“An abstract title suggests another value to the subject, perhaps an artistic quality that sets the viewers' sensitivities into action.” ActionValuesQualitySubjectsArtisticTitlesAbstractSensitivityViewers Book:The Painter's Keys: A Seminar with Robert Genn Source: The Painter's Keys: A Seminar with Robert Genn
“If you're not excited about the subject, the viewer won't be either.” IfsSubjectsExcitedViewers Author:Paul Strisik
“People say don't stare. Through the photos, not only do I stare, but I allow viewers to stare at the subject, to see things that they cannot see with a casual glance.” PeopleSubjectsStaringViewersGlancesCasual Author:Dawoud Bey
“When a photographer chooses a subject, he or she is making a claim on the interest and attention of future viewers, a prediction about what will be thought to have been important.” Has BeensImportantInterestAttentionSubjectsClaimsPhotographerPredictionsViewers Author:Frank Gohlke
“I understand all the work to be of a nonabstract nature regardless of the style, form, or explicit subject matter because all the work... is concerned with evoking experiences that are in themselves - and their relationship to you, the viewer - the ultimate subject and content of the work. I want to equate the experience of the work with its meaning.” WantMatterFormSubjectsStyleConcernedUltimateViewersSubject MatterExplicit Author:Roni Horn
“A photographic close-up is perhaps the purest form of portraiture, creating a confrontation between the viewer and the subject that daily interaction makes impossible, or at least impolite.” FormImpossibleSubjectsCreatingInteractionViewersConfrontationPortraiture Author:Martin Schoeller