“I'm fond of implied narratives, oblique angles, and leaving a little room for the viewer to finish a picture.” LittlesRoomsPhotographyLeavingNarrativeAngleViewersImplied Author:Keith Carter
“I never went to school for that. In high school we had photography, which was great. That was another moment of discovery. I had a great teacher - I can't even remember her name now. I ended up going to boarding school for my last high school years and they had a dark room there. Of course there was curfew; you were supposed to be in bed at a certain time. But I would sneak out and sneak into the dark room and work all night.” YearsI CanMomentsSchoolLastsRememberNightCertainCoursesNamesDarkRoomsTeacherBedPhotographyHigh SchoolDiscoverySupposed To BeAll NightGreat TeacherSneakDark RoomCurfewSchool Years Author:Jeff Vespa
“When photography was invented, people had to make room in their minds for the idea that the dead would always be visible.” PeopleMindIdeasRoomsPhotographyVisible Book:The power of photography: how photographs changed our lives Source: The power of photography: how photographs changed our lives
“In the beginning of my photography I controlled everything: rearranging the room, lighting it, and telling people what to do and where to put their hands. By the last project, I was basically totally at the mercy of serendipity.” PeopleHandsLastsRoomsProjectsPhotographyMercyControlledLightingSerendipityRearranging Author:Philip-Lorca diCorcia
“I would say that the emblematic photographic image is a picture from inside a room looking out. I think this defines photography. It's the metaphor for the notion of first sight. What one saw first.” ThinkingFirstsRoomsSawsPhotographySightNotionMetaphor Author:Robert Polidori
“These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago... I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they in turn seem to be aware of me.” PeopleYearsSeemsTurnsRoomsWalkingPhotographyYears AgoStandingWindowDryPrintPlatesShedSixtyCapturedAlleysWorkshopsSpinning Plates Author:Ansel Adams
“Photographers tend not to photograph what they can’t see, which is the very reason one should try to attempt it. Otherwise we’re going to go on forever just photographing more faces and more rooms and more places. Photography has to transcend description. It has to go beyond description to bring insight into the subject, or reveal the subject, not as it looks, but how does it feel?” FeelsShouldTryingLooksDoeReasonFacesRoomsForeverSubjectsGoes OnPhotographyPhotographerPhotographInsightDescription Author:Duane Michals
“No matter how much crap you gotta plow through to stay alive as a photographer, no matter how many bad assignments, bad days, bad clients, snotty subjects, obnoxious handlers, wigged-out art directors, technical disasters, failures of the mind, body, and will, all the shouldas, couldas, and wouldas that befuddle our brains and creep into our dreams, always remember to make room to shoot what you love. It's the only way to keep your heart beating as a photographer.” WayMindHeartArtMatterDreamBodyRememberRoomsBrainAliveSubjectsDirectorsPhotographyArt IsPhotographerDisasterClientsCrapBad AssOur DreamsBad DayCreepsWhat You LoveAssignmentsStaying AliveObnoxiousHeart BeatMind BodyInspirational PhotographyHeart BeatingArt Director Author:Joe McNally
“We emphasized the creativeness that happens at the moment of seeing over the kind that takes place in the dark room.” KindMomentsHappensDarkRoomsSeeingPhotographyDark RoomCreativeness Author:Minor White