On Photography Matters.
Views. Reflections. Books. Analysis. Semiotics.
Visual arts and culture. Philosophy. Readings. Visualisation. Quotes.
Views. Reflections. Books. Analysis. Semiotics.
Visual arts and culture. Philosophy. Readings. Visualisation. Quotes.
Some Influences
"Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts."
Walker Evans
Walker Evans
“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”
Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams
“To photograph people is to violate them, by seeing them as they never see themselves, by having knowledge of them that they can never have; it turns people into objects that can be symbolically possessed. Just as a camera is a sublimation of the gun, to photograph someone is a subliminal murder - a soft murder, appropriate to a sad, frightened time.”
Susan Sontag
(Do not wholly agree but great observation.)
Susan Sontag
(Do not wholly agree but great observation.)
Photography, Or The Writing Of Light by Jean Baudrillard
Towards A Philosophy Of Photography by Willem Flusser
Visual Sociology: Expanding Sociological Vision by Douglas Harper
Towards A Philosophy Of Photography by Willem Flusser
Visual Sociology: Expanding Sociological Vision by Douglas Harper
To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.
Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt
“A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. ”
Richard Avedon
Richard Avedon