{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Oliver Holms — Notes","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/OliverHolms","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1374792","username":"OliverHolms","bio":"📷 + 🎥 // LDN, UK\nNotes on photography, creative practice, art, and music","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":53,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2023/13/1374792.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"82047620","content_html":"\"Telling someone to love literature because reading is good for society is like telling someone to believe in God because religion is good for society. It’s a utilitarian argument for what should be a personal passion.\n\nIt would be better to describe reading not as a public duty but as a private pleasure, sometimes even a vice. This would be a more effective way to attract young people, and it also happens to be true. When literature was considered transgressive, moralists couldn’t get people to stop buying and reading dangerous books. Now that books are considered virtuous and edifying, moralists ca... <a href=\"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2026/01/14/telling-someone-to-love-literature.html\">blog.oliverholms.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2026/01/14/telling-someone-to-love-literature.html","date_published":"2026-01-14T16:30:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-14 16:30","date_timestamp":1768408229,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81996207","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2026/oliverholms-griiir0026232-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"row of mannequin hands in nail salon window with red star stuck on glass at right of frame. The otherwise dark background is lit with the glow of a purple light.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2026/01/13/223118.html","date_published":"2026-01-13T22:31:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-13 22:31","date_timestamp":1768343478,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79463910","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>“I try to be economical in photography. You don’t want to overdo things. Overdoing would be too many photos in a book, too little subtlety in the photos.”  <br>\n—Mark Steinmetz</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/12/06/i-try-to-be-economical.html","date_published":"2025-12-06T14:53:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-06 14:53","date_timestamp":1765032781,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79424723","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-griiir0025819-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"Sky and silhouetted branches of a plant. Some of the bright orange leaves are illuminated by late afternoon sun, and framed by the branches and leaves that are in shadow.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/12/05/215323.html","date_published":"2025-12-05T21:53:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-05 21:53","date_timestamp":1764971603,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78602310","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>“If we turn our mind to the Good, it is impossible that little by little the whole soul will not be attracted thereto in spite of itself.” <br>\n— Simone Weil, Attention &amp; Will​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​</p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/11/23/if-we-turn-our-mind.html","date_published":"2025-11-23T23:38:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-23 23:38","date_timestamp":1763941119,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78347898","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-z8-dsa5396-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Abstract images clouds at night, a bright streak of light bisects the frame rising up from the middle of the bottom edge and getting brighter as rises before disappearing abruptly behind a cloud.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/11/19/221000.html","date_published":"2025-11-19T22:10:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-19 22:10","date_timestamp":1763590200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78300598","content_html":"<p>No! <a href=\"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/11/19/no.html\">blog.oliverholms.com</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/11/19/no.html","date_published":"2025-11-19T10:09:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-19 10:09","date_timestamp":1763546988,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"78270129","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-z8-dsa5344-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Pink rose illuminated by security light outside dilapidated terraced house\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/11/18/215119.html","date_published":"2025-11-18T21:51:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-18 21:51","date_timestamp":1763502679,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76234966","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-griiir0025393-m.jpg\" alt=\"A yellow autumn leaf rests on the surface of a puddle, in a bright line that runs from top left to bottom right of frame, caused by a reflection of the sky between a building and a wall. There is a large water droplet resting on the surface of the leaf, with some small droplets next to it.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/10/20/212159.html","date_published":"2025-10-20T20:21:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-20 20:21","date_timestamp":1760991719,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"73100563","content_html":"<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-griiir0025101-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"tower of white tubing with 'speakers' in different colours at the ends of various pipes. The structure is in a large, high-ceilinged, white room with multiple ceiling roses and large window high on the rear wall\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-griiir0025062-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"A small child hides their face in a trumpet-like 'speaker cone' that is part of a sculpture made of white plastic piping that surrounds them\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div><p><a href=\"https://camdenartsprojects.com/exhibition/utooto\">UTOOTO</a> at <a href=\"https://camdenartsprojects.com/\">Camden Arts Projects</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/09/08/utooto-at-camden-arts-projects.html","date_published":"2025-09-08T22:02:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-08 22:02","date_timestamp":1757368921,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"72952537","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/maximpetergriff@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@maximpetergriff</a></span> Love your work Maxim. Always so mysterious and evocative, with such a strong mood.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/72952537","date_published":"2025-09-06T21:16:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-06 21:16","date_timestamp":1757193398,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72952306","content_html":"<p>Henri Cartier Bresson quote on the back of my ticket stub from the excellent Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition at Le Stanze della Fotografia in Venice. On until 06/01/26.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/b2bfdf2677-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" alt=\"Back of a light purple ticket stub with the words: “Taking a photograph means to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye, and the heart. —Henri Cartier Bresson” The ticket stub is lying on a fine-grained wooden surface. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/09/06/henri-cartier-bresson-quote-on.html","date_published":"2025-09-06T21:14:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-06 21:14","date_timestamp":1757193296,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"72753854","content_html":"\"“Space is the breath of art.”  \n—Frank Lloyd Wright\"\n\nVia a great Tape Notes interview with Barry Can’t Swim on his new album Loner. I especially enjoyed hearing about how despite having two studios (home &amp; out), he still makes the bulk of his music on the sofa with his laptop because he prioritises directness and speed of execution. Likewise, he barely uses the hardware he owns, so that he doesn’t introduce friction or lose flow by stepping away from the DAW. Other cool things: using sampled drum loops to get started quickly and then rebuilding them with your own (often foley) sounds, drops and fak... <a href=\"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/09/04/space-is-the-breath-of.html\">blog.oliverholms.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/09/04/space-is-the-breath-of.html","date_published":"2025-09-04T11:24:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-04 11:24","date_timestamp":1756985070,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"72444968","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliver-holms-oliverholms-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" alt=\"A single overhead street light strung between two buildings casts a pool of warm light on the corner of a Venetian Square at night. There is a closed shop with an awning on the left. The window is illuminated showing rows of wine bottles on shelves. There is a warm light from behind a first floor window on the building to the right of the corner too.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<p>Venice at night, August 2025</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/08/31/154121.html","date_published":"2025-08-31T13:41:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-31 13:41","date_timestamp":1756647681,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"69417777","content_html":"\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-griiir0023727-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"Lake Como looking through pink overhanging flowers seen from Villa Monastero\" loading=\"lazy\">\n Lake Como from Villa Monastero.\n\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/07/20/224837.html","date_published":"2025-07-20T21:48:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-20 21:48","date_timestamp":1753048117,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"67825230","content_html":"<blockquote>\n<p>“If I had one thing to say to artists, it would be to be patient. And to be ignorant of what you think you know. If you don’t get the answer that you were expecting, maybe that’s a good thing. Knowing what you’re doing is overrated.” <br>\n—Pope L</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>From this <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTs5QkK20M4&amp;t=1s\">interview</a> on the (excellent) Louisiana Channel. H/t <a href=\"https://austinkleon.substack.com/\">Austin Kleon</a></p>\n<p>And a corollary: actively seeking situations where you don’t know what you are doing, forces you to come up with novel solutions. Even when those fail, it’s often fruitful — producing happy accidents and revealing weaknesses to work on and new avenues to explore.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/06/28/if-i-had-one-thing.html","date_published":"2025-06-28T22:30:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-28 22:30","date_timestamp":1751149850,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"67437027","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-0602-m10p0924-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"Poppies growing on a brownfield site. Black shadows block out the bottom of frame and top right due to obstructions\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/06/23/221748.html","date_published":"2025-06-23T21:17:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-23 21:17","date_timestamp":1750713468,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66853295","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/img-1046.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/06/16/005735.html","date_published":"2025-06-15T23:57:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-15 23:57","date_timestamp":1750031855,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66375353","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-griiir0023041-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"Pink flowers between two black metal gates.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/06/09/222003.html","date_published":"2025-06-09T21:20:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-09 21:20","date_timestamp":1749504003,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66159537","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> This is such a brilliant image. (Love your blog too BTW)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/66159537","date_published":"2025-06-06T21:31:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-06 21:31","date_timestamp":1749245467,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"66159308","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-griiir0022743-m.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Tall ornamental flowering plants in front of a large dilapidated tower block. It's the view as you walk from Margate station towards the sea front.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/06/06/222701.html","date_published":"2025-06-06T21:27:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-06 21:27","date_timestamp":1749245221,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"66077241","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-griiir0022749-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"Two young men waiting at a seafood cart by Margate harbour. Both men are facing away from the camera. The man on the right is wearing black trousers and a black vest and has a large yellow banana soft toy sticking out of his right back pocket. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/06/05/223250.html","date_published":"2025-06-05T21:32:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-05 21:32","date_timestamp":1749159170,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"65914499","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/4c2a44770e-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"A man and a woman sleeping on a train with their heads in their arms on the table between them\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/06/03/225722.html","date_published":"2025-06-03T21:57:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-03 21:57","date_timestamp":1748987842,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"65914432","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/78aa67fd4a-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"Three men sleeping with their heads on the table of a train\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/06/03/225603.html","date_published":"2025-06-03T21:56:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-03 21:56","date_timestamp":1748987763,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"65695129","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-0530-m10p0856-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"This image shows a weathered three-story residential apartment building with white and beige concrete panels, brown brick accents, and significant peeling paint revealing orange-brown patches underneath. The building features various window configurations, glass-enclosed balconies with personal items like plants and hanging laundry, and a patch of grass in the foreground, with an overall appearance suggesting mid-to-late 20th century social housing in need of maintenance. There is a black towel with a pattern of repeating Marilyn Monroe heads on a black background hanging over one of the balconies. \" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/05/31/221640.html","date_published":"2025-05-31T21:16:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-31 21:16","date_timestamp":1748726200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"65330099","content_html":"Great interview with Juergen Teller covering a huge amount of ground: collaboration, democratising his subject selection with ‘Go-Sees’, shooting his latest work with an iPhone, his Auschwitz project, what divides his personal and professional work, the origin story of working with Marc Jacobs, and his app... <a href=\"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/05/26/223947.html\">blog.oliverholms.