“Computer enhancement has spread to still photography in advertisements, fashion pictorials, and magazine covers, where the human figure and face are subtly elongated or remodeled at will. Caricature is our ruling mode.” HumansStillsFacesFashionFiguresComputerPhotographySpreadMagazinesRulingAdvertisementsCaricaturesEnhancementMagazine Covers Author:Camille Paglia
“I would say that the off-frame effect in photography results from a singular and definitive cutting-off which figures castration and is figured by the click of the shutter.” ResultsCuttingEffectsFiguresPhotographyClicksShuttersCutting OffCastration Author:Christian Metz
“The importance of immobility and silence to photographic authority, the nonfilmic nature of this authority, leads me to some remarks on the relationship of photography with death. Immobility and silence are not only two objective aspects of death, they are also its main symbols, they figure it.” TwoSilenceFiguresAuthorityPhotographyAspectImportanceObjectivesSymbolsRemarksLeading Me Author:Christian Metz
“My favorite part about costume designing is the artistry of the job. You meet with a director and a visionary to discuss ideas. You research the characters and figure out the components of their look through your own vision. You create a color palette for a film, television or stage medium and discuss it with the director of photography who then lights your colored subjects.” LooksIdeasCharacterLightJobsFilmVisionSubjectsStageFiguresDesignTelevisionColorDirectorsPhotographyResearchMy FavoriteMediumsCostumesComponentsVisionariesArtistryPalette Author:Ruth E. Carter
“For me, the creation of a photograph is experienced as a heightened emotional response, most akin to poetry and music, each image the culmination of a compelling impulse I cannot deny. Whether working with a human figure or a still life, I am deeply aware of my spiritual connection with it. In my life, as in my work, I am motivated by a great yearning for balance and harmony beyond the realm of human experience, reaching for the essence of oneness with the Universe.” HumansStillsSpiritualUniverseFiguresCreationEmotionalBalancePhotographyConnectionsEssenceHarmonyResponsePhotographerPhotographDenyOnenessImpulseRealmsReachingMotivatedYearningCompellingHuman ExperienceStill LifeCulminationEmotional ResponseSpiritual ConnectionPoetry And MusicBalance And Harmony Author:Ruth Bernhard