“Growing up, my sisters and I would always talk stories. One of my frustrations was I didn't know anything about cameras. I didn't know how to make a film and I obviously didn't have a special effects budget. I was a kid. So I was learning to draw to get down the stuff that was in my head, that I couldn't afford to actually do.” KnowsStoriesKidsFilmStuffKnow HowGrowing UpGrowingSpecialEffectsDrawsCamerasBudgetsFrustrationMy SisterSpecial Effects Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“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
“Just as the camera draws a stake through the heart of serious portraiture, television has killed the novel of social reportage.” HeartSocialNovelTelevisionSeriousDrawsCamerasStakesPortraiture Author:Jonathan Franzen
“Here's the beauty of a camera: you don't have to come up with words for what you're looking at... Maybe another angle is needed sometimes. When we're burned out from writing, we can photograph or draw, look at the world in a different way, and photographers could try writing what they see.” WorldWayWritingTryingLooksDifferentSometimesNeededDrawsCamerasPhotographerPhotographCome UpDifferent WaysBurnedAngleBurned Out Author:Barbara Abercrombie
“I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well, but is intensely rewarding. Particularly the chance to help draw out the best in young actors.” WellsHelpingYoungActorsChanceActingBehindsResponsibilityHugeDrawsCamerasYoung Actors Author:Angelina Jolie
“I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the editing room. I used to shoot in a way that drew more attention to the camera and I've tried, in each film, to draw less and less attention to the camera. I think when you pay attention to the shots, you're aware of the fact that there's a director.” ThinkingWayNeedsFactsFilmUsedRoomsPayAttentionDirectorsDrawsShotsCamerasVery GoodPay AttentionEditingGood Sense Author:Jason Reitman
“People who wouldn't think of taking a sieve to the well to draw water fail to see the folly in taking a camera to make a painting.” PeopleThinkingWellsWaterFailingPaintingPhotographyDrawsCamerasFolly Author:Edward Weston