“The longer we lived with it the more we wanted something less about process and more about life.” WantedProcess Author:Sam Abell
“First of all, I appropriate photographs.In presenting the Richard Prince photograph I tried to be as neutral as I could be. I put down the fact of it. I wanted it to be the same thing he wanted it to be, an open ended invitation to think about authorship, and who owns a created work. So I pair it with my appropriated picture.” ThinkingFirstsFactsWantedPhotographAppropriatePairsInvitationsPresentingAuthorship Author:Sam Abell
“When assignments were over, photography continued. One of the primary reasons it did was that I wanted and needed to have fresh work. Also, it's very stimulating to be around non-professional photographers. They're the ones with the purest flame burning about their photography. I appreciate that.” ReasonWantedNeededPhotographyAppreciatePhotographerBurningPrimariesFlamesAssignmentsProfessional Photographer Author:Sam Abell
“My least favorite photographer to have would be myself. Someone who wanted a career at National Geographic. Because it's almost mathematically impossible to achieve that.” Would BeWantedCareersImpossibleAchievePhotographerNational Geographic Author:Sam Abell
“In the last workshop I taught, a woman flew in from Thailand. She's a medical doctor in Bangkok. I asked her in her one-on-one session where she wanted photography to be in her life.Did she want a second career? Was it about earning money? Or was it art? And she said "None of those. I want photography to be serious in my life." It would be like someone wanting music, like piano playing, to be a richer, deeper, and maybe even harder experience.” WantArtSaidWould BeWantedLastsCareersTaughtSeriousPhotographyDoctorsHarderDeeperMedicalPianoEarningSessionFlewWorkshopsOne On OneThailandEarning MoneyPiano PlayingBangkokMedical Doctor Author:Sam Abell
“I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.” WantedWillingPhotographerMagazines Author:Sam Abell
