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”

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Outburst and Rancour

Part of the fascination that photography holds is its ability to unlock secrets kept even from ourselves. Like dreams, the photograph can uncork a heady bouquet of recognition which can escape into the cognitive world. Sometimes the aroma is sharp; sometimes dry. This "shock of recognition" can be, at times, unsettling – it can also be sublime. The expressive portrait can do these things (Jack Welpott)

10 comments:

Rokins said...

Ei molt guapes! has enxampat el moment precis. Les expressions són brutals tenen molta canya!
hasta luego lucas!

Jordi said...

m'encanta la primera, quin gran moment!!
Una captura impecable
Salut!!

edSELVA said...

T'estàs especialitzant en fer fotos bones punyeteru! ;)

Anna Prat said...

Veient les teves fotos un rep el missatge que vols donar en cadascuna d'elles. Fotos difícils d'aconseguir per les mil i una males condicions que es dónen en els escenaris per fer fotos, però tu, tot i així aconsegueixes superar-les!
Totes dues m'encanten!

Alfonso Bermejo said...

Perfecta...
saludos

Alfonso
abvtrotandoando.blogspot.com

elena said...

la prima è di una intensità incredibile. bel lavoro. ciao

Víctor Castelo said...

LA bogeria de la Ira,
la primera més direscta amb molta foça,
la segona s'esta cuinant.

Anonymous said...

Nuevamente... ¡Soberbias imagenes!. Tienes un "don" para captar el instante de un momento. ¡Felicidades!.
Bluemountains

Javier Santos said...

Lo mejor de tu blog es la presencia constante de la inquietud fotográfica.
Viendo la diversidad de los temas que tratas, recuerdo las palabras de alguien que fue fotógrafo, maestro y amigo: "el fotógrafo es el último romántico"
El sentido de esta frase hace referencia al hecho de que, cómo cualquier artista de otra disciplina, el fotógrafo capta la realidad y la reinterpreta según su propia experiencia crítica y observadora.
Tus imágenes son inquietas y por ello captan tantas miradas.
Enhorabona!

Danka said...

I love the emotional part of your photographs. They are excellent in every respect. For my soul, visiting your website is a real feast:) Thank you for sharing your works and great words of wisdom. I wish I was ever able to shoot as well as you do.