“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
“...Which brings me to the Hubble Space Telescope's newest images. If it's wonder that you're looking for, and mystery, don't just scan the photographs. Stop and think about them. Try to imagine the scale. The Earth is just a speck of dust on one distant whirling tentacle of the Milky Way galaxy, which contains billions of stars. A 'collision' of galaxies seems unimaginably large - and yet it is something scientists long ago imagined... The imaginings of pseudoscience are feeble by comparison.” IfsThinkingWayTryingLongSeemsEarthStarsSpaceWonderImagineMysteryEvolutionScientistPhotographBillionsScalesDustComparisonLong AgoGalaxyTelescopesCollisionSpecksPseudoscienceMilky WayTentaclesHubbleHubble Space Telescope Author:Mark Bowden
“"It is light that reveals, light that obscures, light that communicates. It is light I "listen" to. The light late in the day has a distinct quality, as it fades toward the darkness of evening. After sunset there is a gentle leaving of the light, the air begins to still, and a quiet descends. I see magic in the quiet light of dusk. I feel quiet, yet intense energy in the natural elements of our habitat. A sense of magic prevails. A sense of mystery. It is a time for contemplation, for listening - a time for making photographs. "” FeelsStillsLightEnergyNaturalQualityDarknessMagicAirMysteryListeningQuietElementsLatePhotographyLeavingPhotographerPhotographCommunicateIntenseEveningGentleContemplationSunsetFadesDuskHabitatNatural Elements Author:John Sexton
“All my pictures are very voyeuristic, but ultimately I'm looking at what lurks in my own interior. I make photographs because I want to answer the question of what propels me to do the things that I do. But that always remains a mystery.” WantMy OwnAnswersMysteryRemainsPhotographInteriors Author:Gregory Crewdson
“When we were kids, growing up in the sixties, the only images we had of ourselves were either still photographs or 8mm movies.... Now we have video, digital cameras, MP3s, and a million other ways to document ourselves. But the still photograph continues to hold a sense of mystery and awe to me.” WayStillsKidsMillionsGrowing UpGrowingMysteryCamerasPhotographVideoAweDigitalSixtyDocumentsKids Growing UpDigital CamerasMp3 Author:Catherine Opie
“I enjoy places that have mystery and atmosphere, perhaps a patina of age, a suggestion rather than a description, a question or two. I look for memories, traces, evidence of the human interaction with the landscape. Sometimes I photograph pure nature, sometimes urban structures.” HumansLooksTwoSometimesAgeEnjoyMemoriesMysteryPureEvidenceStructurePhotographLandscapeAtmosphereDescriptionInteractionUrbanSuggestions Author:Michael Kenna
“Part of the mystery of any given photograph is the fact that it was taken at a certain time and in a certain place and time keeps moving on. A photograph might be a moment in time preserved, but the world continues to change around it.” WorldMomentsFactsMightMovingCertainGivenTakenMysteryPhotographKeep MovingMoments In TimePlace And Time Author:Errol Morris
“One book that has meant much to my writing is W.G. Sebald's The Emigrants. He uses a photograph of Vladimir Nabokov hunting butterflies in a similar way. The image or a reference to the image is traced throughout the four separate narratives. It sometimes seems to be the only link between the pieces, while the symbol Nabokov cuts remains wide open, a pencil sketch, a mystery to interpret outside his role as emigrant/observer.” WritingBookSometimesCuttingMysteryPhotographHuntingButterfly Author:Samantha Hunt
“Like seeing a photograph of yourself as a child, encountering handwriting that you know was once yours but that now seems only dimly familiar can inspire a confrontation with the mystery of time.” KnowsChildrenSeemsSeeingMysteryInspirePhotographFamiliarConfrontationHandwriting Book:Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them Source: Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them