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”

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Intention, Curiosity, and Passion

Our most important photographic tools are not our cameras and lenses; they are our ability to see farther and deeper, to be curious, to engage the world and our craft with intention, curiosity, and passion (David du Chemin)


6 comments:

David Fajula Jufré said...

Una convinació magnífica.

Tant de colors, com de imatge i text.
SEMPRE trobes un vincle entre el que dius (cites) i el que fas.

De nou, un 10.

edSELVA said...

Ostres, amb color i sense format quadrat! Però igual de bona com sempre! M'inspira un paisatge dalinià Edu...

Rokins said...

carai quin domini, quina tècnica....
Adeu-andreu!

Anna Prat said...

T'haig de dir el mateix que l'Eduard, AMB COLOR I SENSE SER FORMAT QUADRAT! Estrany amb tu, però impacable com sempre! M'agrada la textura de l'aigua sobre la fulla, el color blau del reflex del cel i aquest aire misteriós de la zona de la dreta de la foto!

Alba said...

M'he quedat embadalida contemplant la fotografia... desprén suavitat i fa volar la imaginació!

elena said...

questa foto è fantastica! ciao