October 2011
14 posts
“A young photographer in China asked me some years ago whether I knew what Chinese painters, poets or sculptors would do when they became famous.
I did not know.
He said they would change their names, in order to see whether they were still any good.” —Rene Burri
I did not know.
He said they would change their names, in order to see whether they were still any good.” —Rene Burri
“Find a subject you care about. Something that moves you. Something which stirs your rawest emotions. And then have patience.”
—Mark Power
“Stop talking theory when a camera is in their your and do not over-think the image. Lose the ego and let the photograph find you. Observe the life moving like a river around you and realize that the images you make may become part of the collective history of the time that you are living in.”
—Eli Reed
“The more the cost of living goes up the less life is worth.”
—Colombian saying, Eduardo Galeano (in An Uncertain Grace by Sebastiao Salgado)
I was just walking to my car after work today and was thinking about the presentation I have to give tomorrow, when I came across an old house with well-worn wooden doors and peeling paint that gave me a nice vibe. Just as I was walking past it, it occurred to me that I had my camera with me in my bag and could actually just whip it out and take a picture of the house if I wanted to. That realisation instantly brought a smile to my face. And with that realisation, came a second realisation, which was, that is precisely the reason I take my camera with me wherever I go.
