“I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, and I don't believe in appearances at all.” PeopleKnowsWantBelieveLooksDon't BelieveAppearanceDescription Author:Duane Michals
“A photograph of a woman crying tells me nothing about grief. Or a photograph of a woman ecstatic tells me nothing about ecstasy. What is the nature of these emotions? The problem with photography is that it only deals with appearances.” ProblemDealsGriefEmotionCryPhotographyPhotographAppearanceEcstasyEcstatic Author:Duane Michals
“Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.” DealsPhotographyPhotographerPhotographAppearanceInsightfulCamera And PhotographyInspiring PhotographyArt PhotographyNikon Author:Duane Michals
“How foolish of me to believe that it would be that easy. I had confused the appearance of trees and automobiles, and people with a reality itself, and believed that a photograph of these appearances to be a photograph of it. It is a melancholy truth that I will never be able to photograph it and can only fail. I am a reflection photographing other reflections within a reflection. To photograph reality is to photograph nothing.” PeopleBelieveRealityWould BeAbleEasyFailingTreeReflectionPhotographAppearanceFoolishConfusedMelancholyAutomobile Author:Duane Michals
“I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I've done hundreds of them, I've never stopped questioning the very nature of portraiture because it deals exclusively with appearances. I've never believed people are what they look like and think it's impossible to really know what people are.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksStillsDoneChallengesDealsImpossibleAppearanceQuestioningPortraitsTerrificPortraiture Author:Duane Michals
