“It was hard for me to do the show (All-American Girl) because a lot of people didn't even understand the concept of Asian-American. I was on a morning show and the host said, "Awright, Margaret, we're changing over to an ABC affiliate! So why don't you tell our viewers in your native language that we're making that transition?" So I looked at the camera and said, "Um, they're changing over to an ABC affiliate."” PeopleSaidHardShowsGirlLanguageMorningConceptsCamerasNativeTransitionHostViewersAsianAsian AmericanNative Language Author:Margaret Cho
“Iconography becomes even more revealing when processes or concepts, rather than objects, must be depicted for the constraint of a definite "thing" cedes directly to the imagination. How can we draw "evolution" or "social organization," not to mention the more mundane "digestion" or "self-interest," without portraying more of a mental structure than a physical reality? If we wish to trace the history of ideas, iconography becomes a candid camera trained upon the scholar's mind.” IfsMindIdeasSelfRealityWishSocialProcessInterestImaginationObjectsEvolutionDrawsConceptsOrganizationCamerasStructureScholarDefiniteRevealingSelf InterestMundaneConstraintsDigestionCandidPortrayingSocial OrganizationIconographyCandid Camera Book:Eight little piggies: reflections in natural history Source: Eight little piggies: reflections in natural history
“If I didn't follow my passion for surfing... I would have never come up with the concept to make a wrist camera.” IfsPassionConceptsCamerasCome UpSurfingMy PassionWristsSurfing The Web Author:Nick Woodman
“People think a big camera and big lighting will make art, and I want to break that rule. If you have a great concept, it can be art.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantArtBigsBreakConceptsCamerasLighting Author:Nikki S. Lee
“The approach to that movie wasn't, 'Lets make this movie about Amsterdam and maple syrup.' The concept was, 'Lets go to Amsterdam. Amsterdam is fun.' So we flew to Amsterdam with our cameras and we saw what happened and then we got back and we sat down and we said, 'What's the movie here.' That's when we realized that the movie was 'The Maple Syrup Saga'.” SaidFunSawsHappenedLetting GoApproachConceptsDown AndCamerasSatFlewSagaAmsterdamMapleSyrupMaple Syrup Author:Casey Neistat