I think that light and shadow have exactly the same duality that exists between life and death.
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
duality
Tag: photography quotes
mystery
“…a mystery greater than our failures.”
Robert Adams
from emmet gowin
In many ways, I think our task as human beings all boils down to what we do every day. It’s what you do every day that counts.
Emmet Gowin
alive by it
If I like many photographers, and I do, I account for this by noting a quality they all share – animation. They may or may not make a living by photography, but they are alive by it.
Robert Adams
words from lisette model
Worth repeating:
New images surround us everywhere. They are invisible only because of sterile routine convention and fear.
Lisette Model
from daido moriyama
Photographs that I’ve taken ten years ago even now seem vivid. If an image is good, it is brought back to life by the feelings of the viewer.
Daido Moriyama
from wynn bullock
I love the medium of photography, for with its unique realism it gives me the power to go beyond conventional ways of seeing and understanding and say, “This is real, too.”
Wynn Bullock
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