August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 21/04/2025medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comWe Should All Be AnthropologistsOver the years, I’ve come to believe that our work, whether through stills or moving images, isn’t just about capturing beauty or telling… 010
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Just finished reading Convergence Problem..I'm blown away.. thank you. 120
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 01/01/2025I can't wait for the Democrats to win the next election so the internet can go back to what it used to be .. 020
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 01/01/2025medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comOn Eloquence and the Solitude of ThoughtEloquence is not an inheritance of the communal, nor is it a natural condition of human interaction. It is, rather, a refinement — a… 130
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Beautiful work, Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon. It was so good that I finished it in one sitting. Thank you! 121
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 17/12/2024medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comIs a fuzzy photograph a photograph?The Fuzziness of Photography 010
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 13/12/2024medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comThe Local Champion EffectA Photographer’s Guide to Thriving Locally. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 13/12/2024medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comThe Power of AntimodelsIntroduction: The Allure of Role Models 010
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comIn My BrokennessWe are all sheep, I know I am, Marching through the monotony of jobs, Therapy, calorie counts, and to-do lists. We follow because it’s easier than stopping, easier than asking, Why am I doing this… 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comThe Black Fart of RageAn Artist’s Reckoning 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 06/12/2024medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comOn Photography CompetitionsA Critique 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Heaven is divided only insofar as the descent of the cross is separated from the ascent from the double cross. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Zizek: Language is a tool for deception. The later Wittgenstein: Language has no fixed center. Robert B. Brandom: The core of language is the practice of giving and asking for reasons. There are clearly many different perspectives on "What is language?" 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 05/12/2024medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comTo My Fellow PhotographersArt, in all its forms, wrestles with the ineffable. The weight of human experience—the joys, the fears, the moments we scarcely have words for—this is what we try to capture, to preserve, to make… 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 04/12/2024medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comReflections on ToothpasteThe Mundane: Reflections on Toothpaste 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 03/12/2024medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comHow America Used Poverty As PropagandaAn essay on How America Used Poverty As Propaganda 010
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Imagine being an Aztec janitor tasked with cleaning up after a festival—it's hard not to feel a pang of sympathy for them. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I've been studying Heidegger for about a month now, and I constantly feel that his ideas are so straightforward that I end up overthinking and complicating them unnecessarily. 020
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Deciphering philosophical sentences can be more challenging than cracking a computer code or interpreting ancient Sumerian cuneiform. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comNothing Like an Existential Crisis First Thing in the MorningWe who wrestle with the Infinite Before Coffee. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024I believe the third meaning of the word "Aufhebung" best captures the essence of Hegel's three-step dialectic. It also conveys the sense of "elimination"—to erase something completely. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Kierkegaard is undoubtedly one of the most authentic philosophers and remains one of my personal favorites. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 01/12/2024My father used to say, "If you can live through February, you'll live another year." There’s something deeply aching in those words, a quiet weight of sadness and struggle that lingers. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Having principles or being kind doesn’t make you weak. Weakness lies in not knowing how to respond when others exploit your principles. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 01/12/2024If language holds meaning, the Dutch phrase "op slag verliefd," loosely translated as love-smitten, reveals love’s more violent, uncontrollable side. Unless we distinguish sudden love from cultivated love, we must admit that simple language fails to resolve such "metaphysical" questions definitively 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Love is all and love is everyone" redefined love for me—not just romance, but love for humanity, strangers, surroundings, and self. It’s universal fellowship and positivity, a powerful force. “How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people?” reminds us we’re all beautiful, all connected. 010
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Apartheid used multiculturalism as justification. Love can drive destruction; terrorism claims love as motive. Violence signals weakness—true strength needs no force. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Germans, Soviets, and North Koreans loved their leaders, leading to loss of control.Marx admired capitalism but wanted its success for all. Britain preserved India’s culture to exploit it. Malcolm X’s "X" symbolized lost identity; he became Muslim. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 01/12/2024If you examine Pattberg’s works, he critiques terms like “Chinese philosophy” as Eurocentric. Philosophy, rooted in Europe, imposes foreign standards on Chinese thought, placing it at a disadvantage by judging it through a lens it did not create. 110
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Fall in love and become tethered to the allure of worldly possessions. 000
August Udoh @augustudoh.bsky.social · 30/11/2024medium.com/@augustudoh/...medium.comThe Madness of the Crowd: How the Bandwagon Effect Shapes a Photographer’s JourneyAs a photographer, I’ve always been fascinated by how human behavior shapes decision-making. When I first picked up a camera, I was struck… 020