January 18, 2012
Susan Lipper, Photographer: “Your view speaks to one of the great strengths of photography—to convey objective information—as the camera can faithfully record whatever is in front of the lens. Knowing more about the location and history of the image can also allow one to insert information that is not included within the frame of the photograph and thus fill in its narrative blanks. Interestingly too a photograph, because of its detailed nature, often contains much more information than originally intended.
My interest is in looking at the intent of the photographer as well, to read whatever story he is telling with the available material, to try to navigate the photographer’s cultural filters versus my own and finally to see how these are affected over time and space.”
Source: “Off Route 80” by Rosecrans Baldwin for The Morning News
Labels: Photography
July 9, 2011
“Photography is one of the most popular hobbies on the planet, but you’d never know it by reading most photography blogs, podcasts, books and tutorials. It’s mostly treated as a profession, where the goal is either making money or collecting more equipment. But that’s just not realistic for the vast majority of photographers.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with making money, but that mindset has led an entire generation of photographers to concentrate on what sells, not what moves them.
An entire generation is being led to believe that the features on their cameras are more important than the photos they produce.”
Source: “A Lesser Photographer” by CJ Chilvers
Via: Minimal Mac
Labels: Photography
November 26, 2010
I have a rather systematic approach to photography. To me, photography is a set of tools that were designed to satisfy our need to archive and index the world. The origin of the medium is as much scientific as it is artistic.
I think that in all my works, what I’m trying to do is arrange phenomena in a way that proves that some kind of hypothesis is true.
Mårten Lange
Photographer
Source: Interview with: Mårten Lange
Labels: Photography
March 14, 2010
…a democracy of images is important for me. I don’t see anyone’s work as being older just because it was posted earlier. And I also don’t view the work of somebody who has never shown in a gallery as less (or more) important than the work of someone who sells her or his photos for a million bucks.
Jörg M. Colberg
Founder and Editor of photography site Conscientious
Labels: Photography
February 5, 2010
As a designer, one of the things that fascinates me about photography is camera language. In design, we talk a lot about creating visual grammar through choices of color, line, form and typography. These are the building blocks we use to create a grammatical system with which to construct visual communication.
In photography, the same concept is referred to as camera language (although in practice, the term is more frequently used when discussing cinematography and filmmaking). As in design, color, line and form are important elements that help define a visual grammar. But technical and mechanical forces are also at work: lighting and lens choices, film speed, paper choice, aperture settings, shutter speed and camera angles are all mechanical controls you can use to define a signature camera language. …
Through manipulation of equipment, color, lighting and composition, it’s amazing how a photographer can establish a distinct visual language and then, using different mechanicals, add what can best be described as visual linguistic dialects.
Callie Neylan
Senior Interactive Designer at NPR.org
Source: On Experimentation And Camera Language
Labels: Photography
January 24, 2010
“We’re not having anyone sponsor us—because we’re foolish. We don’t have a PR person. I think there’s something a bit more humble about it. We do everything. We do the sales and stuff. I like that in the beginning, to meet and greet people; really tell people the way I see it. …
I really don’t go too deep into a concept because I think that can feel a bit contrived. But I take inspiration from photos, although it’s not really a specific era or moment. I like the idea of ‘I use this fabric because I love it: what …
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Source: An American Tailor by Alex Gartenfeld
Via: hellofrancis: tim hamilton
Labels: Foolishness | Photography
March 28, 2009
Shoot? Look at me. Do I have a gun?
I’m a photographer.
Julius Shulman
Photographer
Source: Photographer Captures L.A.'s Vintage Homes by NPR
Labels: Photography
