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“Have the utmost respect for your subjects. Love them.”

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Joyce Tenneson is an American photographer known for her unique style and profound insight into the natural world. Her work often explores the relationship between humans and nature, as well as the mystery and beauty of the universe. more

“I seek what lies beneath surface beauty. What interests me are intimate human complexities - the darkness as well as the light. I cannot will this kind of transcendent communication into existence. I have to be open and truly present, and if I am lucky, grace descends. My best photographs are an honest collaboration, and when the viewer also connects, I feel the circle is complete.”

“If I had to pick a single word to describe what my pictures are all about, I would say 'secrets.' As a child I always had a secret world and my favorite book was “A Secret Garden.”

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Author:Joyce Tenneson

“Through a portrait, we can potentially see everything — the history and depth of a person's life, as well as evidence of a primal universal presence. I have dedicated my life and creative energy to capturing these transcendent moments in which a connection is made between the subject, the photographer, and the viewer.”

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Author:Joyce Tenneson

“I want to allow others to reveal and celebrate aspects of themselves that are usually hidden. My camera is a witness. It holds a light up for my subjects to help them feel their own essence, and gives them the courage to collaborate in the recording of these revelations.”

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Author:Joyce Tenneson

“Find the one thing you’re good at and FOCUS on it.”

Focus One Thing Photography Photographer

Author:Joyce Tenneson

“I very strongly believe that if you go back to your roots, if you mine that inner territory, you can bring out something that is indelibly you and authentic - like your thumbprint. It's going to have your style because there is no one like you.”

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Author:Joyce Tenneson

“Photographing these flowers has made me see the world differently. It was as if I had lifted a secret veil from a subject I had loved and appreciated my whole life. I offer these photographs with the hope that they will open a new visual or meditative universe for you as well.”

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Author:Joyce Tenneson

“The camera is, in a sense, both a way to get close, and to break free. It is a testimony to independence as well as a new way to relate to the world”

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Author:Elinor Carucci

“We are graced with a godlike ability to transcend time and space in our minds but are chained to death.”

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Book:Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict between Faith and Reason

Source: Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict between Faith and Reason

“Manhattan is where America began.”

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Author:Russell Shorto

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