It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
It is my intention to present – through the medium of photography – intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
In my mind’s eye, I visualize how a particular… sight , feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, ’41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion, were things that I was trying to express in a social conscious way.
Some photographers take reality… , impose the domination of their own thought , spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly , a photograph to them is an instrument of love , revelation.
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.
The negative is comparable to the composer’s score , the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
It is a peculiar part of the good photographer’s adventure to know where luck is most likely to lie in the stream, to hook it, and to bring it in without unfair play and without too much subduing it.
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