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You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory.
You know what a camera is? A mirror with memory.
Where there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with read more
Where there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us ro see.
Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man read more
Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.
In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. read more
In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic read more
Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic world of their own. There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.
Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.
Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.
If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, read more
If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this.
