Photography is an investigation of both the outer and the inner worlds. The first experiences with the camera involve looking at the world beyond the lens, trusting the instrument will 'capture' something 'seen'. The terms shoot and take are not accidental; they represent an attitude of conquest and appropriation. Only when the photographer grows into perception and creative impulse does the term make define a condition of empathy between the external and the internal events (Ansel Adams)

Ansel Adams in 1930 had been training to become a concert pianist while considering a career as a photographer. He decided, after seeing the photographs by Paul Strand, that "the camera, not the piano, would shape [his] destiny". His mother and aunt both pleaded, "Do not give up the piano! The camera cannot express the human soul!" To which Adams replied: "The camera cannot, but the photographer can”

Friday, April 29, 2011

Hidden Selves

At the heart of all photography is an urge to express our deepest personal feelings - to reveal our inner, hidden selves, to unlock the artist. Those of us who become photographers are never satisfied with just looking at someone else's expression of something that is dear to us. We must produce our own images, instead of buying postcards and photo books. We seek to make our own statements of individuality (Galen Rowell)


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11 comments:

edSELVA said...

Molt Bona composició Edu! I bona nitidesa tenint en compte les difícils condicions d'il·luminació.

April 29, 2011 9:49 AM
Niels said...

Beautiful photo! I like the light and composition in this photo.

April 29, 2011 1:15 PM
Jordi said...

Brutal!!
l'edició i sobretot el moment de la captura.
Salut!!

April 30, 2011 7:26 AM
Klaudia J said...

Great expression and play of shadow, magnificent photo, conception, realisation, excelent Edu ... ahoj K

April 30, 2011 11:58 AM
Anna Prat said...

La vista va directe als dos ballarins, els quals vas aconseguir fotografiar en un instant molt bonic!
Ets el crak dels craks!
Felicitats per ahir, les fotos eren genials, totes tres!

April 30, 2011 11:16 PM
rokins said...

ole! quina elegància nen!

May 1, 2011 12:55 AM
rokins said...

bella i elegant! un joc de formes i llums preciós.

Ja vaig veure el video de Prats tb, té molta gràcia! ;-) s'ho han currat molt...

May 5, 2011 12:54 AM
Víctor Castelo said...

Mol bona Edu, tecnica icontrol de la llum excelent.

May 7, 2011 10:00 AM
Gabriel Vecino said...

Simplemente perfecta.
Un saludo

May 10, 2011 7:25 AM
Jordi Joan said...

Al teu nivell.....magistral !!!

May 19, 2011 1:01 PM
Mari el said...

M'encanta Edu !!! aquest joc de llums i el moment captat dels artistes!! un petonàs !

August 23, 2011 12:10 PM

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