“In common with other artists the photographer wants his finished print to convey to others his own response to his subject. In the fulfillment of this aim, his greatest asset is the directness of the process he employs. But this advantage can only be retained if he simplifies his equipment and technic to the minimum necessary, and keeps his approach from from all formula, art-dogma, rules and taboos. Only then can he be free to put his photographic sight to use in discovering and revealing the nature of the world he lives in.” IfsWorldWantArtUseArtistProcessCommonSubjectsApproachAdvantageSightAimResponsePhotographerFinishedFulfillmentPrintAssetsFormulasDiscoveringDogmaMinimumEquipmentRevealingTabooSimplify Book:Edward Weston on photography Source: Edward Weston on photography
“What I hope I would do is something new, but I still love print. I love to touch paper. I'm not sure if I will ever do a magazine again, but I have plenty of ideas on the subject.” IfsStillsIdeasSubjectsPaperMagazinesPlentyNot SureSomething NewPrint Author:Carine Roitfeld
“Good web text has a lot in common with good print text. It's plain, concise, concrete and 'transparent': even on a personal site the text shouldn't draw attention to itself, only to its subject.” CommonAttentionSubjectsDrawsPrintConcreteSiteTransparentConcise Author:Crawford Kilian
“There's nobody between you and the print. Nobody. It's you and the subject and the final print. And if you get it published that way, you've said it.” IfsWaySaidSubjectsFinalsPrint Author:David Douglas Duncan
“The subject I liked best was painting, but the teachers didn't approve of my experiments and sometimes criticized me in front of the whole class. Maybe my love for photography came from that humiliation: a photo is something that you develop and print yourself, in the dark, and that remains in the dark until you decide to show it.” SometimesWholeShowsDarkClassTeacherSubjectsFrontsPaintingPhotographyRemainsExperimentsPrintHumiliation Author:Hiroshi Hamaya
“Why one picture stands out among many others is always a mystery. In the beginning the subject is never quite known, but in the course of working something shows up on the film or in the print that speaks to me. I can never predict when this will happen. However, when it does there is an excitement - there is the ecstasy of recognition. And this is one of the things that keeps me going.” DoeI CanShowsHappensFilmCoursesSpeakKnownMysterySubjectsRecognitionExcitementPrintEcstasyStanding OutNever Quit Author:Ray Metzker