“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
“Art is not fashionable. That's why fashion and art are two different things. Fashion can never be art because fashion deals with whim, what is temporary, what changes, what is transient, what is now and not now. Art has to deal with issues that are timeless, that never change.” ArtTwoDifferentDealsIssuesFashionArt IsDifferent ThingsTemporaryTimelessNever ChangeFashionableWhimTransientTwo Different ThingsFashion And Art 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
“Photography does deal with 'truth' or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the other arts, but it never questions the nature of reality - it simply reproduces reality. And what good is that when the things of real value in life are invisible?” KindDoeArtRealRealityValuesDealsPhotographyInvisibleSuperficialValue Of LifeReal Value Author:Duane Michals
