I haven’t thought of Ernst Haas in years. Every so often I come across an image of his and it sparks a wonderful teenage memory. Haas was a photojournalist and pioneering color photographer. I was lucky to discover him very early in my career. Haas bridged the gap between photojournalism and the use of photographyContinue reading ““For What We See Is What We Are””
Category Archives: Quotes
“There is something noble, I think, about doing nothing.”
“I wanted to present what I saw, pure and simple.”
“The pictures have to talk, not me.” – Robert Frank “Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank”
“…fool’s errand.”
“The End Of Street Photography” – At Least For This New York City Photographer, by Michael Ernest Sweet I have written about the problems of street photography before, and my prediction for its ultimate collapse, but still it goes on. Nearly everyone agrees that street photography has become a repetitive, over-saturated, largely ignored genre inContinue reading ““…fool’s errand.””
Leaving Home, Coming Home
“The pictures have to talk, not me.” – Robert Frank, “Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank”
“…a certain sacredness”
“It’s not just the meaning of the image that has changed – the act of looking does not have the same meaning. Now, it’s about showing, sending and maybe remembering. It is no longer essentially about the image. The image for me was always linked to the idea of uniqueness, to a frame and toContinue reading ““…a certain sacredness””
If You Don’t…
“If you don’t carry a camera you are not a photographer” – Don McCullin
“We all live life….”
One point of view is not more valuable than another. We all live life with the same density of experience. –Teju Cole
“…the instantaneous reaction….”
“It is always the instantaneous reaction to oneself that produces a photograph.” – Robert Frank
“…create an object that has a life of its own…”
“And if you can find out something about the laws of your own growth and vision as well as those of photography you may be able to relate the two, create an object that has a life of its own, which transcends craftsmanship. That is a long road, and because it must be your ownContinue reading ““…create an object that has a life of its own…””