST PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK (hardcover and digital mobile edition) is now available for pre-order in the HAPTIC SHOP >

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I remember when I was 20 years old, ready to embark for my first international photography trip. I was going to backpack through Europe for around 30 days, and I had no idea what camera/equipment to bring.

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HAPTIC PRESS is almost done with our new and upcoming children’s photography book, “My First Photography Book”, and I wanted to use this opportunity to reflect: “As adults, why is it beneficial for us to shoot photos like children?”

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Dear friend,

I’m currently working on a print edition of my book, “SUITS“, and one of the main images in the book is a photo of a man in a suit with golden handcuffs. But what are golden handcuffs?

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William Klein: the ultimate street sociologist, artist, painter, and lover of life:

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So something interesting I learned, the word “focus” actually comes from an optical metaphor — like asking what is the focusing point of a lens; where the concept of “focal length” comes from.

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Your life shouldn’t be tracked by numbers and percentage points; you should judge the progress of your own life, according to your own scale, your own ruler, your own barometer.

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All of us have a soul. But what is a soul, and why does it even matter?

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Anthony Bourdain, a guy I really loved, committed suicide recently. I was flabbergasted: he seemed like he had it all! Why did he do it?

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Visual mood board of what inspired me from 2016-2018:

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Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki has given me so much more joy, curiosity and amazement/optimism/hope in life:

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Jetlag is to me, one of the most painful body states. How do we conquer it, or at least minimize it?

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A philosophical musing on travel and photography:

If you’re traveling, and you experience interesting things, but you don’t take a photo of it — did it still happen?

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Dear friend,

Why do you travel? What do you want philosophically from your travels? How do you desire to grow, develop, evolve, and challenge your own beliefs through traveling?

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Dear friend, get out of the Instagram and Facebook ghetto, and instead, build your own platform, build your own kingdom (start your own website and blog). And to innovate, make PDF books (ebooks, art books, and more)!

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To pre-order a copy of our upcoming and epic new book, ‘My First Photography Book’, email hapticindustries@gmail.com

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Getting my Barbara Kruger on; this thought is this — many photographers get angry or upset that you don’t shoot and make photos like them!

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Dear friend, as a photography entrepreneur, charge 25% more for your services than you think you should!

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Some of my favorite pictures:

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Barbara Kruger is a genius to me, a master aphorism poet, visual artist, and social critic/philosopher.

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Push your photography, provide and receive constructive critique, and kickstart your photography with free STREET CLUB Summer School.

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FILM NOTES MOBILE is your electric-red companion to learn film photography. Pick up yours in the HAPTIC SHOP.

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I like both film and digital photography and welcome both. But, why is it that film aesthetically looks better than digital photos? My theory: it has to do with the randomness of the grain structure of film, the imperfect colors, and the random “beautiful mistakes” that happen when shooting film, as well as the organic nature of film.

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I’ve been asking a lot of people about how they would define happiness. I figured I’d also answer it for myself:

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From my experiences, this is a list of my favorite cities for travel and street photography:

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This is my theory: to make better photos, study Geometry!

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My favorite street photography blogs:

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If I started shooting film street photography for the first time, this is advice I would give myself:

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To make better photos and composition, study great cinema!

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Why buy books, not gear?

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La Habana en color is an unscripted story of the Cuban people’s relationship and their interaction with the physical space in which they live, work, and play.

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My friend JTINSEOUL is my favorite photography blogger, and one of my best friends.

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Less is better:

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Don’t let history write you; write your own history my friend!

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Dear friends, if you’re a photography entrepreneur (or if you just want more followers), I highly highly highly recommend you to not get so distracted with accruing more Instagram/social media followers. Instead, I recommend that you start your own email newsletter, via MailChimp.com:

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Shoot your own life:

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Practical street photography lessons I’ve learned from 2009-2018 (the last 11 years!)

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Cars: essentially three dimensional sculpture, which us photographers can learn proportions, color combinations, and dynamic lines/curves:

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Dear friend,

Some secrets about diet, exercise, working out, etc I’ve discovered over the last 10 years of self experimentation which I’ve discovered is totally unorthodox and counter intuitive, which has helped me put on muscle mass, lose body fat, and gain more focus and energy for my artistic pursuits.

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Andy Warhol: the ultimate democratic and empowering artist for the masses.

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I grew up pretty poor. I had a father who was a chronic gambler, a mom (who was pretty much a single mom) who worked menial jobs. I grew up not knowing whether my mom would be able to pay the rent at the end of the month, and if we’d be homeless.

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Dear friend,

I hate algorithms when it comes to social media. Why? It subtly changes your behavior, generally for the worse, it lowers your self esteem, and is inimical to your creativity! Let me explain:

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Hope is dope, when shit gets tough and your back is on the ropes. How do you stay optimistic and rope a dope, Jack Dempsey?

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About a year ago I deleted my Instagram; and it has been the best thing for my focus, my creative power, and happiness!

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Turbo creation: why you should buy the most powerful laptop possible:

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