Thanks, Andy, for an alternative to social media. Like you, I haven't given it up, but I find it draining at times. I have always appreciated your thoughtful writing and your instinct for discovery, so you've gotten my attention.
Thanks so much for these kind words, Irene. It's great to hear from you! And thank you for signing on as a paid subscriber. We're developing some audio features for the newsletter and supporters like you will help us realize these ideas. Stay in touch!
Thanks Andy for the light but informative read, right length, interesting content and most importantly it sounds like you! Looking forward to more and hopefully contributing at some point. :-)
The decline of Instagram has been pretty depressing. There are only so many times I can watch nice but pointless footage to the soundtrack of an old One direction song.
I just want to look at my own friends and photographers / creatives I chose and , of course, share my own work. Throw in a few ads to pay the bills and everyone should be happy. It's a shame they're not. Good luck with the venture and interesting where they take it.
Hi Andy, I am Adding a creative opportunity and call for work to this platform (I hope you don’t mind). We had discussed a while back now the photographic or other medium opportunities to make the invisible, visible and connect with community. Check out the call here- https://onewatermadison.org/about-residency/residency-overview/
So glad to see you here Andy! Your community focused photography newsletter on Substack will give all of us another reason to devote more time in the substack app each day rather than the socials. Audio content within the newsletter would be great. I just listened to this issue using the voice over feature. Enjoy your writing style. Thanks for all that you do! Warm regards from Minnesota. -- Jeff
I think there's room for them to co-exist. But yes, I'm excited to be here and think there are unique aspects of this platform that are infinitely better for online photography. Thanks for looking, Jeff! I appreciate it.
Yes. Absolutely. Social media has well and truly run its course and at times has become something of a chore. I’m excited for you to be here on substack the same as more and more people I know online and IRL have started to write here. It feels more of a journey. It’s all inspirational too.
Nice work! Social media is great and all, but so many platforms, with their character limits and endless scrolling, render otherwise thoughtful ideas and conversations into something disposable and shallow. Images can certainly stand on their own in most places, but in terms of text, I definitely prefer this format to the soundbyte culture of Twitter. Looking forward to seeing it develop.
Totally share your view with wanting a slightly more thoughtful platform to share photography. This is also part of the reason why I started writing my Substack newsletters too. So it's wonderful to see that you are reviving this now (giving people like myself a chance to discover it for the first time too!) .
If there is any way of helping or collaborating as part of this community, please do let me know. Keep up the great work Andy!
Cheers, George! It sounds like we share some philosophies about photography and mindfulness. I'll look forward to reading your newsletter. Please email me anytime: hello@flakphoto.com
Welcome to Substack, Adam. I’m here too at http://paultreacy.substack.com and still settling in and figuring out my approach. I look forward to your musings. - Paul.
Thanks, Andy, for an alternative to social media. Like you, I haven't given it up, but I find it draining at times. I have always appreciated your thoughtful writing and your instinct for discovery, so you've gotten my attention.
Thanks so much for these kind words, Irene. It's great to hear from you! And thank you for signing on as a paid subscriber. We're developing some audio features for the newsletter and supporters like you will help us realize these ideas. Stay in touch!
Thanks Andy for the light but informative read, right length, interesting content and most importantly it sounds like you! Looking forward to more and hopefully contributing at some point. :-)
The decline of Instagram has been pretty depressing. There are only so many times I can watch nice but pointless footage to the soundtrack of an old One direction song.
I just want to look at my own friends and photographers / creatives I chose and , of course, share my own work. Throw in a few ads to pay the bills and everyone should be happy. It's a shame they're not. Good luck with the venture and interesting where they take it.
Thanks for this Andy. It’s much more appealing than the fractured bits of a social media feed, even a good feed. Looking forward to reading more.
That's the idea — simplify and focus. Thank for looking, Peter!
I'm your 300th like. A good number, I think.
That's it for now.
You have a wonderful writing voice and a personal, honest approach to photography. Thank you.
Thank you, Arizona!
Hi Andy, I am Adding a creative opportunity and call for work to this platform (I hope you don’t mind). We had discussed a while back now the photographic or other medium opportunities to make the invisible, visible and connect with community. Check out the call here- https://onewatermadison.org/about-residency/residency-overview/
Thanks Andy. Looking forward to your newsletter about photography.
Cheers, Dawn! Thanks for joining me here. I hope you're well!
So glad to see you here Andy! Your community focused photography newsletter on Substack will give all of us another reason to devote more time in the substack app each day rather than the socials. Audio content within the newsletter would be great. I just listened to this issue using the voice over feature. Enjoy your writing style. Thanks for all that you do! Warm regards from Minnesota. -- Jeff
I think there's room for them to co-exist. But yes, I'm excited to be here and think there are unique aspects of this platform that are infinitely better for online photography. Thanks for looking, Jeff! I appreciate it.
Yes. Absolutely. Social media has well and truly run its course and at times has become something of a chore. I’m excited for you to be here on substack the same as more and more people I know online and IRL have started to write here. It feels more of a journey. It’s all inspirational too.
Looking forward to more 😀
Very excited to read this! Thank you!
Let me know what you think!
Nice work! Social media is great and all, but so many platforms, with their character limits and endless scrolling, render otherwise thoughtful ideas and conversations into something disposable and shallow. Images can certainly stand on their own in most places, but in terms of text, I definitely prefer this format to the soundbyte culture of Twitter. Looking forward to seeing it develop.
Cheers, Bud — thanks for looking!
Totally share your view with wanting a slightly more thoughtful platform to share photography. This is also part of the reason why I started writing my Substack newsletters too. So it's wonderful to see that you are reviving this now (giving people like myself a chance to discover it for the first time too!) .
If there is any way of helping or collaborating as part of this community, please do let me know. Keep up the great work Andy!
Cheers, George! It sounds like we share some philosophies about photography and mindfulness. I'll look forward to reading your newsletter. Please email me anytime: hello@flakphoto.com
Thank you Andy! Glad you are back on this format. I am looking forward to the ongoing dialog.
Congrats Andy , nice to have some photo news at a slower pace and personalised too , Thanks Man, Joel
Cheers, Joel! Thanks for looking.
Welcome to Substack, Adam. I’m here too at http://paultreacy.substack.com and still settling in and figuring out my approach. I look forward to your musings. - Paul.