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Quote by Minor White

“In putting images together I become active, and excitement is of another order - synthesis overshadows analysis.”

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Minor White (July 9, 1908 – June 24, 1976) was an American photographer, critic, and educator, renowned for his abstract, symbolic black-and-white photographs. He was a key figure in mid-20th-century photography, advocating for the medium as a means of spiritual expression. White served as editor of Aperture magazine and taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, influencing generations of photographers. His work often explores the deep connections between nature and human emotion, blending mysticism with visual aesthetics. more

“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.”

People Ifs Has Beens Passion Interest Subjects Concerned Accepted Wounded My Passion Being Accepted

Author:Duane Michals

“Photographs may be more memorable than moving images, because they are a neat slice of time, not a flow. Each still photograph is a privileged moment turned into a slim object that one can keep and look at again.”

Looks May Stills Moments Moving Objects Flow Photograph Memorable Privileged Neat Slim

Book:On photography

Source: On photography

“A watered down gospel is no gospel at all”

Author:David Wilkerson

“Measure your growth in grace by your sensitiveness to sin.”

Growth Sin Grace

Book:The Quotable Oswald Chambers