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“A photograph is a universe of dots. The grain, the halide, the little silver things clumped in the emulsion. Once you get inside a dot, you gain access to hidden information, you slide into the smallest event. This is what technology does. It peels back the shadows and redeems the dazed and rumbling past. It makes reality come true.”

Littles Doe Reality Past Universe Technology Events Information Photography Shadow Gains Photograph Access Silver Grain Smallest Slides Dots Dazed

Book:Underworld: A Novel

Source: Underworld: A Novel

“in the smallest cells are reflections of the largest. And in photography, through an interplay of scales, a whole universe within a universe can be revealed.”

Whole Universe Photography Reflection Scales Cells Smallest

Author:Ernst Haas

“[Postmodern photography] implies the exhaustion of the image universe: it suggests that a photographer can find more than enough images already existing in the world without the bother of making new ones.”

World Enough Universe Photography Photographer Bother Exhaustion Postmodern

Book:Crisis of the real: writings on photography, 1974-1989

Source: Crisis of the real: writings on photography, 1974-1989

“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.”

“Every day I am aware of the flow and constant change; perhaps I am at the edge of discovering what more our bodies might be able to teach about the spirit of life. At least, I am always exploring and trying to understand our relationship to the whole universe.”

Trying Whole Body Might Able Spirit Universe Teach Photography Flow Constant Edges Discovering Our Relationship Exploring Spirit Of Life

Author:Ruth Bernhard

“I now measure my growth as a photographer in terms of the degrees to which I am aware of, have developed my sense of, and have the skills to symbolize visually the four-dimensional structure of the universe.”

Universe Growth Term Four Skills Degrees Photography Structure Photographer

Book:Wynn Bullock, photographing the nude: the beginnings of a quest for meaning

Source: Wynn Bullock, photographing the nude: the beginnings of a quest for meaning

“I totally disagree with the belief that nature was only made for the use of people. Human beings are not the center of the universe, and, if they are to sustain themselves, it is vitally important for them to be awakened to how closely they are linked with the rest of nature.”

People Ifs Humans Made Important Use Universe Belief Nature Human Beings Photography Photographer Disagree Linked Awakened Center Of The Universe

Book:Wynn Bullock, photographing the nude: the beginnings of a quest for meaning

Source: Wynn Bullock, photographing the nude: the beginnings of a quest for meaning