“If you look at a photograph, and you think, 'My isn't that a beautiful photograph,' and you go on to the next one, or 'Isn't that nice light?' so what? I mean what does it do to you or what's the real value in the long run? What do you walk away from it with? I mean, I'd much rather show you a photograph that makes demands on you, that you might become involved in on your own terms or be perplexed by.” IfsThinkingLooksMeanLongDoeRealShowsLightMightRunningBeautifulValuesNextTermWalksNiceGoes OnInvolvedDemandPhotographLong RunsThe Next OneReal ValuePerplexed Author:Duane Michals
“One of the marvelous things about film is that if you expose it long enough you're going to get a picture.” IfsLongEnoughFilmMarvelousMarvelous Things Author:Duane Michals
“You can never capture a person in picture, never. You might get an interesting expression or gesture. I almost never research a picture subject ahead of time. I think Karsh is full of baloney. Can you imagine spending a whole week out in La Jolla with Jonas Salk soaking up his ambiance, then wind up making him look as if he's in the studio in Ottawa with his thumb under his chin?” IfsThinkingLooksPersonsWholeMightInterestingImagineWeekSubjectsExpressionWindResearchStudiosSpendingCaptureGesturesThumbsChinsAhead Of TimeSoakingBaloneyOttawaAmbiance Author:Duane Michals
“Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.” IfsLittlesVoiceImaginationInterestingIgnoranceTrustIntuitionRhymingIfs AndSelf TrustI Trust YouRelated To Creativity Author:Duane Michals
“If I indulge myself and surrender to memory, I can still feel the knot of excitement that gripped me as I turned the corner into Rue Mimosas, looking for the house of Rene Magritte. It was August, 1965. I was 33 years old and about to meet the man whose profound and witty surrealist paintings had contradicted my assumptions about photography.” IfsMenFeelsYearsStillsI CanHouseMemoriesHe ManPaintingPhotographyProfoundWittyCornersSurrenderExcitementAssumptionIndulgeAugustKnotsSurrealistRueMagritteMimosas Author:Duane Michals
“If I was concerned about being accepted, I would have been doing Ansel Adams lookalikes, because that was easily accepted. Everything I did was never accepted...but luckily for me, my interest in the subject and my passion for the subject took me to the point that I wasn't wounded by that, and eventually, people came around to me.” PeopleIfsHas BeensPassionInterestSubjectsConcernedAcceptedWoundedMy PassionBeing Accepted Author:Duane Michals
