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Quote by Hiroshi Hamaya

“I like the idea that my work isn't intended only for the Earth, but for the entire Universe.”

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Hiroshi Hamaya was a renowned Japanese photographer born on March 28, 1915, and passed away on March 6, 1999. His photographic works are known for their unique perspective and profound emotional expression, which have had a profound impact on the Japanese photography community. more

“The subject I liked best was painting, but the teachers didn't approve of my experiments and sometimes criticized me in front of the whole class. Maybe my love for photography came from that humiliation: a photo is something that you develop and print yourself, in the dark, and that remains in the dark until you decide to show it.”

Sometimes Whole Shows Dark Class Teacher Subjects Fronts Painting Photography Remains Experiments Print Humiliation

Author:Hiroshi Hamaya

“For years my only purpose was to do documentary photos for magazines, without any idea that they were part of a larger project. It was as if I were carried along by a stream - even though I believed that the current was taking me in the right direction.”

Ifs Years Ideas Purpose Projects Currents Magazines Streams Documentaries Right Direction

Author:Hiroshi Hamaya

“What is important is that our optical awareness rids itself of classical notions of beauty and opens itself more and more to the beauty of the instant and of these surprising points of view that appear for a brief moment and never return; those are what make photography an art.”

Art Important Moments Views Awareness Return Photography Notion Point Of View Instant Surprising Brief Moments

Author:Raoul Hausmann

“To be a photographer is to become aware of visible appearances and at the same time acquire from them an education in individual and common optical aperception. Why? Because every individual sees in his own way but see little more than images shaped by the cultural standards of a given period.”

Way Littles Individual Given Common Periods Standards Photographer Appearance Visible Acquire

Author:Raoul Hausmann