“The camera creates a magical transformation. It's not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. ... Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don't feel any experience is complete unless it's recorded.” FeelsHumansEnoughExistenceCreaturesPhotographyTransformationCamerasNarrativeChronicles Book:Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life Source: Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life
“[I]n general, my work is less about expanding the possibilities of photography than about re-investing it with a truer perception of things by returning to a simple method, one that photography had from the beginning of its existence.” SimpleExistencePossibilityPerceptionPhotographyMethodInvestingExpanding Author:Thomas Struth
“I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.” TodayPerfectExistencePhotographyMadnessVehicle Book:Mapplethorpe Source: Mapplethorpe
“i'm beginning to feel like this. caught the incredible sunshine just in the nick of time today on my walk. the wall of rain approaching from the west desert was pretty spectacular, too. along with being gorgeous, it was sooo muddy. which made driving home in no shoes so very fun :) if only i could post photos here! a picture is worth a thousand words, yes? If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.” IfsFeelsMadeHomeTodayFunWalksExistenceWallThousandEssentialsPhotographyRainWake UpWestIncrediblesShoesForgottenCaughtDrivingPostsDesertRelatedSunshineGorgeousSpectacularNeglectedMuddyDriving HomePicture Is Worth A Thousand Words Author:Richard Avedon
“If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.” IfsExistenceEssentialsPhotographyWake UpPhotographerForgottenRelatedNeglected Author:Robert Mapplethorpe
“Above all, it's hard learning to live with vivid mental images of scenes I cared for and failed to photograph. It is the edgy existence within me of these unmade images that is the only assurance that the best photographs are yet to be made.” MadeHardExistenceScenePhotographyPhotographerPhotographAssuranceVividEdgy Author:Sam Abell
“They were ... pure and unadulterated photographs, and sometimes they hinted at the existence of visual truths that had escaped all other systems of detection.” SometimesExistencePurePhotographyPhotographVisualsDetection Author:John Szarkowski
“In a photograph, if I am able to evoke not alone a feeling of the reality of the surface physical world but also a feeling of the reality of existence that lies mysteriously and invisibly beneath its surface, I feel I have succeeded. At their best, photographs as symbols not only serve to help illuminate some of the darkness of the unknown, they also serve to lessen the fears that too often accompany the journeys from the known to the unknown.” IfsWorldFeelsHelpingFeelingsRealityAbleLyingExistenceKnownDarknessJourneyPhotographyPhotographerPhotographSurfaceSymbolsNot AloneEvokeAccompany Author:Wynn Bullock
“To make images is a way of ordering one's world, of exploring and understanding one's relationship to existence. ... The images we make are often ahead of our understanding, but to say "yes" to a subject is also to have recognized, however dimly, a part of oneself; to live with that image, to accept its significance is perhaps to grow in understanding.” WorldWayGrowsUnderstandingExistenceAcceptingSubjectsPhotographyOneselfSignificanceExploring Author:John Blakemore
“I seek what lies beneath surface beauty. What interests me are intimate human complexities - the darkness as well as the light. I cannot will this kind of transcendent communication into existence. I have to be open and truly present, and if I am lucky, grace descends. My best photographs are an honest collaboration, and when the viewer also connects, I feel the circle is complete.” IfsFeelsHumansWellsKindLightLyingInterestExistenceDarknessGraceHonestCommunicationLuckyPhotographyPhotographerPhotographSurfaceCirclesIntimateComplexityCollaborationViewersTranscendent Author:Joyce Tenneson