“Photography is a source of raw materials as I believe the camera is never perfect and will never be able to express in full what I see and feel.” FeelsBelieveAbleI BelievePerfectMaterialsSourcePhotographyCamerasRaw Materials Author:Nikolay Semyonov
“I believe that the source of your inspiration is very important. I sometimes see this problem with photographers, even very good ones, who have drawn too much inspiration from photography and who, over time, have a problem forming their own identity.” BelieveImportantSometimesProblemInspirationI BelieveToo MuchIdentitySourcePhotographyPhotographerVery Good Author:Peter Lindbergh
“There are two kinds of photographers: those who compose pictures and those who take them. The former work in studios. For the latter, the studio is the world... For them, the ordinary doesn't exist: every thing in life is a source of nourishment.” WorldKindTwoLife IsSourcePhotographyOrdinaryPhotographerStudiosFormerLatterThings In LifeNourishment Author:Ernst Haas
“These days it seems that physical truth can easily be rearranged, rethought, or re-created outright. Any image can be made pristine, all the warts can be removed. But returning to the source of a thing - the real source - means the photographer has to watch, dig, listen for voices, sniff the smells, and have many doubts. My life in photography has been lived as a skeptic.” MeanHas BeensMadeRealSeemsVoiceWatchesDoubtSourcePhotographyPhotographerSmellThese DaysSkepticPristineWarts Author:Jerome Liebling
“When I get interested in a new topic I teach a class on it. There's a graduate seminar I teach in which the students and I try to expand the terminology we use to talk about poetry as well as expand our notion of what makes a poem - we read source texts on architecture, dance, photography, film and the graphic novel.” TryingWellsUseFilmClassTeachNovelStudentsSourcePhotographyNotionArchitectureGraduatesTopicsGraphicGraphic NovelsTerminologySeminars Author:Matthea Harvey
“To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult for them to realize that the photograph can be the source of experience, as well as the reflection of spiritual awareness of the world and of self.” PeopleWorldWellsSelfRealitySpiritualDifficultRealizingAwarenessSourcePhotographyReflectionDirectMajorityPhotographFactualSpiritual Awareness Author:Ansel Adams