“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
“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
“I don't get straight people, but I understand what they look like.” PeopleLooks Author:Duane Michals
“I am interested in the nature of things. The nature of something is quite different from the way it looks.” WayLooksDifferent 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
“I never photograph sunsets and I never photograph moonrises. I'm not interested in what things look like.” LooksPhotographSunsetNot Interested 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
“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
“In the West, people tend to look at life as spectators, but in the East, people are the thing.” PeopleLooksWestEastSpectators Author:Duane Michals
“The question of truth is forever in the air, and people look for it with particular fervor in art.” PeopleLooksArtForeverAirParticularTruth IsFervor Author:Duane Michals
