“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody's face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayShouldFacesSeeingMagicPhotographNew WaysGreat PowerProvocative Author:Duane Michals
“Photography is essentially an act of recognition by street photographers, not an act of invention. Photographers might respond to an old man’s face, or an Arbus freak, or the way light hits a building—and then they move on. Whereas in all the other art forms, take William Blake, everything that came to that paper never existed before. It’s the idea of alchemy, of making something from nothing.” MenWayArtIdeasLightMightFacesMovingFormStreetsBuildingPaperPhotographyPhotographerInventionRecognitionOld ManFreakAlchemyBlake Author:Duane Michals
“Photographers tend not to photograph what they can’t see, which is the very reason one should try to attempt it. Otherwise we’re going to go on forever just photographing more faces and more rooms and more places. Photography has to transcend description. It has to go beyond description to bring insight into the subject, or reveal the subject, not as it looks, but how does it feel?” FeelsShouldTryingLooksDoeReasonFacesRoomsForeverSubjectsGoes OnPhotographyPhotographerPhotographInsightDescription Author:Duane Michals
