Category: thoughts

The world that used to nurse us now keeps shouting inane instructions. That’s why I ran to the woods.

Jim Harrison

…the photography world is not unlike the corporate situation from which I narrowly escaped. Hardheartedness and organizational thinking have stifled creativity and instilled conformity in many photographers. Success, most easily achieved by seeming to ‘extend tradition,’ seems to be more important than clear perception and truthful representation.

Chauncey Hare

The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense.

Jim Harrison

I was tired of romanticism, [ . . . ] I wanted to present what I saw, pure and simple.

Robert Frank

In a way my work is documentary. But I am also a photographer who has a distinct style. My photographs are a companion to the reality of the situation.

Graciela Iturbide

Great photography is always on the edge of failure.

Garry Winogrand

The word ‘art’ is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one’s work. I work for the pleasure, for the pleasure of the work, and everything else is a matter for the critics.

Manuel Alvarez Bravo