“To me it is no mystery that we can only photograph effectively what we are truly interested in or-maybe more importantly-are grappling with. Often unconsciously. Otherwise the photographs are merely about an idea or a concept-that stuff eventually falls flat for me-there must be something more, some emotional hook for it to really work for me.” IdeasFallStuffInterestConsciousnessMysteryEmotionalPhotographyConsciousConceptsPhotographFlatsHookEffectivenessGrapplingFlatness Author:Todd Hido
“Rather than employing it as a supplement to active, conscious seeing, they used the medium as a substitute, paying less attention to the world than they had done previously, taking it on faith that photography automatically assured them possession of it.” WorldDoneUsedAttentionSeeingPhotographyConsciousPossessionActiveMediumsSubstitutesAssuredSupplementsEmploying Author:Alain de Botton
“Photography, of course, is the perfect medium for the investigation. It can reveal the truth of present day specifics and particularities, while at the same time, by conscious choice of lighting and pictorial structure, suggest the aesthetic legacy of the past.” PastChoicesCoursesPerfectPhotographyConsciousStructurePhotographerMediumsLegacyAestheticInvestigationLightingPresent DayPictorialSpecifics Author:John Pfahl
“I like getting my ideas from the things of now. I am very conscious of the moment, of images that belong to this moment instead of another period. Fashion is really a reflection of our lives. You see women today and they don't do their hair up; they all wear their hair undone. So you have to reflect that in your photography .” IdeasMomentsTodayOur LivesFashionHairPeriodsPhotographyReflectionConsciousUndoneHair Up Author:Mario Testino
“Photography is the typical means of expression of a society founded on a civilization of technicians, conscious of the aims it has set for itself... Its power of exactly reproducing external reality, a power inherent in its technique, lends it a documentary character and makes it appear as the most faithful and impartial process for the reproduction of social life.” MeanCharacterRealitySocialProcessExpressionCivilizationPhotographyConsciousAimTechniqueFaithfulInherentTypicalDocumentariesSocial LifeReproductionTechniciansReproducing Author:Gisele Freund