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/05/26/223947.html","date_published":"2025-05-26T21:39:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-26 21:39","date_timestamp":1748295587,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"65131003","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/105040/2025/oliverholms-0523-m10p0611-m.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"Child's hand seen in the gap between oversized white balloons. The child's jumper is white with black spots\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://blog.oliverholms.com/2025/05/23/222738.html","date_published":"2025-05-23T21:27:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-23 21:27","date_timestamp":1748035658,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"26232498","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/csilverman@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@csilverman</a></span> I love this one.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/26232498","date_published":"2023-11-11T10:32:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-11 10:32","date_timestamp":1699698767,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25859637","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> thank you!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/25859637","date_published":"2023-11-03T11:22:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-03 11:22","date_timestamp":1699010530,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25854321","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/amdt@mastodon.social\" class=\"u-url mention\">@amdt</a></span> Beautiful! I used to have ‘gold’ releases on my cameras for a bit, though mine were probably plastic under the coating. Yours is <em>much</em> classier…</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/25854321","date_published":"2023-11-03T08:38:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-11-03 08:38","date_timestamp":1699000701,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"24473673","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gosha@merveilles.town\" class=\"u-url mention\">@gosha</a></span> Thank you! It was taken in the weird, not quite inside, not quite outside, DIY ‘conservatory’ of a Thai restaurant across the road from my old studio.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/24473673","date_published":"2023-10-04T23:29:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-10-04 23:29","date_timestamp":1696462187,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"22040848","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mbkriegh\">@mbkriegh</a> Exactly — I don’t leave the house without a camera. I haven’t actually read The Gift, but I’m sure I’ll get to it in the future, as it comes up so often.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/22040848","date_published":"2023-08-12T08:12:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-08-12 08:12","date_timestamp":1691827977,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"19298957","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> A ‘nicer’ camera might have made this too clinical. As it is, it has a lovely painterly effect — similar to a polaroid, you’re capturing the mood not the details. Beautiful</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/19298957","date_published":"2023-05-22T08:56:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-05-22 08:56","date_timestamp":1684745795,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18742576","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mbkriegh\">@mbkriegh</a> so glad you enjoyed it. Too good not to share…</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/18742576","date_published":"2023-04-29T15:53:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-29 15:53","date_timestamp":1682783586,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18702985","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> my pleasure!</p>\n<p>Also, just a quick note to say that I really enjoy your blog / newsletter.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/18702985","date_published":"2023-04-27T22:02:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-27 22:02","date_timestamp":1682632948,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18697675","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/ayjay\">@ayjay</a> Such a beautiful album.</p>\n<p>Have you listened to Cendre by Sakamoto and Fennesz? It’s different to the Ambarchi, piano and electronics, but also has a similar delicate and mellow vibe. I’ve been listening it a lot recently while editing photos.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/18697675","date_published":"2023-04-27T18:06:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-27 18:06","date_timestamp":1682618762,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18539774","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gosha@merveilles.town\" class=\"u-url mention\">@gosha</a></span> I love the first one! Will check out the other two (think that I’ve listened to the third too).</p>\n<p>Some favs — classic edition:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Coltrane — A Love Supreme</li>\n<li>Keith Jarrett — The Köln Concert</li>\n<li>Yusef Lateef — Eastern Sounds</li>\n<li>Alice Coltrane — Ptah The El Daoud</li>\n<li>The Dave Brubeck Quartet — Time Out</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Some favs — contemporary edition:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sam Gendel &amp; Sam Wilkes — Music For Saxofone and Bass Guitar</li>\n<li>Nubya Garcia — Nubya’s Five</li>\n<li>Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah — The Emancipation Procrastination</li>\n<li>The Necks — Travel</li>\n<li>Mammal Hands — Floa</li>\n<li>Robohands — Violet</li>\n<li>Group Listening — Clarinet &amp; Piano: Selected Works, Vol. 1</li>\n</ul>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/18539774","date_published":"2023-04-21T10:34:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-21 10:34","date_timestamp":1682073261,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18367518","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gosha@merveilles.town\" class=\"u-url mention\">@gosha</a></span> 👏🏻</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/18367518","date_published":"2023-04-13T17:21:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-13 17:21","date_timestamp":1681406462,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18256814","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Luismendo@mastodon.art\" class=\"u-url mention\">@Luismendo</a></span> I had to check that this wasn’t posted on 1 April: the fidelity to oil painting on the close ups is amazing…</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/18256814","date_published":"2023-04-08T15:02:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-08 15:02","date_timestamp":1680966132,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18256799","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Luismendo@mastodon.art\" class=\"u-url mention\">@Luismendo</a></span> I love the variation in line style and differing levels of finish that you went for across this piece. It’s buzzing with energy!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/18256799","date_published":"2023-04-08T15:00:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-08 15:00","date_timestamp":1680966057,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18221633","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/gosha@merveilles.town\" class=\"u-url mention\">@gosha</a></span> I was hoping to use it in a similar way — explain docs / error messages to me like I’m five.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/OliverHolms/18221633","date_published":"2023-04-06T20:58:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Holms — Notes","url":"https://oliverholms.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F13%2F1374792.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"OliverHolms"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-06 20:58","date_timestamp":1680814714,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}