“My background is in painting but in school in the sixties, like many artists of that time, I believed that painting was dead. I began to work in collaboration with other artists in the creation of performances and installation works. Soon after, I started making video and photographic works and in the process became fascinated with the media itself. Before long I was setting things up just for the camera. In l970 I got a dog and he turned out to be very interested in video and photography as well.” WellsLongSchoolArtistProcessMediaDogCreationPaintingPhotographyPerformancesCamerasBackgroundsSettingVideoSettingsCollaborationFascinatedSixtyInstallation Author:William Wegman
“But everyone cannot be there, and that is why photographers go there - to show them, to reach out and grab them and make them stop what they are doing and pay attention to what is going on - to create pictures powerful enough to overcome the diluting effects of the mass media and shake people out of their indifference - to protest and by the strength of that protest to make others protest.” PeopleEnoughShowsPowerfulPayAttentionEffectsMediaPhotographyMassOvercomingPhotographerPay AttentionIndifferenceShakesProtestReach OutMass Media Author:James Nachtwey
“I find the surface of a photograph a thing of beauty in and of itself, and it is this surface that makes a photograph unique relative to other two-dimensional media.” TwoMediaPhotographyUniquePhotographerPhotographSurfaceRelative Author:John Sexton
“I don't write as many songs as I used to. But, I find myself writing for social media more - times have changed. And I love photography, so a lot of my creative energy gets caught up that way.” WayWritingUsedSongEnergySocialCreativeMediaChangedPhotographyCaughtSocial MediaMore TimeCaught UpCreative EnergyTimes Have ChangedPhotography Love Author:Arlo Guthrie
“The thing that interests me about photography, and why it's different from all other media, is that it's the only medium in which there is even the possibility of an accidental masterpiece.” DifferentInterestMediaPossibilityPhotographyMediumsMasterpiece Author:Chuck Close
“Over the past two decades, the boundary between photography and other media like painting, sculpture, or performance has become increasingly porous. It would seem that each medium has absorbed the other, leaving the photographic residing everywhere, but nowhere in particular.” TwoSeemsPastMediaParticularPaintingPhotographyPerformancesLeavingDecadesBoundariesMediumsSculptureOver The Past Book:Each Wild Idea: Writing, Photography, History Source: Each Wild Idea: Writing, Photography, History
“The portrait is the subject matter in photography where the problems of the media are the most visible.” MatterProblemSubjectsMediaPhotographyVisiblePortraitsSubject Matter Author:Thomas Struth
“I use whatever media I think will best express my ideas and therefore I don't have a lot invested in the idea of photography specifically. I am more interested in Art.” ThinkingArtIdeasUseMediaPhotography Author:Patricia Piccinini
“Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode - from the snapshot to the decisive moment to multi-media montage - the intent and purpose of photography is to render in visual terms feelings and experiences that often elude the ability of words to describe. In any case, the eyes have it, and the imagination will always soar farther than was expected.” MomentsFeelingsEyePurposeTermImaginationAbilityCasesMediaPhotographyPhotographerPhotographExpectedFixedVisualsSoarEvokeEludeSnapshotsInspiring PhotographyDecisive Moments Author:Ralph Gibson
“Stay open to as many new tools and think of as many ways you can to utilize them to your advantage. This not only includes equipment and hardware but also software or apps like Sun Seeker and social media outlets like Instagram and Twitter to build community.” ThinkingWaySocialCommunitySunMediaPhotographyAdvantageToolsSocial MediaSoftwareEquipmentOutletsSeekersInstagramAppsHardware Author:Vincent Laforet